I got worried yesterday about the Sky Scarf – it looks so small, and a whole month done. But it measures 5 ½” and if you multiply that by 12 (for months) you get 5 ½ feet. That seems too neat, and must have something to do with there being 12 inches in a foot as well as 12 months in a year. Or have I slipped a gear, multiplication-wise?

I did today’s two dull grey rows in st st as planned, to mark the end of the month. I’ll probably do it again tomorrow, to make the point emphatic. I am assuming, like you, Annie, that as the year progresses and 8:15 a.m. becomes longer and longer after sunrise, there’ll be lots more blue. (And, oh! that’s wonderful news about your dog!)

As for the sock, ribbing isn’t so much “dread” as “tedious” for me. But I’m now within striking distance of the end of it – tonight should see it done.

There was a note in our church newsletter on Sunday soliciting knitted donations to Oxfam. In particular, they would like 6ft by 4ft blankets which they will sell for "anything up to £35" at a music festival. Here is a link to the "Knitting for Oxfam" page which includes patterns and things.

I feel a vague disquiet, although why should I? Nobody is making me knit a blanket. But I don’t like the idea that, if I do, Oxfam will sell my work for less than the cost of the materials, let alone adding a little something for skill and Man’s Time.

I think I’d rather knit a woolly hat for St Mungo’s and just give Oxfam £35. 

On a brighter note, tea cosies suddenly seem to be everywhere. There is a book on its way – April 12 – called “How Tea Cosies Changed the World” which looks so preposterous it could be fun. And it turns out that the author, Loani Prior, has written an earlier book, “Really Wild Tea Cosies”, of which the same can be said. Wouldn’t it be fun if “Tea Cosy” turned up as one of the Games categories under “Knitting” this year?


We've also got a new book to look forward to from Kaffe and Brandon Mably, "Knitting with the Color Guys", due in March. I'll have to get it, because I think I've got all of Kaffe. (My copy of "Glorious Knitting" is a signed first edition.) What Kaffe contributed to knitting was, and remains, wonderful -- but I think he has long since said all he has to say.