The Bath Crafting Cranny

Sushi sock rolls!

Browsing, as I often do, Jon from EasyKnit's website, I spotted these sushi sock rolls...

How cool are these? Knitted wool that you knit into something else?!
Never again will all my needles get tangled in my yarn in my handbag; will my yarn wrap itself so tightly around my housekeys that I am rendered homeless for hours; will I curse loudly in public as my yarn ball (a) rolls in a puddle (outside wound ball) or (b) gets knotted into a never-to-be-resolved knot (centre-pull ball).

Oh, and he also now sells beeeeeeeeeautiful BFL fibre: which is going to prove VERY exciting for me...but more of that soon! ;0)

Tablecloth sans table

I think this is just perfect! But would my kittens get their paws trapped through the holes?? (Although that would swiftly teach them not to play on tabletops!!)

O-W-L-S!

Whoop, whoop! The Owls pattern is up as a PDF...thank you, Needled!! :0)
Cannot WAIT to cast this beauty on!

RRRs

I've been thinking a lot about the RRR (reduce, reuse, recycle) policy lately...it's been in the news so much lately that it's hard to avoid, really. (Although some sections of the media are, infuriatingly, choosing to resist the bleedin obvious.)

Most of it makes such perfect sense, that you may find that you can live your life adhering to the RRR suggestions without really trying...

As a nation we are lucky that most of us have the luxury of choosing whether we adhere though: aspects of the RRR lifestyle are not always cheaper...buying yarn is an expensive business! :0(

And, it has be noted that RRR and other environmental concerns are often so-called 'luxuries': if you were really poor you might not be able to 'indulge' in living your life around green issues...(even though you may have much more reason to be campaigning).

But, needlesstosay, we may notice an increase in RRR living with the current Credit Crisis (TM): sales in second-hand books are noticing a promising rise!! :0)

Needled has a great post about her year of not buying clothes. It's wonderful writing, as always. And I, for one, will be podcasting Needled's recommended BBC series: Dirty Business.

And, in this RRR vein, there is a great event in Bath tonight with Christine Bone, who has pledged to buy nothing in 2009 except food, toiletries and medicines.

{Sadly, I can't make it tonight: an extracurricular knit-group is organized at a knitter's place who is currently house-bound...but if anyone goes, please consider writing something about it here!)

Some winter cheer

Fellow knitter/publisher, Sara, forwarded this comical article to me.

A spoof...but may contain some truth! :0)

Bath knitting fame!

Blog reader Mary drew my attention to Simply Knitting Bath folk on TV today (Working Lunch on BBC2 at 12.30). If you missed it, you can view it here until 12/01/08.

Anyone who wants to skip the boring Credit Crunch blah at the beginning (I should take heed, I know, I know: but it's Monday and it's my first day back at work - so I can't face it): skip to 22 mins 55 seconds in and watch the knitting cheer with a smile from there :0)

They are chatting from Edna's yarn shop, one of the few in the Bath area (4 Brookside House, High Street, Weston BA1 4BY. Tel: (01225) 423058).