Flying Monkey Socks
I now have a backlog of “Finished Objects”to share with you but here’s a quick little one , fresh off the needles đ My Flying Monkey Socks… I love Cookie A’s sock patterns but I had never made Monkey – beloved by several members of the Guilty Knitters. …and I had a flight to Miami […]
A Persian Adventure
My current “Icelandic project” has now got too big for carrying on the train for a commuting project (more of that later!). What to do?….. …Find something in my obese stash that’d be Okish? ……Stare blankly out of the train window and waste good knitting time? ………Rush out and buy a huge, new and  exciting project […]
Iceland!
I’ve been to Iceland! No, not the frozen food store – the lovely country đ I’ve just had a “big” birthday and the lovely Ben surprised me with a trip to Reykjavik over Easter. (If anyone is rude enough to ask, the answer is “21” đ ) I’ve wanted to visit Iceland for a long […]
Catching Up with Accessories
Lots to catch up with! I started a great new job after Easter which hasn’t left me a lot of energy for blogging…I have been knitting though! I seem to have finished off a few accessories so I’ll show you those and save the exciting trip I took for my next post đ Sugary Stripe […]
Catching Up After the Dreaded Lurgy
I had a nice long break from work over Christmas and planned to catch up on all the projects I have yet to blog…and catch up a whole list of other thing! Instead, I have spent most of my time either in bed or semi conscious on the sofa under a blanket sniveling and coughing, trying to […]
Crazy Hippy Hexasocks
Ben wanted some colourful “hippy socks” for weekend sitting around. He got more “Hippy” than he bargained for!! These are the Hexagon socks from Knit Outside the Sox, the book I showed you in my Ally Pally Post. This book… There are a dozen patterns in this book I want to make but, true to […]
Introducing Purcey
I would like to introduce the newest member of our family. His name is Purcey….because he Purrs! Weâve had him since last Saturday but first visited and âchoseâ him 6 weeks ago – itâs been agony keeping him secret (just in case anything went wrong). Dad was a Ragdoll and Mum was a Ragdoll/Maine Coon […]
Alright Mr De-Mille, I’m Ready for My Close Up Now
Who would have thought that my knitting could lead to me  becoming a film star! OK,  that’s overstating it slightly đ So here’s what happened… I was contacted by an independent filmmaker, via his wife on Ravelry. Sergey explained he wanted to make a short documentary about knitting to expand his portfolio and wondered if I’d […]
Fallen off the Cracksilk Wagon
I’ve fallen off the wagon in a big way – The lure of Rowan’s Kidsilk Haze was too much for me to resist. My long struggle with Cracksilk Haze addiction  has been well documented on this blog: KSH Shame – Where I found I had nearly all the yarn for the Earthstripe wrap in stash. […]
“Green Thing” (Otherwise Know as Fabulous Green Shawl)
I made the mistake of asking the lovely Ben what to title this blog post – I don’t think he was feeling particularly inspired this morning. “Green Thing”, was his instant answer. “That doesn’t really conjurer up a beautiful, lace shawl does it?”, I said. “Here is a beautiful lace shawl wot I made and some pictures of it. […]
I would have, but I was terrified it was full of moth lavae. It went straight in the dustbin!
Its a real shame about your tumbling blocks cushion. The rest of it is still so pretty I'd be tempted…
The fronts look just fabulous, and the back calculations and planning are quite genius!
I am in awe of your skills Susan. Looking forward to seeing the finished mistresspiece. x
Oh my goodness!! What am amazing job on creating your own back design. I still haven't tried a steek yet…