An Unexpected Scarf
I quite often have people asking me to knit for them. There are some āinterestingā ways my skills are requested ā ranging from the polite and flattering, āI know youāre really busy but youāre such a wonderful knitter could you please make me a Ā āKnitted thing of immense size and complexity in ugly yarn?ā To […]
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Something To Test My Skills
Clearly I should do something really difficult now as I keep getting blasĆ© and screwing up on the easy patterns. What better than the scary, never attempted before challenge of the fabulous Autumn Rose Sweater? I bought the kit at Ally Pally at the same time as I bought the Nimu yarns for Stripe Study […]
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Reading the Pattern is a Good Idea
So, I needed some “mindless” knitting after the the whirlwind of knitting Icon. What better than knit up the lovely Nimu yarns I bought at Ally Pally? This yarn… From Ally Pally 2012 I was going to make Different Lines again as I was so pleased with it but thatĀ wouldĀ be boring and I wanted […]
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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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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 […]
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It Looked so Much Better in the Picture…
SoĀ rememberĀ I mentioned the cardigan thing I wasn’t sure about? I am now sure – it’s hideous. I snaffled up 14 balls of Rowan Silk Twist in the sales to make the Blankey Jacket from Rowan Silk Twist Classics. This pattern… From Blanket Jacket from his book… From Blanket Jacket I was a little surprised when […]
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…