Wow – 6 years of blogging – I must be mad, or I just don’t know how to stop đ
Or it has been rather rewarding and you lovely readers have kept me going – thanks for keeping on visiting đ
So as is my Blogiversary tradition, I’ll give you my summary of 2012…
…And as I appear not to have done a Blogiversary post in 2011, I’ll give you a quick summary of 2011 too!
Firstly, my blog post rate is shamefully down.
- 2012 – 26 Blog Posts
- 2011 – 30 Blog Posts
- 2010 â 36 Blog Posts
- 2009 â 35 Blog Posts
- 2008 â 69 Blog Posts
- 2007 â 87 Blog Posts
Maybe I should post more often with shorter, less rambling posts? Next year I will set a target of at least 2 posts a month and try and include some shorter snappier posts too!
But what did I knit? Was it worth looking at?  And did it ever get worn?
Click the name of the garment to be taken to the Completed Knit Report – Enjoy đ
2012 Completed Knits
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| From 6th Blogiversary |
2012 had a total of 14 knitted items (if you count the knitted whales a one each!)
- 1x  Cushion
- 3 x Jumpers
- 1 x Scarf
- 1 x Hat
- 1 x pair of Gloves
- 3 x Cat toy Whales
- 1 x Shawl
- 2 x Cardigans
- 1 x Fabulous Dress
Name |
What was it? |
What happened to it? |
Mewsleyâs Paw Print |
Cushion with intarsia paw print design for poorly Mewsley | Used avidly by Mewsley â Still on the sofa and starting to be a favorite of Kitty’s |
Silky BeatrizÂ
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Pure, hand dyed silk Jumper | Lovely yarn but hated the colour and variegation on me â gifted to a Mel, a friend at the Guilty Knitters who looks great in it. |
Benâs Evil Druid Hoodie |
Big Hoddie in Chunky Colourscape | Ben wears this a lot â very warm too. |
Envy Scarf |
Purple and grey stripey scarf  in Jaeger matchmaker |  Worn a lot with the set đ |
Envy Hat |
And matching stripey hat | Worn a lot with the set |
Envy Gloves |
And matching gloves | Worn a lot with the set |
3 x String Whales |
Cat toys in hairy old string | Ziggy and Kitty kill them and do their best to destroy the corpses most evenings đ |
Different Lines |
Stripey shawl in Nimu yarn | Worn with my denim jacket every time I wear it. |
Blanket Jacket |
Waterfall cardigan in aran Rowan Silk Twist | Hideous lumpen thing â frogged before I wasted time on the arms â very unusual for me to abandon a project đ |
Amelia |
Cute little drop stitch top in Rowan Milk Cotton | Worn a few time â more in the better weather |
Icon |
Most fabulous dress in cables and moss stitch in Purl Alpaca yarn | Worn several times already â will be a firm favourite. |
Heligan |
Stunningly coloured, stripey cardigan with crochet edging | Will be worn to death in the spring |
2011 Completed Knits
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| From 6th Blogiversary |
2011 had a total of 12 knitted items
- 3 x Cardigans
- 2 x pairs of socks
- 5 x jumpers
- 2 x scarves
Name |
What was it? |
What happened to it? |
Flag |
a huge Icelandic intarsia waterfall cardigan in a Union Flag design | worn a lot for the jubilee and Olympics! |
Easy Socks for the train |
in some pretty jazzy yarn | still regularly worn under boots |
See Through Jumper |
Kidsilk Haze and Aura loveliness | a work regular |
Ben’s Monging Socks |
in thick pure wool | which Ben  subsequently felted by putting them in the washing machine đ |
French Cable Jumper |
beautiful green cashmere | a real fave |
Elizabeth |
fitted jacket in Summer Tweed | Much too big, very disappointed – rehomed to my sister |
Still |
pink 50’s style jumper in Rowan Calmer | Â love it! |
Modern Quilt Wrap Scarf |
stunning multicoloured scarf in Kid Silk Haze | real favourite worn a heck of a lot |
Joy |
Rowan Denim jacket with fabulous buttons | My Honeymoon knit! Worn regularly |
Liliana |
Fairisle and Kidsilk aura | Very warm! Worn whenever itâs cold. |
Ben Scarf |
Easy stripes | Ben wears this a lot (which is good for Mr âI donât like scarvesâ!) |
Opps – nearly forgot this one too!
Ribbon Threaded Jumper |
Lovely lace top with round neck  in Knitshop pima cotton | Sample for Stitch in Time Vol 2. |
So what will 2013 bring? Whatch this space đ
Happy Blogiversary – I have enjoyed your lovely, very classy, knitting projects. My first blogiversary is in February – how time flies:)
Happy knitting
x
Happy Blogoversary. 6 years that is a whole lot of posts
Wow Susan, you have been busy. I am still on my first scarf, mind you I have only just started knitting, so hopefully in a few years I will be able to knit some, note some of the items you knit. I love the Union Flag cardigan. When do you think I would be able to tackle something like that, was it difficult to knit? I just love it.
Hi Lynne
Thanks! đ
You could easily knit a cardigan in the Flag style in one colour but I’d wait a while before you try to work the union flag design.
The basic shape is knitting a huge rectangle of Garter Stitch (knit every row) , leaving some holes for your arms to poke through, picking up the stitches and knitting plain arms. Easy!
The trouble comes with all the different colours – you end up with 13 separate balls of yarn to manage and needing some pretty advance intasia and fairisle techniques for carrying the yarn backwards and forwards along the row to where you want it and joining in new colours. It’s also a huge project with a LOT of knitting for a beginner to take on – I would fear that you’d give up and get bored half way through (I nearly did!)
Have you looked at the 4 blog posts?
this is the “finished garment” post, other blog posts are listed at the end…
https://susancrowe.co.uk/2011/01/09/finished-flag/
You’ll see the links to Helen Magnusson’s site for useful help and the contraption I had to build to stop the 13 balls of yarn tangling (!)
If you really want to attempt it I’m happy to meet up with you and show you the tricks
Susan
Happy blogiversary!
Happy Blogiversary, Susan!
Wow! What an achievement! Yours was one of the first knitting blogs I came across. I remember the tales of Thug and Mewsley with great fondness!
Happy Blog-niversary ! Love reading your posts and so happy to have found you!
Thanks Elise – I’m very glad to have you visiting đ