I'm Having A Ta - Da Moment......

.........Just like this little fella.............

As an idea for a pattern hits the needles again (for a third try) and finally seems to be working out this time. I'm sure there will be tweaking and such but the basics are looking like I imagined it would look (at least a year ago) 

Watch this space..............

Just 230,400 stitches....

..............or thereabouts!

I'm still enjoying working on my 10 stitch blanket and thought I'd share my progress. (may have to do this monthly) Now it's of a size that I can't even complete 1 side in an evening. Still, it's keeping me cosy on these cold evenings.

Can you remember this post HERE about starting a sock yarn throw before, well it never got finished as while it was a UFO in the attic the mice got in it! I frogged it back a little, cast it off, repaired 2 tiny holes and wear it every winter as a huge scarf. It gets many compliments - but it's not a throw!

Then I made a crochet throw from sock yarn, I love this too and have spent many nights wrapped in it when I couldn't sleep (must take a picture to show you)

But, even if I say so myself - this one is special! it now measures around 4 feet x 4 feet and a     wild guess rough calculation puts me at about 230,000 stitches completed so far.

So yesterday I wanted to do progress pictures and spread it out on the bed. To be honest I want this to be huge, I want it to cover the bed and drape down the sides and if I'm going to get there it needs to be 8 feet square, that's like knitting 3 more of these - I may get to do a million stitch project yet! So here's my dilemma - Shall I keep going round and round and round.....or shall I make 3 more this size and join them, it may be a more manageable way of doing things than having 64 square feet of blanket on my knee towards the end. 

Advice please :0)

Just 10 stitches......

Hey Knitters - Happy 2012!

I'm still here - just seem to have lost my knitting mojo a bit lately. I don't feel much like 'being creative' - don't get me wrong - I still love looking at projects other knitters have made and I still keep adding them to my list of things to make, I just don't get around to knitting them.

I've always been a 'process' knitter! It's the knitting I love - less so the finished items - so when I saw the 10 stitch blanket on Ravelry HERE it was love at first sight!

So here is mine so far:-

I'm using my sock yarn scraps but double stranded which helps mute some of the wilder stripey effects somewhat. There's no plan - when one little ball ends I just start on another. Some of the colours may clash a bit but overall it has a cosy, tweedy loveliness about it.

I'll keep going until I have used up all my scraps then I''ll just have to knit more socks so I can keep adding to it. At the moment it's about a square metre so there's a way to go before it's a usable size :0)

I'm Lovin' it !

FFS!

No - not what you think I mean! - I mean I Finally Finished Something!

Recently my work/life balance has had a severe case of vertigo and I just can't seem to get any knitting done so I'm happy to report that I actually finished something, even if it is a small, child sized something!

It's a cute little cabled hoodie with some lovely soft yarn bought in the US, there's just a hint of sparkle so it's nice for this time of year too.

Made for a dear friends little girl, it has a frilled (bell or tulip I think) pleated hem instead of the usual rib and it's finished with sweet ladybird buttons.

Happy with this one, hope she likes it :0)

Happy knitting y'all xx

A Weeks worth of socks.....

...............That's not how long it took me to knit them ( I wish) but 7 pairs completed and being delivered this evening as part of an 'order' I have to do for a friend (with a yarn shop, not a lot of feet)

Don't they look nice?

and here's some more 'Nutkin' socks done in super stripey yarn. Haven't found a yarn I don't like knit up in this pattern yet!

Current project, some knee high, lacy, plain cream coloured ladies socks. Nightmare! I'm now on the fifth try with them. If I was knitting them for me they'd have been frogged and forgotten long ago!

Happy Knittin'
xx

My latest favorite sock pattern........

.............is this one (and it's very easy too.) This pattern has worked well with different types of handpainted yarn, now I'm keen to see some done with super stripey yarn :0)

Peacock Socks

Oh, and did you spot my little 'Handmade' charms that I sew into each sock, I love them!

Charming :0)

See, told you I was knitting! Having a little trouble with knitted Pineapple leaves at the moment, I'm now on my 4th version and they're looking better. Hopefully my next post will be the finished Pineapple.

Happy Knitting xx

Look what I got today.....

Thank You 'Mum'

http://mumssimplylivingblogat.blogspot.com

If only I had the time................

Look at this WOW

Still Here, Still Knitting....

Just having a little problem finding enough time to blog lately. Much of the house remodelling is now complete so hopefully normal service will be resumed shortly.


My new plan is to blog at least ONE knitting project a month from now on (you will notice that I didn't commit to a finished project!)


One WIP that's a secret at the moment then next up - A Pineapple Teacosy for a blogging friend.


I hope you're still knitting and that all your tangles are little ones.


Linda xx

Goodbye 2010.....................

........ it doesn't rate as one of my better years for so many reasons, however, I have knit (and crocheted) my way through it all and it is true, Knitting does keep you sane.

I have completed lots of projects, many of which I have sadly neglected to blog about and the last couple of months were taken up completely by sock knitting to fulfill Christmas orders. Unfortunately I didn't get them all done on time as Father in Laws were completed at 8.30pm on Christmas day and Hubby finally got his first ever pair of hand knit socks yesterday afternoon.

In order to start 2011 with some degree of optimism I have mulled for some time over a BIG project, and inspired by my dear friend Kelly and her lovely Tech Square Afghan, I have settled on The Great American Aran Afghan as my challenge. The pattern book arrived a few days before Christmas and I have perused blogs, Ravelry and Google images ever since.

Today I ordered yarn, lots of yarn.......and settled on a completely different set of colours to what I had planned or even imagined, the lure of a lambswool/silk blend was too much to resist and I look forward to a large delivery of yarn sometime next week. I may have to artfully arrange my choice and just post a photograph when it arrives. In the meantime I leave you with one of my favourite pictures of the completed afghan and my best wishes to you all for the coming New Year.

May all your tinks be little ones.........