http://redcountess.co.uk/blog redcountess's blog of craftiness Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:58:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have never bothered with checking my tension before knitting anything, which is probably why a lot of the jumpers I have made have been on the roomy side (which I like anyway), but I'm about to break with tradition and knit a tension square for my next project, a ... http://redcountess.co.uk/blog/?p=6 tabsrug1208 Originally uploaded by redcountess I finally completed something! I actually started this rug about 11 years ago to take to the footie (Aussie Rules) with me, but it went into stasis soon after. I recently decided to finish the rug as we had been given several balls of navy yarn from ... http://redcountess.co.uk/blog/?p=5 I've managed to lose not one, but two 3.5mm crochet hooks, the second belonged to my housemate! So I need to buy a couple, as well as a pair of 4mm knitting needles for the Oxfam maternal mortality blanket as I only have a hybrid pair (one bamboo pin the ... http://redcountess.co.uk/blog/?p=3