As promised a couple of days ago, here’s an almost-finished Burda 7808. Just the hand-sewing and thread-neatening to go, and then it’s done.
As it turns out, I followed the instructions more than I expected to - although there are a few things that I’ll change next time. I added extra gathering to both the front [...]
Tag Archive 'silk'
Laura’s beaded wedding bag
Posted in bags, embroidery, sewing, wedding on Jun 8th, 2009
I don’t like showing other people’s wedding things in their entirety before the wedding, so this is just a little snapshot of Laura’s beaded wedding bag.
The ivory silk dupion was already beaded and embroidered. I removed some of the clear beads, and replaced them with red ones. You can also see the pretty flower shaped iridescent button, [...]
I’d always wondered why you weren’t supposed to wash silk. I bought three metres of ivory dupion a little while ago, but it had a dirty mark on it, so I knew I was going to have to clean it somehow. In a fit of “what the heck”, I chucked it in the washing machine, [...]
Feather and Fan.
Posted in inspiration, knitting on Mar 6th, 2009
I have no idea what this is going to be, I plan to just keep knitting it until it’s finished.
I was reading the third issue of The Knitter, and there was an article about hand knit scarves, with a recipe for feather and fan stitch. It looked pretty. I had some silk yarn left over from knitting socks. [...]
I hope this isn’t giving too much away - I just wanted to show a little snapshot of what I’m working on at the moment.
These are the silk socks from Simply Knitting Issue 43. Yes, they’re still going!
The first sock, now completed, has two mistakes in it. Well, okay, three if you count the fact that it’s at least two inches longer than my foot.
The second sock… well. Let’s just say that this little heap of curly unravelled silk [...]
Silk socks and a passionflower.
Posted in knitting on Jul 3rd, 2008
I have a confession to make.
I am in love with my new socks. And they’re not even socks yet!
I honestly thought I’d be bored by the monotony of knitting every single row, but the self-striping yarn is absolutely fascinating to watch. How wide will my stripes be? Which colour’s coming next? I also thought I’d [...]
Get Knitted!
Posted in knitting on Jun 24th, 2008
I would like to take a moment to sing the praises of Get Knitted. I ordered some yarn and needles from them on Friday, and they’ve arrived today. (Tuesday.) Their postage rates were extremely reasonable, and they threw in a free pen and a sweetie!
I ordered from Get knitted because they’re a UK supplier of [...]