I bought (among many other things) a kit from Sue Stratford at Yarndale. She has many gorgeous and sweet kits. I got the Chunky Holly kit. I quickly got started and after only a couple of nights work. I have a fabulous chunky holly. And if you can see her hiding behind the berries, a […]
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I’m very sorry for the radio silence over the summer but my workload was very high and something had to give. Unfortunately for you guys, it was the blog. I’m going to try and get back into the groove of blogging. I want to try and blog weekly like I’ve done for the past few
When working ribbing, ever had that loose knit stitch before you change to purl? It’s a common problem. The reason it does it this is because the way a purl stitch is worked, it uses a little bit more yarn than a knit stitch and the excess moves into the last knit stitch and makes
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While on holiday I made a Wee Envelope by Ysolda Teague. I really, really loved making this pattern. It’s really clever but quite easy. I ended up working it on magic loop, that way I didn’t have to worry about using stitch holders and it made it easy to pick up the stitches again. I
So 2nd instalment…. One day, we had a day trip to the Isle of Skye. The journey there is just so picturesque. We’d heard about a coral beach right at the top of the Isle of Skye. It was so pretty and the sea was turquoise. And it really was made of coral. Those mitts
We’ve just got back from a wonderful holiday in the Scottish Highlands. We were quite lucky with the weather and my new camera has been given a good work out – I’ve taken over a 1000 photos. On the way up, we stopped in at New Lanark Mills. It’s really beautiful and as the sun
I seem to have lost my blog mojo at the moment. I’ve not been in a very talkative mood of late, so I’ll just share some photos without commentary… If you’re curious about something feel free to comment though.
The sewing machine came out this week! I saw the most gorgeous knitting bag on instagram. It was made by Truly Myrtle (I don’t usually like podcasts but she’s very interesting to listen to). Here’s the link to her bag. It’s a shape I haven’t tried before. The pattern for the tote is a free
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I’ve just finished a lovely poncho for a friend. The yarn is Louisa Harding’s Esquel and the pattern is Ivy from the Esquel book. It’s the one on the cover. The colour I used was 16 Tomato, which isn’t really a very accurate colour name as it’s much more like a rust / burnt orange
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Not my latest finished object but it’s taken me awhile to get around to blogging about it. I mentioned before that I was partaking in Ysolda’s Follow Your Arrow knitalong this year. Project page here. I used Sparkleduck Solo which is a lovely yarn. A very vivid sea green colour and has lovely stitch definition.
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