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A new home for the pointed needles

I have been tidying up! The yarns in big wicker baskets and the needles in their new home.
I bought this gorgeous antique sewing box for pennies in a car boot sale last year. It was filthy and slightly damaged but I knew the wonder it would turn out once I got my cleaning lotions and potions on its back.

The summer sunshine was inspirational and here are some sneak peeks.

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This lovely box now houses every knitting equipment I own. The wooden vintage needles, the DPNs, the interchangeable knit pro needles, and some row counters and stitch holders. All my antique bone crochet hooks too have a little drawer of their own.
A place for everything and everything in its place…The true home of pointed needles.

Bye 2012 we had a great time with you…

We are over a year old and the WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,300 times in 2012. If it were a Dreamliner, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

Wow lets have many more Dreamliner full interactions in the new year. This success has been totally unexpected, all thanks to the new friends we made both at the club and online. May there be plenty of beautifully handcrafted objects filing up your life in the coming year. Lets keep sharing the craft.

An everyday knitter story.

An everyday knitter story.

I like this interview very much. Jess is not only inspirational to the next generations but her understanding of the process of how knitting helps her in the broadest context is refreshing and worth spreading.

A colourful homage to my grandma

My recent excessive shopping spree of some gorgeous yarn has got me perked up and inspired for a challenging new project.

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The hand dyed 90%mohair with a touch of merino (10%) is a lovely subdued shade of salmon.

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This one is for me! I think I will make a vest of it. All these colours mean my fair-isle knitting books are out. My grandma used to make traditional hats with cross stitch patterned borders. She had a graph paper notebook she would draw her designs in.

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I particularly like this rose pattern. I have filled in the original pattern with some colours I plan to use on the vest.

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So here is a start to a new project that has been inspired simply by the colours of the yarn around me.

Hello 2012

Hello everyone, as the hangovers die down I am ready to think of a new project to kick start the year. My lovely cousin in America has just given birth to a gorgeous little girl and I couldn’t need any more inspiration…new year and new beginnings.

As I was searching through some likely projects on u-tube, I found this inspiring video. Isn’t it fabulous that she has knitted these gorgeous pieces all in a year. Wish I had seen this a year earlier! But in case you want more inspiration then Minher’s blog provides that in spades (think cute pachyderms).

So let me know what is inspiring you to start your new year knitting project…

Scoodie crochet project.

I got some lovely 2 ply Shetland lamb’s wool in various colours recently. Since I didn’t have any knitting needles less than 5.00mm, I decided on a quick crochet project. Like most things I do, I was not particularly organised for a project before hand. I let the wool inspire me.

I begin a project with only a couple of ground rules. I keep looking at the colours, imagine little pieces in a few combinations and consider adding one simple progression to my skill tool box. Sometimes a person or occasion for a gift also helps. So as I was watching u-tude videos to inspire me, this paricular one jumped out. It seemed easy, but I would also learn to create a hood!

I didnt buy enough wool to complete the project, but luckily the lady selling the wool had a few more balls and I could breathe again. This will perhaps teach me to plan ahead next time (one only hopes).

This is what my Scoodie looks like.

I have made a very long scarf section, as I wanted it to be nice and snug around my neck. I have also attached the two ends of the scarf so I can just loop it round.

I particularly like the pom-pom which was not part of the original design on the u-tube video. This also helps create a slight weight which gives the hood a much softer look on top of the head.

I made these adjustments as I went along as my wool behaved very differently to the one used in the tutorial. I quite like the chunky feel of the other scoodie in the video, but I like mine too. What do you think?

The yellow and green ribbed scarf project.

This cashmere and silk blend yarn is beautiful to work with and lovely to touch. The rosewood needles give a very good controlled slip. This is among my first projects (I started three at the same time) that I have now finished.

 

The casting on…

A simple all knit and slip stitch pattern for the scarf.  This was the first time I was using a slip stitch, it is not only very easy but also creates a beautiful ribbed effect.

The complete scarf… a lovely handmade present this season.

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