Things That Look Like Knitting
Have you noticed how many things are in the shops that feature a knittedĀ patternĀ or texture? Or am I just finely tuned to knit-spotting? I talked about the yarnish candles, knitted tissue box and knitted mug in my post Yarn to Burn already…now I seem to be seeing knittingĀ everywhere. In the comments to that post, BatOutOfHell […]
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Icon Progress – We Have a Front!
My progress with Icon is storming along although I’ve had some minor hiccups along the way – and I’m ashamed to say, the hiccups were all my fault! So let me show you how far I’ve got then you can LOL at the stupid errors I made. I have one beautiful, unpressed, front…photographed in true […]
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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 […]
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Heligan Mishap
You must be wondering how Heligan is going…. She has been slow going – mainly because I’ve not had much knitting time – she is an awful lot of moss stitch! I have finished knitting all the parts though š She is currently laying on my dining room table having theĀ bazillionĀ ends tidied, neatened and tugged […]
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Spending Too Much at Ally Pally
Oh Gosh – I’ve not blogged for a LONG time Ā – 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 […]
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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 […]
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Metamorphosis of the Blue Mess
Oh! I forgot to show you that Blue Mess I mentioned in the Ā Heavenly Heligan post didnāt I? This is the afore mentioned Blue Mess From Amelia I will tell you of itsĀ metamorphosisĀ into quite a pleasing jumper š It started life as some ābuying up in the yarn sale frenzyā stash yarn of Navy Blue […]
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Tension Hell-again with Heligan
GHAAAAAAAaaaa! šæ You know I said I had gotten to the armholes on Heligan? There was a helpful line in the pattern which said, “If row tension is correct, back will measure 25.5 cm from cast on edge…” I like notes like that in a pattern – they let you know if you’re on track…or […]
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Heavenly Heligan
I was going to tell you about my latest finished garment but it is currently waiting to be pressed and sewn up and is looking like a very uninspiring, messy, navy blue heap!Ā Hmm – I guess that also means it’s not actually finished either š Iāll leave the navy blue heap until I have […]
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String of Expletives
āString of Expletivesā ā¦Do my non UK readers know what it means? A String of Expletives is an outpouring of several very rude words and curses, one after another. That explains my recent knitting experiences perfectly. It also would make a great name for a knitting blog with the pun on āStringā!! The Blanket Jacket […]
It looks lovely, and ā„ļø seeing your 2009 self š!
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 šš
Wow, love, love, love it. I am a shawl person and have a few favourites that I take on holiday…