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knitted lace shawl finished

| May 18, 2013

It 2.45am and I’m yawning like a stupid thing but I was determined to finish. As tomorrow my new wool should come. Sadly, my blocking wires are on back order so I can’t block it yet.

the other shawl

| May 12, 2013

The craftsy class I’m doing has 2 shawls in it. This is the second one and boy is this so much easier! Just a shame the yarn I had is making it look pants

nearly there0

| May 11, 2013

Well. Slowly but surely. Must have spent nearly 3 hours trying to work out why one bit didn’t add up right. But I’m nearly done. 3 rows of a stitch I don’t like and the edge and its over!

the shawl grows

| May 9, 2013

Getting there! I had to extend my circular needles to spread it out better. I don’t think this circular one is ideal for me. I think I will do better with the triangle one in terms of stitches. We shall see.

knitted lace shawl

| May 7, 2013

My insomnia saw me watch a lot of crafting videos from craftsy.com. So I decided to start this.

knitted moccasins

| April 28, 2013

Well I made a friend for it so now I have a pair. They were stunningly simple to make. I probably should put a slight bits of elastic round the foot hole but it doesn’t need much. If I was to start again I would do garter stich on the band round and moss stitch […]

toe up slipper

| April 21, 2013

Ok. As a first attempt I’m really pleased with this. Its made out of a cotton like string which is sadly a lot more fragile than I realised but its a simple stocking stitch slipper. It might do better with a slight but of elastic around the ankle hole but on the hole its a […]

double knitted bed sock done

| April 20, 2013

Well. As you can see I have completed the sock. The pale pink side is a bit saggy, but it fits. Its not bad for a first effort. I did the cuff, heel and toe in single kniting to give it simplicity but ok so its not an out of house sock. And yes. Now […]

looking for a pattern

| April 17, 2013

Ok. These pictures are rubbish, but itfA straight long cardigan with an intresting squared collar. If anyone knows where I can find a similar pattern. Please contact me.

double knit sock grows

| April 16, 2013

It grows!

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