Archive for February, 2008
Mummy…will there be a tsunami?
This is the question Joel asked on the way out the door to school this morning. Because first come the earthquakes and then the tsunami – in his world anyway! Think he’s been watching too much Discovery channel! I heard all the doors in the house rattling at about 1 am, and Joel shouting that his bed […]
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Scroll
Well I did say I’d need some relief from the fuzz! Actually Spook is coming along quite nicely, but this Lorna’s Laces (my 1st ever!) was sat there looking oh so smooth and hairless. The pattern is Scrolls from More Sensational Knitted Socks, and the colour is Aqua. It’s a 14 round pattern repeat and […]
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Yes – that’s a green blob
Spook isn’t very photogenic at the moment but at least you can make out the stitch pattern. I’m almost up to the stocking stitch section which will be quite a relief. KSH really slows my knitting down so it’ll be good not to have to worry about dropped yarnovers etc. I may need to cast on […]
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Meet Spook
Yet another project for Lily! This is Spook from Young Rowan. Anyone reading this blog could be forgiven for thinking I have just the one child. Lily certainly benefits most from my knitting. I promise that I will be knitting something for Joel before the summer. I already had 3 balls of Kid Silk Haze in my stash from […]
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St Clements
Otherwise known as the Tea stain socks. The NDS blue-faced Leicester was lovely to knit with, and the pooling’s not too bad I suppose, but where the red stripes next to the green it definitely has the look of a tea stain. Pattern – Basic rib sock Yarn – Blue-face Leicester by The Natural Dye Studio. […]
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Brambling off the needles
Brambling from Rowan Story Book of Little Knits Yarn – Rowan all-seasons cotton in Dusk. 9 balls. Needles – 4.5mm Mods – Knit the body 5 cm longer to fit my very tall 10 year old. Didn’t bother with the pocket. Press-stud fasteners. We love this cardigan! Lily especially. At 11 days, it’s definitely the […]
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Blocked
One of these days I’ll get myself sorted with some better blocking equipment. I absolutely loathe this part of knitting because it’s a back-breaking job if all you have is towels on the floor! My pins aren’t too clever either. I must admit, I’ve had to block this a bit more aggressively than I usually […]
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Reading material
It was inevitable I suppose. The walk we did yesterday started in the village where my favourite YS is, so I was unlikely to come home empty-handed. Yarn above is a Mirasol DK. Not sure what I’ve got in mind for it but the colour spoke to me. You know, like they do. I […]
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It’s oh so quiet
My extra children are back with their parents now. We had a busy last day as Lily had Pony Club in the morning, and we decided to take them to the beach in the afternoon. It was quite nippy but we still had a great time. All the kids enjoyed a ride on the large […]
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Needles, needles everywhere!
Boy this is fiddly! It’s like knitting my 1st socks again with all these cable needles (or dpns in my case). Thank goodness they get removed on the next row. Apart from these 2 awkward rows the pattern seems very straight forward. This is the first front in the photo, and the back is cast […]
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