Limericks for the sick.

Lest my posts become too prosaic
let me show you my knit mosaic:
it’s for a teapot,
to keep the tea hot.
Is knitting tea cosies archaic?

My secret pal for an Australian tea cosy swap on Ravelry just went out and bought herself a new teapot. I am of the belief that no teapot should remain bare while there are knitters around, so this mod-looking piece of knitting will be a cosy for her.

However, I am stuck at home with a mean headcold today, and perhaps illness and knitting should not go together: this is how I began seaming in my befuddled state.

Instead of sewing right-front to right-back like I intended, I somehow managed to sew right-front and left-front together to form a little tube.
Hooray! Think I’d best be off to bed.

Stranded.

After two weeks of knitting stacks of cotton in gender-neutral colours for two sets of parents-to-be I was itching to knit something with a more complicated colour scheme.

Everyone loves a good bit of stranded colourwork, but my attempts so far have had suckily uneven tension. And so, this is the start of my fair isle practice.

And so, to begin.

Beginning a blog, like any new venture, is a little daunting. I feel like I’m throwing a high-school party: will anyone come? Will the cool kids tell their friends to come? Do I have enough snacks?
Speaking of snacks, I’ve been knitting a few of these old-school hanging towels for Christmas presents and they’re pretty bite-sized: you can knit one in an evening, tops.
Enjoy!