whitehart – pennies per hour of pleasure

I love knitting socks. They’re small and portable, easy to tuck in my handbag ready to work on while I’m on the bus, or waiting for an appointment, or even standing in a queue. I always have a pair on the go. Unfortunately, I don’t actually wear socks that much; […]

Try Again

25 May, 2012 in All Blog posts / Patterns tagged knit / msf / rugby / socks by whitehart

A few months ago, my friend Ankaret Wells self-published two books: The Maker’s Mask and The Hawkwood War. The books are part fantasy, part detective novel, part Regency romance and part cyberpunk, full of humour and populated with wonderfully vivid and three-dimensional characters. I particularly loved Ankaret’s heroine, Tzenni Boccamera, […]

Tzenni

4 Mar, 2011 in All Blog posts / Patterns tagged knitting / pattern / rose / socks / stairs / tzenni by whitehart

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Almost overnight the world seems to have been transformed into a blaze of autumn colour. There are yellow leaves and red berries: and vivid crimson creepers hanging against a wall I passed on my way to a meeting after lunch: It’s beautiful, but even though it’s still quite mild the […]

Mitten madness

3 Nov, 2010 in Birthday Blogger by whitehart