I do a little lace knitting and I’d read stuff by American knitters which referred to “blocking wires”. When I investigated this further it seemed like a way to ease the pain of blocking with just pins. The wires sold specifically to knitters for blocking seemed quite pricey and I’d read things about people using [...]
When I started spinning I did so on an old Ashford Traditional I had inherited from my grandmother. It is a 1960s model and showing its age. It works fine enough but is clunky and scotch tension only (which on the Ashfords is a fiddly system requiring constant adjustment in my experience).
As I became a [...]
I’ve seen adverts for this little booklet many times in vintage magazines and I’ve finally managed to get hold of my own copy.
It’s delightful. One of my favorite sections is on towels:
“Leave all the washing up, particularly china, to drain instead of drying it, so as to save wear on your tea towels. …
If you [...]
