Extreme Male Knitting...

I do think that the social aspect of being a make knitter is interesting. You know that feeling of people thinking it weird that a man uses wool and kneedles...

I was in the Scott Polar Research Institute (Cambridge) the other week and there is a great exhibition there about various explorations in Antarctica - this was one of the photographs. Men knitting and sewing. I guess with the age of 'globalisation' we can just go to Next/M&S/etc now (I wonder if they have a branch in Antarctica yet?) On the other hand we could choose to repair what we have or make it ourselves...

Yarn Bombing is for wimps - how about Yarn Ice Bombing!

I've just been reading about Yarn Bombing - the latest knitting fad...

Made me think of some things I got up to on Aspo over the winter. More 'extreme' knitting involving icebergs...

Hat for dad

Just did a bit of knitting 'off the cuff' to see how to do a hat:

Hot weekend in the Lakes

I'm just back from a quick visit to the lakes (my spiritual homeland). Did a fell run up Helvellyn and Fairfield and then some knitting with my Herdwick wool.

Found a beautiful wild camping site above Ullswater...and did some knitting.

Just back from the Lakes

I popped over to Borrowdale to pick up some herdwick wool from the Flock Inn in Rosthwaite. Great cafe and a good source of yarn. Very wiry wooly stuff...

Back from Finland!

Hej, I'm back in Newcastle. Finland was of course fantastic, especially Aspo. My friend Britt-Louise showed me how to knit Aspo heel socks - not an easy task! I think I caught the gist of it and now have to get my head together and make some on my own without her expert guidance and patience. We discovered that the Brits and the Swedes knit in opposite directions to one another...

Watch out for the photos...

No new knitting but some ideas...

I am off to Finland in a couple of weeks so hopefully will find some time there to do some knitting, I have been insprired by a great knitting blog:

http://www.katajala.net/marjut/neuleet/blog/