In case you're wondering why I even bother to lay out money for the thing, like most intelligent knitters I buy VK for the excellent technical articles (the Swanson piece alone in in this issue is worth ten times the price of the magazine) and for the yarn company advertisements ... 'tis a strange quirk of reality that the sweaters in the ads, which are there to show off the properties of the yarns being promoted, are quite frequently far more interesting than the "official" magazine patterns (and the ad patterns are usually for sale by the companies or direct from the designers)
I must remember to do this next time ...
In case you're wondering why I even bother to lay out money for the thing, like most intelligent knitters I buy VK for the excellent technical articles (the Swanson piece alone in in this issue is worth ten times the price of the magazine) and for the yarn company advertisements ... 'tis a strange quirk of reality that the sweaters in the ads, which are there to show off the properties of the yarns being promoted, are quite frequently far more interesting than the "official" magazine patterns (and the ad patterns are usually for sale by the companies or direct from the designers)
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Fibre things
Still here, work still closed to the public and on 4-day weeks, though for May we've switched to closed on Mondays instead of on Fridays. I'm still…
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Life in the great indoors
Work has gone to a four-day work week for April (closed on Fridays) and May (closed on Mondays) and we're all encouraged to work at home whenever…
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It's been a while ...
Just been spending less time on the computer; more reading and knitting and other stuff instead. So the green socks are finished. And so is…
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