Monday 15 March 2010

HipKnits

Well, I thought I'd give HipKnits the benefit of the doubt and order some silk aran yarn from them as I wanted a bright yellow and they had a yellow through to Orange that I loved the look of.

Got the yarn quickly, and indeed it did look good - then I unraveled it to put it on the swift. Immediately I noticed that the yarn was crinkled and tangled - obviously hadn't been hung properly whilst drying. It only had two ties on it and not in figure of eight.

The first skein wound off slowly as I untangled the tangles along the way. But the second sken was appalling. It consisted basically of a lot of short lengths of silk knotted together - I got several very small balls of yarn from that - and it was badly tangled. The last skein was whole but so badly tangled it took me nearly an hour to untangle it and wind it off. I wouldn't have been able to do it without the swift.

I am definitely NOT buying any more yarn from HipKnits - they still haven't learned how to provide good service.

Sunday 7 March 2010

I found them

Looking through an old cross stitch magazine that I found lurking in a pile in my dresser (really must get that tidied out) I found an advert for the wooden craft boxes I mentioned

http://web.mac.com/johnsonroy/Touchwood/Welcome.html

You really must have a look - if only to admire the workmanship. They are not cheap though. The one I want with the options I need is going to cost me £220. But oh so worth it I think. It will look wonderful on my table and will swallow all my current WIPs sitting on the table at the moment.

Thursday 4 March 2010

Help !!!!!

I've decided to treat myself to a storage chest of drawers for my knitting projects so that they don't overwhelm the table.

I was forever seeing adverts in magazines for a small one man company that handmade these craft chests to the customer's requirements. So I finally decided to treat myself to one of these - only I can't find the advert anymore and I can't remember the name of the company. Does anybody out there know this company or indeed any other company that can produce these craft chests?

I want a nice wooden craft chest that will look nice on display in my living room. Isn't it sods law - when I didn't want one I couldn't open a magazine without seeing the advert !!!!

Huge sigh of frustration

Alex has got to go to Folkestone clinic tomorrow to be assessed as to whether or not he needs a general anaesthetic for his teeth. If he does he will have to go to the hospital. Poor little soul has an abscess under his back teeth and the dentist missed it the first time.