Casting on Misurina
Misurina is more spicy than I expected! So much going on in this little top. This week I swatched and cast on another of my aquisitions from Unravel festival in February – Misurina Tee by Caitlin Hunter. This is the pattern pic… Lace around the neck. And cables. And a big fairisle pattern with huge […]
Share this:
On The Hook
“What’s on the needles now?”, I hear you cry! Erm actually it’s “on the hook” – Crochet hook that is. I’ve got a little Hat Crazy the last couple of weeks – it started with this! The Rowan Margarida Hat in Rowan Cotton Glace (or Handknit Cotton.) I knew I had a bag of left […]
Share this:
Retirement of the Old and Past It
I’m finding it hard to give up on old and dated handknits. There should be a handknit garment retirement home where they are cooed over, petted, paid compliments, and treated like venerated elders.
Share this:
What Was I Thinking?
Some of my knitting choices are so awful, you just have to point and laugh.
Share this:
Drug Dealer Scales
It occurred to me that in my last post I was talking about quite small and precise quantities of yarn – 26g of a 50g skein for example. My kitchen scales are not quite that accurate so I bought myself this fabulous little gadget from amazon. Ascher Portable Digital Scale It has loads of functions […]
Share this:
Rocking Those Stripes
Here’s a FO that has just flown off the needles – The Rock It tee by Tanis Lavallee I’m so happy with this! I’ll show you my FO first… I fell in love with this at the Unravel Yarn Festival at Farnham Maltings in Surrey in February. Unravel is a wonderful yarn fest on independent […]
Share this:
Sea Glass Sweater
I definitely owe you some knitting eyecandy 😀 How about this? This is the fabulous Sea Glass Sweater by Wool & Pine. Made between Jan and March 2022. It is a wonderfully inventive top down pattern made entirely of 1×1 fairisle, changing both colours every row. It’s intended as a stashbuster to use up all […]
Share this:
I’m Back! …But Why Did I Stop Blogging?
4 years ago I suddenly stopped blogging after 10 years of sharing my knitting exploits. I really hope I still have some followers out there! Long story, cut very short – I had a stroke – and that really messed up my knitting and ability to blog. The good news is I’m 95% recovered now […]
Share this:
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 […]
Share this:
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 […]
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…