So I have decided to break this post up into 2 as otherwise it would probably get too long, especially for y’all with slower internet connections. I know that it was really pretty long for me, but I was driving almost the entire time so that’s sort of another story:-) On Friday morning we got …
So, last night I got a bug up my butt and decided to learn how to Navajo ply my spun singles. For those of you not into spinning, Navajo plying is a technique that is essentially like making the base chain for crochet except with a spinning wheel that keeps trying to twist your chain …
I have been on a total crumble kick of late. I have made rhubarb crumbles and rhubarb and strawberry crumbles and mixed berry crumbles, it’s been downright crumbleastic around here of late! Some of these have gone to the nice neighbors who have helped us out with the whole car dying as well as …
When did I become a perfectionist? I mean really, when?! Last I remember I was changing colors in an afghan by (gasp!) knotting yarns together and the next thing you know I’m ripping out 90 or so rows of sock yarn which had been knit on size 2.5mm needles (for my crochet buddies, this …
There is really nothing much better than getting real mail and the past 2 days have been most excellent for that here at The Old Chapel. Monday I received my graduation pictures from Florida. Still haven’t gotten my diploma yet, but that’s ok. Anyway, I had ordered a package with four 5X7’s in it to …
So, it’s been an interesting week here at the Chapel. As all of you who have tuned in previously know our blue shaggin’ wagon bit the dust last Sunday on a run to the train station. It’s transmission gave out and it would have cost much more to fix than it was worth. It took …
Saturday the hubby and I went to Coventry for the UK Ravelry Day. On the way there, we stopped in Leighton Buzzard and picked-up a lady whom I had met on a UK Ravelry Day forum offering and looking for rides. Her name is Tini and we honestly could not have had a better car …
I hinted yesterday that I would have a post of all of the goodies that I got while in Edinburgh today so here it is! I primarily got yarns at 2 shops, K1 Yarns and the department store John Lewis. The reason for the John Lewis expenditure is two-fold. First, they had some Noro Kureyon, …
So, on Saturday we took a bus tour up to Inverness and the Highlands of Scotland. This is the area that folk always think of when you say Scotland, more mountainous and rugged. And beautiful, it’s really, really pretty up there. We went to Urquhart castle on the banks of Loch Ness. It is …
you see these everywhere, and a few of these too. Thursday I spent most of the day wandering the streets of Edinburgh. And of course I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t hunt down a few yarn shops! The first one that I went to was called K1Yarns. They had a ton of interesting, …
Sarah Jane Humke 