You might remember me posting about this one last Easter. This was one of my speediest knits ever but it still took me ages to get around to sewing the buttons on! Pattern: Owls by the blogger ‘needled’. Yarn: Cocoon by Rowan, 6 balls. Needles: 6.5mm and 7mm Knitpicks if I remember correctly. Buttons: 36! […]
To give you a break from all the jumpers I’ve got some works in progress to show you! First up is Veronique from French Girl Knits. I’m knitting it out of Lorna’s Laces Helen’s Lace… it is very fine but gives a lovely drapey fabric. It looks a bit funny at the moment – here’s […]
I finished this up a few months ago but never got around to photographing it. Pattern: Layered Skater’s Top from Knitting Classic Style by Veronique Avery. There is a light mohair tshirt that is paired with it in the book but I thought that the undertop would make a nice thermal longsleeved shirt by itself. […]
This was a very quick knit. I stalled out at the end because I didn’t like how the scalloped neck edging came out the first time and was too tired to redo it. But I did eventually and here’s the result! Pattern: Pioneer from Knitty. Needles: 4mm Knitpicks. Yarn: Berroco Ultra Alpaca Light, 4.2 skeins. […]
This is the first of a few posts I have on garments I’ve completed in the last six months. Weather and busy-ness were my two greatest conspirators, unfortunately, so in the end we shot everything you’ll see in the next few days all at once. In hindsight this, too, was unfortunate, as how and where […]