I think I have been a late sufferer of the ennui that Anna wrote about back in August. Work has frustrated my attempts to get into the meat of a knitting project. Bleurgh. That’s my lousy explanation for why I haven’t been blogging as much as usual recently. The ennui manifested itself by a sequence […]
I got a call from a journalist working for The Sunday Times last week, who wanted to talk about knitting in the context of young women “reclaiming” homecrafts and “making them cool”. I winced a little at the journalist’s spin on our preferred pasttime, but I was happy to talk to her. The end result […]
There’s not much in the way of knitting news to report. Apparently, the spring issue of Knitty goes live in the first week of April, which is exciting! Lots of new patterns and articles to check out [rubs hands with glee]. Knitting Hill met on Monday evening, as usual. There were only 4 of us, […]
The inaugural meeting of Knitting Hill last Monday was great! About twenty or so people turned up and we were a pleasingly diverse bunch of knitters. The Earl is a a near perfect venue for this type of thing. The only downside was that the lighting was a little low, but we’ll see if we […]
Ktog in Knitting Hill, I mean, Notting Hill. Come and knit with us! Experience the social side of knitting! We’re meeting on the 2nd Monday in March (14th) at the Earl of Lonsdale pub on the corner of Portobello Road and Westbourne Grove at 7.30pm. Bring your own project, or borrow some sticks and yarn […]