Fully Baked Brioche
I finished the Glen Brioche Scarf before I left Malaysia 😀 Here’s the evidence, carelessly draped in a tree on the beach, looking rather like an exotic snake… I was holding my breath all the way though the final chart – this is why – I had about 2 metres of each colour left over […]
Brioche on the Beach
My brioche history is shameful. I was a coward. I procrastinated for over 2 years! March 2016, I taught myself the basics from this book…Knitting Fresh Brioche by Nancy Marchant And blogged my sample knits here, “Fun with Brioche, Burping and Barking” and fully intended to make the lovely Glen scarf by Laura Whittington , a […]
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 […]
Catching Up with Accessories
Lots to catch up with! I started a great new job after Easter which hasn’t left me a lot of energy for blogging…I have been knitting though! I seem to have finished off a few accessories so I’ll show you those and save the exciting trip I took for my next post 😉 Sugary Stripe […]
Disaster, Woe, a Success and Some Fun
It’s been a week coloured by knitterly disaster and woe – then it improved… Disaster: I lost a sock. Not just any sock. I lost the completed, beautiful first sock of the pink, orange and purple entrelac socks I was making 😥 This is the last picture I have of my lost baby…. “What happened?”, I hear […]
Ally Pally – Fully Laden
It’s that time of year again – Where I shamefully confess (But inwardly giggle with glee) to utter indulgence at the Alexandra Palace Knitting and Stitching Show 😀 I went Thursday, set an overly generous budget and managed to spend most of it! I was bad… I know some of my readers will have gone […]
Hello Again!
Ohhh, that was a long break from blogging. As you can see – I’m not dead! 😮 So what’s been going on? Well, I’ve had a couple of huge projects stealing all my blogging time – one at work (which would bore you), and a huge disruptive one at home which is much more fun […]
Wrapped in Kitten Heads
Kittens and Stripes is finished! Just in time for the weather to turn horrid and for me to have the nasty 3 week long cold that everyone seems to be getting. <<Insert tiny violin here>> I have really enjoyed making this scarf! It was fun, colourful and easy enough to be able to get a […]
Making Sense of Vivaldi
Vivaldi’s construction is unusual so I wanted to show you the peices layed out before sewing up – Purcey decided to lend a helpful paw… He was quite well behaved and just observed the strangely short back… This didn’t last long… “I’ll just watch the strange shaped neck pieces….” Then I’ll kill that loose bit […]
Paid in Full in Bacon
The Salford Scarf took me 9 days to knit and it is lovely but jealousy may be a problem…. I was a little worried about giving it to Lawrence….not that I thought Lawrence wouldn’t like it but what his wife would make of it…especially as it was finished two days before Valentine’s day! Lawrence said he was […]
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…