Archive for August, 2009

vilai

31Aug09

Pattern:  Vilai from Sock Innovation by Cookie A.
Yarn:  Panda Silk.  Approx 1.5 skeins.
Needles:   2.25mm for rib.  2.5mm for leg and foot.
Modifications:  continued ribbing and cable into toe.

Lily finished these just in time for the KAL on Ravelry.  We’ve had plenty of knitting time this week as the weather has been absolutely foul in Ambleside.  Luckily [...]


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notes

22Aug09

Just before school closed for summer Lily attended an induction day at her future high school.  She made a few new friends and tomorrow evening I am cooking dinner for a group of eight (yikes!) 11 year old girls as a ‘getting to know you’ thing.  I’m going to try and make the evening as grown-up [...]


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a break

09Aug09

Just a little last minute packing to do before we leave at lunchtime for a weeks break with some friends.  Dave’s working this week so me and a friend are taking the children for a little chill-out time in Silverdale.  There’ll be knitting, swimming and lots of walking.  You can’t do much else in Silverdale – [...]


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not a cloud in the sky

05Aug09

Pattern:  (Get off my) cloud by Kate Davies.
Yarn:  Shetland 4-ply in grey and Wendy Happy sock yarn for the contrasting pink.
Needles: 3mm and 3.5mm circs.
Modifications:  Didn’t knit the front pocket.

I need to stay away from the needled blog – no sooner is something published on there than it’s in my Ravelry library!  This is my favourite [...]


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Coniston

03Aug09

Pattern:  Lily’s first design.  She’s named this Coniston.
Yarn: Jarol Cool Aran in White, Red and Navy.
Needles: 4mm circular.

I should have known that she’d beat me to it.  This is Lily’s first attempt at designing and I am totally in awe of her!  She started this in June and every single stitch is her own design.   [...]


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