Spurred on by our chilly weather, I finished up my Bedford sweater at long last. Such is today’s gloom, modelled photos are unfortunately out of the question 🙁 I can’t really complain though as I know other parts of the country have seen torrential rain whereas we have only had clouds. Grey, suffocating clouds but…
This kind of doesn’t count as an FO in my book (even though it is) because it knit up really quickly. We stuck on Barfly and it was finished by the end of the movie. Anyway, I was just excited to see how my handspun knit up. Pattern: Basic top down beanie from Knitting from…
Pattern: From Russia with Love via Craftzine. Yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran, 3 balls (almost exactly – I had about 5m left over). Needles: 4.5mm 40cm circular and a 4mm crochet hook for the opening. Verdict: Very snug. Very!
So. This Flying Camel event. It seems to have started something quite unstoppable. This is the first of my Ashford merino-silk batches. Remember how I was telling you that I spun the second bobbin in contrary motion to the first? And how I only realised when I was plying them together? This is what I…
…Or Knitting Olympics, or just plain knitting-while-you-watch-the-olympics… whatever you want to call it, I’m doing it! The whole idea is to set yourself a challenge and try to complete it within the olympic window (17 days). As I said before, I set myself the challenge to finish off my Minimalist Cardigan. Needless to say, I…