easily distracted by shiny things…
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 [...]
Posted in knitting on Aug 20th, 2009
I may have been busy working for the past few weeks, but I’ve still managed to find the time to do a bit of knitting. This is the Crest of the Wave scarf, by Judith Jacobs. You can find it on Ravelry, and the pattern’s free. I’m knitting it with two different sock yarns. The [...]
Posted in fabric, inspiration, knitting, shopping on Jul 27th, 2009
Shortly after I posted about my Liberty knitting print skirt I received an email from Helen, asking whether I knew anywhere that the fabric was still available. Sadly it was already discontinued when it was given to me, and its well and truly out of print now. It turned out that she only needed some [...]
I’ve had this fabric for about eighteen months, but I’ve been “saving” it for just the right outfit. First it was going to be Vogue 8470, and then McCalls 5431. Then I decided that neither of those options would be comfortable, and I couldn’t decide what to do instead. Chris Zydel wrote yesterday about how [...]
This is a knitting pattern from 1977. My sister and I (and probably my Mum and Dad as well) wore many incarnations of this cardigan over the years, all knitted by my Mum. Once you’ve stopped laughing at the extremely dated styling on the pattern cover, this is actually a really nice cardigan. It can [...]
Posted in inspiration, knitting on May 29th, 2009
This little beauty is “Trailing Leaf” by Amanda Jones, and it’s on page 66 of issue 6 of The Knitter. I have a whole bag full of Rowan Cashcotton 4 ply in a lovely peachy colour, which I think would be perfect for this. [edit] Oops – there’s a misprint, and the pattern calls for [...]
Posted in knitting on May 12th, 2009
So much for spring – it might be May, but it’s still cold enough to need a scarf. And, of course, it’s always winter somewhere in the world! I’ve just listed half a dozen scarves on Etsy, all hand knitted from Colinette yarns. I love working with Colinette, but I probably ought to try and [...]
Posted in knitting on Apr 17th, 2009
I was looking through some of my photos on Flickr, and realised that I’d never posted my tutorial for dyeing wool using Kool Aid! It’s now in the FAQ section, with my other tutorials. I dyed this one lonely ball of wool more than a year ago, and I still haven’t thought of anything in [...]