I had a little retail therapy the other weekend. There was quite a lot of fabric bought. This was the haul! The rippled one really did remind me of the Old Shale stitch pattern (what most people erroneously call Feather and Fan). Though Mr says it makes his eyes funny, so it won’t be used […]
My Narwhal mittens are finished. The pattern is Narwhal Mittens by Ysolda. The yarn for the outer mitten is my own handspun. Briefly, blogged here The inner yarn is some leftover Easyknits that seem to match well with the teal colour. I made some plastic templates to block the mitten around because I didn’t want to block
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I’m not sure why but this is a project that has languished about for quite some time. Looking at the project page on Ravelry, I started this all the way back in July! The pattern is Pop Spots by Juju Vail. I whizzed through the spot part quite quickly and really enjoyed it, but the knitted
I’ve recently finished two pairs of socks. The first was intended as a Christmas present for Mr but it’s very hard to try and knit a pair of size 11 socks in secret and on a deadline, so it was after Christmas that they were finished. His favourite colours are black and burnt orange together.
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I can finally show you my finished Follow Your Arrow shawl – pattern by Ysolda. For those that haven’t taken part, it’s a mystery knitalong. There has been a clue released each week for 5 weeks. Each clue has two choices. I’ve particularly enjoyed having a choice because there was bound to be a clue
Back to the knitting… The photo of this has sat on my computer for awhile, been a bit too busy to blog recently. The pattern is Zuzu’s Petals by Carina Spencer, which I made with some of my handspun, blogged originally here. Handspun Zuzu project page. The yarn is faux cashmere, 18 w.p.i, 268m/100g. So
On my birthday trip to London, last week. I did manage to squeeze in a visit to the Loop, Islington. I had lots of plans but managed to narrow it down to a reasonable amount. I received Fair Isle Style, edited by Mary Jane Mucklestone from Mr for Christmas. There’s lots of patterns in there
That was a long holiday break. My birthday falls near Christmas too and it was a special one this year, so we’ve been away for a bit. I did get some lovely knitting-related presents this year. Some special skeins of yarn from my lovely mum – waves”Hi Mum” Two skeins of Quince and Co Chickadee
Last year, I showed you all the Christmas Tree decorations. This year, it’s the turn of the fabric decorations. There is quite a bit of Christmas bunting around the house but found it difficult to get a good photograph, so you’ll have to imagine how pretty it looks! I did make some shelf bunting for
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A while ago, I made a photo tutorial for the Estonian Cast On. The Double Estonian Cast On is a simple variation of this. The edge is thicker and more decorative. It is ideal for 1 x 1 and 2 x 2 ribbing, as it wraps the base of the ribbing columns. It is firm,
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