Archie The Wonder Dog

Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something Hello! This month has not been a productive month in terms of things for blogging as, among other things, I’ve been sorting my iTunes library on a new-to-me laptop and it wasn’t as straightforward or as quick as I expected. (Is anything ever quick or straightforward with iTunes?) However, I’ve finished one (enormous) sock: And its pair is going well: Mini Archie has enjoyed matching the sunflowers we’ve grown this year: I doesn’t know why you is out here enjoying the sunflowers,  you has a Fettling List to be getting on wif *hard stare* And that’s me done for the month, short and sweet this time! Linking up to the August Furtle  If you're linking up, please add a link (one per person, please) to your blog post, which could contain: a mosaic of all you've made in the month, something you've made/started/worked on, a goal which you'd like to achieve in the next month (and then in next month's post y...

Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something Hello! Just a quick post from me today and mainly photos (or that’s the plan as I type). I finished the socks I started last month using the helical knitting technique , which I definitely love and is really easy, a rainbow ombré yarn and a solid navy (Opal Navy 9930): I had enough of the rainbow yarn left to make a second pair. Not enough for fully-striped socks so I went for striped feet: (The second foot did have to be pulled out when I got about two-thirds along as the purple just wasn’t changing shade. I took about 4g out of the ball and started again and I’m very glad I did.) Here’s their family photo: So that’s something else ticked off my Fettling List ! (Although I do seem to keep adding (little) things to it so I’m not sure it’s actually getting any shorter. Must try harder…) Speaking of adding things to the Fettling List, I’ve knitted a pair for a friend in this gorgeous zebra yarn (by  Birds...

  Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something Hello, and welcome to the final Furtle of the year! (How? How?! ) I finished the socks I started last month and they are now (although perhaps not literally) on the feet of their owner. These are they (socks not feet): There’s enough left over leftovers to  make her another pair so once I’ve finished my current pair, I’ll set to. This most recent pair takes my sock count for 2022 to sixteen. I also finished the top I’d started last month: And made another: which I temporarily turned into a Christmas top with the addition of some red seed beads: Those take my tops count for 2022 to fourteen (eleven short sleeved and three long sleeved). I did loads of quilting on my Winterkist quilt, loads more than I planned because the fleece behaved so well (about time too) that I quilted all the ditches and not just those running from one edge to the other. I’ve now got a plan for the rest of the quilting: I’m going to ...

Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something Hello! November feels like it’s lasted sixty days rather than thirty and, upon looking in my Furtling photo album (I add photos in across the month in an attempt to remember everything and make writing this post a little easier), I find I have squeezed in a lot of knitting and sewing so perhaps it really has been twice as long as usual? I finished the scrappy socks I started last month : Isn’t it amazing how you can take small balls of left over yarn  and turn them into a pair of socks which look deliberate?!  Speaking of deliberate, the fleece backing for my Winterkist quilt  continues to be deliberately (and impressively) obstreperous but I got it pieced into the right size and shape for the top towards the end of last month and then tacked down all the seams (so they didn’t flip over during layering) and have, with the help of the same friend who’s been helping me fleece wrestle throughout this ...

  Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something Hello! It’s finally woolly sock weather, hooray! And it’s almost long sleeves weather, which is my favourite type. I’ve finished the two tops I’d started last month and have been able to wear them rather than them going in my wardrobe for next summer, which is nice. Again, both are the Lou Box top (with alterations): Fabric is from Pound Fabrics but it’s out of stock Fabric is from  ByGraziela I’ve also finished the socks I was knitting for a friend and they fit. Phew! Yarn is Opal Red (5180) And knitted a pair for another friend: Yarn is ‘Unicorn’ from  Made By Penguins  mystery skein sale In September, I drafted a long sleeve for the tops I’ve been making and I’ve made a wearable (and very warm) toile out of some sweatshirt fabric from The Cupboard Of Possibilities: And as the sleeves are fine, I can get started on these two now: Yes, I did cave and get the dachshunds in black ( from he...