I’m still here! Still sick, still suffering, still trying to work out what’s wrong with the body I’m trapped in (and finding out some things, but not others, and still nowhere closer to a treatment).

As a side effect of all of the above, my sewing mojo deserted me entirely for January, February, and March. I did sew a quick pullover in Jan and pyjama bottoms in Feb/March but I just have no energy or will to take photos or sit up and write blog posts and socials (I will eventually). I didn’t make anything for birthday this year, either – I just didn’t have the will to come up with something and didn’t want to force it.

Sewing’s loss is loom knitting’s gain, however, and because I can loom knit lying down, it’s been a great way to still scratch the itch of making and creating things. So here’s a bit of a loom knitting roundup from the first three months of 2025…

While the builders are working on renovating the main part of our boat, I’ve mostly been holed up in our small, self-contain captain’s cabin meaning that I haven’t been doing as much sewing as I normally would (for the dust, disruption and that I can’t be anywhere near them for shielding reasons!). So I’ve been getting a lot of loom knitting done! If you don’t know what loom knitting is, Google is your friend!

I love loom knitting socks in particular, and I’m normally pretty quick with them these days, but I actually cast these on in Oct 2019! Why so long? Well, mostly because I quickly paused them to work on my loom knit sweater. Once that was finished, I picked them up again and they came along as quickly as I’d expect for a nice and simple repeat.

With the book writing and marathon training in full swing over the past few months, I needed a bit of a diversion in my spare time. Because, even though I love them both dearly, when you’re thinking about sewing and activewear and running all day long, sometimes you want to just sit down and not think about either for a bit!

I’ve never knitted before in my life, nor have I frankly had any desire to. I have enough hobbies, and I don’t get excited by yarn in the slightest. I’ve never had any desire to knit a scarf or hat, which seems to be the basic beginner projects you must suffer through in order to learn the craft (a bit like making PJ bottoms in sewing I guess?). But socks are different – yes, I could definitely see the appeal in making socks, but they seemed really complicated to knit, and again, I have zero desire to go through months of learning how to do the basics in order to get to the thing I actually wanted to make.