http://twoswallows.com/blog Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:25:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have few long overdue photos to share today for anyone interested in henges. On the last day of August I visited the Avebury henge, one of the largest prehistoric stone circles in Europe. Unfortunately someone also went and built a village in the middle of it. (There's an aerial ... http://twoswallows.com/blog/2008/09/26/avebury-henge/ ...well, it's not very attractive yarn - being both under-spun and over-spun - and I suspect that people would pay good money not to knit with it, but those are minor, frivolous details. It's twisty stringy stuff, and it stays together (so far). Brace yourselves... There, isn't that perfectly hideous? I'm proud ... http://twoswallows.com/blog/2008/09/15/i-made-yarn/ It's been a wonderful weekend, the kind that makes you hardly begrudge the coming Monday (well, not much). On Saturday my sister and I travelled in on the Tube to St. James's Park, and from there we braved the wind (this is no joke when a skirt is involved) to ... http://twoswallows.com/blog/2008/09/08/iknit-day-2008/ Last week I went to Hampton Court Palace. I've been before, but only on a school trip as a child, so revisiting it as an adult who wanted to be there was much more exciting. I've never been really enthused by the Tudor period - I think that when I ... http://twoswallows.com/blog/2008/08/31/hampton-court-palace/ I couldn't let a month go by without posting once! It's turning out to be a very busy summer. I'm feeling a bit weary, to be honest, but am taking some much-needed holiday soon. The beret is Ysolda's beautifully organic Rose Red pattern, and was a pleasure to knit. The ... http://twoswallows.com/blog/2008/07/29/two-roses/ Pattern: Faith by Kim Hargreaves Yarn: Garnstudio Safran, colour #51 Petrol, just over 6 balls Size: 34", no modifications Needles: 2.75mm, 3mm, 3.25mm Reasons to love this top: The colour. Bright yet deep, vibrant but not garish. A feast for the eyes. The fit. Absolutely almost-perfect - I could wish for it to be perhaps ... http://twoswallows.com/blog/2008/06/27/finished-faith/ In lieu of a 'proper' entry, here's a collection of the interesting and inspiring sites I've found over the past few weeks. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have. Art: Catherine's AnimalsCatherine Ledner's enchanting animal portraits span a whole range of species, from alligators to zebras. You can view ... http://twoswallows.com/blog/2008/06/19/links-round-up-for-june-19th/ As the weather warms up (or attempts to) I inevitably start having fantasies about balmy summer afternoons, sipping drinks on someone's patio, the smell of a barbeque, the sound of ice cubes in a glass, the smell of freshly-cut grass... and even more inevitably, in these fantasies I am wearing ... http://twoswallows.com/blog/2008/05/23/sewing-for-summer/ A new and relatively demanding job has kept me away from things, but I'm settling into a comfortable routine and am slowly beginning to get back on top of my commitments. I think it's good to have one's life shaken up a bit, but initially it's a bit of a ... http://twoswallows.com/blog/2008/05/18/contrasts/ I promised photos of the mirror, and here they are! Please pretend that my hideous lilac walls are some other colour. (I do this all the time.) The mirror doesn't match, but then nothing in my bedroom does... however, it's easier to store it on the wall than anywhere else. ... http://twoswallows.com/blog/2008/04/13/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall/