Cat Subdues Yarn and a Dumb Blunder
I’m still slogging away at the Flower Blanket! …and I have discovered Blanket Rule No.6… Sixth rule: Tired Sleepy Knitter + Intarsia = Tears I tried to press on one evening, when very tired, and finish one of the flowers. Once you’re past the centre it’s relatively easy – just the column of single stitches […]
The Blanket Rules
I realised that I have created a set of strict rules for myself when I’m working on the Flower Blanket. The Blankie-Police are not going to come and get me if I break them but they do make life easier, or maybe more achievable, if I follow them. Your rules and ways of thinking are […]
Flower Blanket – Taking Shape…
I have finished 17 squares of my Flower Blanket, rejiggled the pattern (again) and done some sewing up! The squares have taken over as my train knitting – on a knitpicks circular needle (ideal on a crowded train and for leaving fellow commuter’s eyes in their sockets!) I can get one striped or one moss […]
Flower Blanket – The Knitting Begins…
I’m guessing some of you have been awaiting progress on the Flower Blanket?? Shall I taunt you?? I’m not that cruel 😀 You know I said I’d do this on the train? Somehow I’ve found another project to do on the train so this has been my evening project instead – the plain and stripy […]
Purple Flower Blanket – The Design Phase
How does being bored with knitting plain socks on the train turn into an afternoon designing a blanket? Here’s how… I sat asking myself, “What can I knit on the train that’s not socks?” Squares for a blanket maybe? Out came my two Debbie Abrahams blanket books. These two… I made my Denim Blankie from […]
Boring Commuting Socks
With a blog post title like that I’m amazed you’d want to read this!! I finished yet another plain of boring plain socks on my daily commute this week… Here they are…. Thrilling huh? Even Thug wasn’t too impressed. The yarn was actually rather fun – Kaffe Fasset Regia Design Line – the colour changes […]
Back Catalog Delving
I am finally beating the three months of constant coughs and colds! Yeah for me! 🙂 Unfortunately for my knitting, this means that I’m busy having nights out and enjoying myself to make up for lost time – rather than sitting home and knitting. What I’m trying to say is there’s not much knitting progress […]
Knit Blogger’s Block
I’ve been sitting at my PC, staring at a blank blogpost for about 15 minutes. I think I may be suffering from “Knit Blogger’s Block”. That’s very like Writer’s Block…but knitterly…. Maybe it’s some kind of cross contamination between writing and blocking my knitting??? Oh dear, I just had a vision of myself pondering the […]
Annoyed Angels and Phoenixes
I’m sure I’ve mentioned the Angelyarns knitting forum on my blog before. I have spent a lot of time posting there and made some good friends. It has been a valuable resource for me – friendly, funny and full of knowledgeable people who were happy to help. The bad news is that this forum has […]
Sackboy!
This was supposed to be a Valentine’s prezzie but I was a week late 🙁 Bad Susan. For those of you who don’t know , there is a Playstation3 game called “LittleBigPlanet” whose main character is Sackboy – a cute knitted character. I’ll show you the finished Sackboy so you know what I’m talking about… […]
It looks lovely, and ♥️ seeing your 2009 self 😁!
WOW!! It looks s beautiful. I took don't knit shawls because I never wear them. Yours would be beautiful as…
Absolutely GORGEOUS ! x
Well done Susan, it's fabulous 😍😍
Wow, love, love, love it. I am a shawl person and have a few favourites that I take on holiday…