Technical Hitch

Just when I thought I'd got things the way I wanted, they went wrong!

I had a message from somebody on a Forum I go to that they were having problems getting on the blog and it was closing IE down every time she opened the it. Well, things seemed to be ok at this end. I don't use Internet Explorer, I use Mozzilla Firefox as my browser so it all looked ok.

My friend on MSN tried it for me and she had the same problem, but I could still open it up ok. Anyway, I tried IE and the same thing happened. I also noticed that the links and profile were right down the bottom of the page for some reason.

So, I've spent a couple of hours this morning having a bit of a play and trying to get things right again. I've taken off some of the buttons I added the other day in case they were the problem. Things look ok on Firefox, but the links are still at the bottom of the page on IE

I'd appreciate your feedback, so if you can leave a comment when you've done that'd be great!

Made Some Changes

Well, I've been having a bit of a play and added some new links and stuff to the side bit of the blog.

Links to some of my favourite knitty and stitchy stores online, some blogs I read, not all crafty ones (but mostly!) and some podcasts.

I will add a few other bits eventually, I'm enjoying tinkering with the different settings, not that I know what I'm doing, but its good to see the changes when they work!

More pics

Ok, so I've only been knitting about a year, but my first hobby is cross stitch. I started it when I was at school, well with tapestries and have got a very good stash over the years! Here are a few pics of some of the things I've done. Believe me, there are lots more, but either I haven't got them, or just haven't taken any pics yet!









My favourite designs are ones by Lavender & Lace and Michael Powell, but i've done ones by lots of others. The mammouth one I've had going for a few years now is the St Petersberg design by Thea Gouverneur. I love doing it but there is lots of work involved!

Sunday's Update

Its going well so far. I'm now on the 3rd section and halfway on the 3rd repeat row. I remember not enjoying this bit so much because it was just the same 12 rows 12 times!!
I've dropped the first 2 stitches so far and rather than leaving the fun bit to the end and unravelling all the stitches together, I'm doing it as I go on because it took ages to do last time!

Update

Here is a pic of the Clapotis so far. I'm on row 4 of the 12th repeat on section 2, so hopefully I should have this section finished tonight.





I think i mentioned somewhere that the ball I wound up unravlled more or less as soon as I picked it up, so I'm still trying to un tangle it while I go which is slowing me down a bit. Yes, I have been tempted just to cut a bit off and start again, but I haven't!!

Day 3

Well, here is the Clapotis on day 3.


It took me a while to remember the stitches at first, even though I only finished the other one last month! And the ball that I wound came un wound after I started knitting for some reason so I'm having to keep stopping and get it untangled a bit.

I'm still on the 2nd section and nearly finished the 2nd repeat. It won't get done tonight cos we've got to go out, but, its my day off tomorrow so I'll catch up then I hope!

Clapotis Number 2!

As from today, I'm starting a knitalong for another Clapotis.


This time, I'm using the yarn the pattern reccomends, Lornas Lace's Lion and Lamb. The shade is called Watercolour.


It was a bit more pricey than the Hipknits from last time, but I thought as I know what I'm doing now (I hope) it'd be nice.

I'll be starting later on this evening and using my favourite needles, the Lantern Moon ones. I'm hoping to post progress pics every other day, so, watch this space!