I showed you a work in progress photo of my Little Duck Socks recently. Blogged here They are now finished with plenty of time for Christmas. The duck stitch pattern is from Mary Jane Mucklestone‘s 150 Scandinavian Knitting Designs. I did her workshop a few months ago. This is the first of lots of project […]
Just tying up a few loose ends here. These are few projects from the last couple of months that I haven’t talked about much. Remember this big Pile O’ Knits, I’ll show you a few that were in that pile. The first is made from Paulina Popiolek‘s Orion Belt pattern, made from Katia Kiss. I
The reindeer jumpers are finished. You may remember, I blogged about them. Well, now I have two very cute jumpers. The phrase that keeps coming to mind for the little one is “mini me”. Both have little pompom noses, but it’s the reverse of the jumpers which is the best! That’s two little people with
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After making this mug for when I’m at ceramics and enjoying it so much; I thought I’d make another for when I’m at A Good Yarn. We all had a lovely trip to Yarndale, so I’ve used the wonderful sheep logo as my inspiration. There’s a sheep on both sides. The biggest challenge was to
Ducks…. Socks… And one very cute reindeer! Perhaps, I should say a little more than that. The ducks are from Mary Jane Mucklestone’s 150 Scandinavian Knitting Designs and I’m designing a sock around it. I did Mary Jane’s workshop recently and was inspired to try some patterns out.There will be some gansey-like texture in there and at
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The lovely Nicsknots is doing a great competition called “How much do you have in your project bag?“. I thought it was a fab idea for a blog post. Embarrassingly, I think my answer is “A shocking amount!”. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten everything out at once and I was stunned on just how much
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Last week, I ventured off to Baa Ram Ewe in Harrogate for a Scandinavian Knitting workshop with Mary Jane Mucklestone. After a scrummy lunch at Wagamama. I wandered down to the shop. I’ve been to the one at Leeds plenty of times but not yet had a chance to go to the Harrogate shop. The
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I’ve been a bit quiet for the last couple of weeks because I’ve been on holiday in Yorkshire. We were really lucky with the weather and had a lovely time. Here is the view from our cabin – I’ve never seen so many varieties of mushroom in one place We visited Whitby, York and Rievaulx
Yarndale….wow! I had a fantastic day. A bus load of us from A Good Yarn went on Sunday and it was amazing. First of all, I booked to do a workshop with Amy Singer, aka the editor of Knitty. The workshop was Making the Next Monkey and for anyone who is a designer or a fledgling
Last week we had great fun at A Good Yarn, Cleethorpes. It was the Wish Upon a Knit events all week. It was to raise money for When You Wish Upon a Star. It was very busy with lots of knitting, laughter and cakes. The last being the most important…..we ate a lot of cake.
