easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in knitting on Feb 27th, 2011
I did quite a lot of knitting in the run-up to Christmas, but haven’t been giving myself much time for it lately. I started a new Clapotis last weekend, and yesterday I dashed out to buy some yarn for a new hat. (I dyed my hair bright red last week, and I thought a little [...]
Posted in knitting on Jan 20th, 2011
Every time I knit a Clapotis, I complain all the way through. “It’s boring!” “My hands hurt!” “Maybe I could make it shorter…” “How much further?” But every time I’ve finished knitting a Clapotis, I can’t wait to start another one. This one was started in July, as a birthday present for my mother-in-law. But [...]
Posted in knitting on Sep 20th, 2010
I knitted this cardigan at record speed, so that I could wear it to a wedding back in June. The yarn is Rowan Polar, and it had a previous life as a tank top from Teva Durham’s Loop-D-Loop book. I love the colour, but I have to confess that I’m not a huge fan of [...]
Posted in knitting on Apr 5th, 2010
Exactly a year since I finished the first one, here’s my second Clapotis! The yarn, Rowan Tapestry (now discontinued) was a Christmas gift (thanks Jenny!), and I started knitting the day after Boxing Day. Here it is completed, just in time for Easter. I only made one amendment to the original pattern, and that was [...]
Posted in knitting on Mar 23rd, 2010
Last weekend, during a thrilling bout of insomnia, I finished off the Sackboy that I’ve been knitting over the past month. To be fair, about three weeks of that was spent avoiding sewing all the fiddly little bits together. I could easily have finished him in a weekend if I’d been more enthusiastic. The pattern [...]
Yay, the new Knitty is up! Knitty’s a funny one for me – I love looking through the new designs, and I’ve got quite a few patterns queued on Ravelry, but I’ve actually completed very few Knitty projects. Slither, Fetching and the ubiquitous Clapotis are the only ones I’ve finished, I think. This one though… [...]
Posted in knitting on Nov 27th, 2009
This is my latest project – my Walking in the Dark Hat. I’ve had a reel of very narrow light-reflective tape for years, but I could never think of what to do with it. Since I started clog dancing, I’ve been walking down to the rehearsals. When I’m on my bike I wear a high-visibility [...]
Posted in inspiration, knitting on Nov 20th, 2009
I popped into town the other day, and while I was waiting for a bus I decided to nip into Jacksons. I’m glad I did, because they just happened to have a great big basket of Sirdar Hug for just £1.20 a ball! This means that for just £14.40, I now have enough wool to [...]
Posted in knitting on Sep 23rd, 2009
Here’s my completed Helena, from Knitty. It’s beautifully modelled by Big Ted, who refused to take off his Ewok outfit for the picture. I’m sure that baby Catherine won’t mind that you can see where I made the switch on the sleeves from working back and forth on one circular needle to working in the round on [...]
Posted in knitting on Sep 18th, 2009
Aside from hats, this is the first baby garment that I’ve knitted. The pattern is Helena, from Knitty. I had originally planned to knit Elizabeth Zimmerman’s “February” baby cardigan, but I didn’t have access to the pattern when I wanted to start knitting (i.e. IMMEDIATELY!), so I went with this one instead. The construction’s basically [...]