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 😉 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 […]
I am Forgiven
I have finally been forgiven for being a bad, unfaithful wife and knitting for another man. How did Ben attain this state of nirvana? It only took me to knit a beautiful pair of socks and me to finish his Drifter 😀 The finishing is timely – The weather here is still freezing and Ben has a […]
Not Sure If These Count As “Successes”
Do you remember the string Whale cat toys I made for Ziggy and Kitty ? These little beasties…. From Kitty & Ziggy A friend of ours has a new kitten and I thought I’d make a little whale toy as a gift for the kitten. Ben saw my “gift Whale” and said, “that’s nicer than the […]
Kitten Mittens
“Leave all your other projects and make those, Susan!” said Jenny. “I want to see a finished one.” “Awwwww!!! So CUTE!” said everyone else at Guilty Knitters (Even the non-cat lovers!!) So what could possibly be so cute and engaging that I would abandon my lovely Autumn Rose Sweater and work on them exclusively? It was […]
Travelling Socks
I usually have a pair of socks on the needles, ready to grab and stuff in my bag to keep me company when I’m flying. Even the most rigorous airport security has yet to give me grief over a set of 2.5mm wooden dpns and a ball of sock yarn. I take socks on the […]
Getting it Out of the Way
I don’t understand. It should have been a lovely knit – beautiful Nimu yarn and easy but interesting pattern.? So why was the Stripe Study Shawl such a boring slog to finish? I guess it’s because I had to rip it back and start again so I’ve probably knit one and a half of these not […]
Being Bad…
So Heligan is at the “reknit the top of the sleeve and sew it up” stage – not my most favorite part…. And I have sumptuous new projects begging to be started from Ally Pally… And I a weak and weary from fighting off this stupid cough/cold/flu/bronchitis type thing… So have I diligently finished […]
Spending Too Much at Ally Pally
Oh Gosh – I’ve not blogged for a LONG time – Sorry! Multitude of inadequate excuses include: Very busy at work (All going rather well though!)… Work trip to Budapest, Hungary to do some presentations to the teams out there on what I’m doing (Very successful work trip, fabulous city and OMG – The Boscolo […]
Yarn to Burn
I seem to be a sucker for buying anything for the house that has a knitting related design. First it was the knitted coffee mug from Sainsburys (I now use this mug every day at work – it always draws comment!)… From Then the Knitted tissues by Kleenex… From And now??? Yarn Candles!! A geeky […]
Metamorphosis of the Blue Mess
Oh! I forgot to show you that Blue Mess I mentioned in the Heavenly Heligan post didn’t I? This is the afore mentioned Blue Mess From Amelia I will tell you of its metamorphosis into quite a pleasing jumper 😀 It started life as some “buying up in the yarn sale frenzy” stash yarn of Navy Blue […]
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…