Finally Finished the Monstrous Beast
It started 10 years ago, in 2009, in a yarn buying frenzy in the John Lewis Sale. I joyfully skipped to the checkout with 20 balls of delicious black Rowan RYC Silk Wool DK in my clutches. “That will make Ben a super jumper”, I thought….. Eight years later, in 2017, my constant waving of […]
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Fluffy Lilac Kitten
I’ve just finished this! 😀 I cast on in June 2018 but it has been a background project – this isn’t a six month knit 🙂 Cute, Soft & Fluffy. Great colour. Easy to knit Stocking Stitch.Yarn and pattern in stash… When I needed a some plain stocking stitch, as a break from other, more […]
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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 🙂 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 […]
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Fabulous Stashbuster Blanket
I have been forced out of my blogging lethargy to show you a fabulous sock yarn blanket I have just finished 🙂 It’s made entirely from the left over bits and bobs I had in stash from pairs of socks, a couple of 4 ply shawls and some soft toy creations (and I still have […]
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Waves Shawl – I’ve Been Unfaithful to Kidsilk Haze
I made this!…And it’s not Kidsilk Haze!! How can this be? When I saw this image in a mailshot from the online knitting store, Deramores, I instantly fell in love. I wear that shape of shawl as a scarf and around my shoulders quite a lot – I wanted to make it. But, as someone […]
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Afmæli Lopapeysa – Last WIP Done!
Even with Pixie biting my yarn and needles, I have managed to finish my last WIP! New year’s resolution completed!! (OK, last WIP if you don’t count the Autumn Rose Sweater I abandoned in 2013 because it was coming up too small…Those pesky Guilty Knitters won’t let me forget that one cos they want to […]
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Masika Skirt – Another WIP becomes a FO
Another WIP completed from the WIP pile… Here is the Masika Skirt – another lovely from Purl Alpaca… This is a super design of a skirt and quite an easy knit once you get the rhythm of the cables. It is essentially a tube with identical panels of cables at the back and front. The […]
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Pretty Little Petal Bibs
I know I’m supposed to be finishing my WIPS but I wanted to make a little gift for my colleague, Manuel, for his impending first child, due in a couple of weeks. I kinda get the impression the baby is not going to wait for me to finish my WIPs so that’s my excuse and […]
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Kitty loves Tartan
One less WIP! I’ve finished the Tartan Blanket 😀 This has turned out beautifully – I’m very happy. Here’s the whole thing, complete with edging… I have been slogging away and perhaps overdone it as my hands now ache and my wrist was starting to twinge – it is quite hefty crocheting 2 strands of DK. […]
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Here’s One I Prepared Earlier
While I’m slogging my way though the Tartan Blanket, Here’s another Purl Alpaca lovely that I completed over a year ago(!) 😮 This is me in Lorelle… It’s a lovely light, lofty sweater, knit completely in the round from the bottom up. I loved how the two stitch cables worked to form the zigzag details.(I […]
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