The online home and (not so) alter(ed)-ego of Ann McMeekin Carrier. New Mum, Photographer, Knitter, Petrolhead, Shoe and Stationery Obsessive and User Experience Consultant at Lab49.
This week has been a week of almost perpetual motion. On Tuesday I went from London to Perth (the one in Scotland, not the Australian one) so that I could be in Perth rested and ready to do a day’s training with a really lovely group of people on Wednesday. Then on Thursday, I did [...]
Two years ago (about six months into my newly acquired knitting addiction) on a whim, I decided to volunteer to help out at the Knit and Relax stand at the Alexandra Palace (aka Ally Pally) Knitting and Stitching show. I really had no idea what I was letting myself in for. I spent the best [...]
Since coming back from Crete, the days have got colder and more wintry, so I turned my red merino handspun yarn into a crocheted scarf. It’s about 4 inches wide and long enough to double wrap and pull through, and it’s so snuggly soft it’s like my neck is wrapped in a hug. With this [...]
About a year ago now, I went to the Handweavers Studio in Walthamstow and bought some dye to play with. After playing with some merino, I dug out some combed Wensleydale and experimented with reds, browns and yellows, aiming for autumnal colours. After sitting, unspun and unloved for nearly a year, I found it again, [...]
Although I packed yarn to go on holiday to Crete, I didn’t expect to pack yarn to come back with from Crete. Then I spotted an ad for a craft shop in Chania, and in the corner of the add, I thought I saw some fibre. So I did what any other fibreholic would do, [...]