I’ve been beavering away at this for a little while hoping it will be a nice shawly wrap to wear to Paul’s cousin’s wedding in a couple of weeks But it doesn’t seem big enough. I think this is one occasion where I should have done a gauge swatch but you live and learn. I [...]
I am a little late in showing off my February Monthly Apparel item but it is now blocking and looking pretty. The pattern looks so pretty and I look forward to wearing it now the weather has turned cold again. I couldn’t resist posting another photo of Sirius’s mummy. She has a has a ‘I’m [...]
I finished my shawlette very quickly after unpicking it several times and it took just a few days to finish once I’d figured out how it was meant to be in my head. I’m hoping to have it ready to show off as my Monthly Apparel project for February. It is incredibly attractive to the [...]
I was so pleased with my finished Black Rose cardigan that I thought I’d make another but give myself a two month deadline instead. I’m going to make Copine with some stash yarn. I had a huge bag of cheap Rowan Pure Wool Aran in the Praline colourway lurking so with a bit of adjustment [...]
I pipped past the end of January and sewed on my arms and buttons this afternoon. I’m rather proud as I came up with the idea of it myself. I used a Rowan pattern and combined it with the lace of a sock I’d knitted. I love the way it came out Sirius was very [...]
I’m racing along as much as I can to try and get my Black Rose cardigan finished for the end of January. I’ve finished the back and front now and have started on the first sleeve. I’m doing it in the round so it won’t take as long with the sewing up but I just [...]
I’m getting some projects together so that I can participate in KnittyMama’s new make-along Monthly Apparel and the one I’d like to do this month is this Black Rose cardigan. I’ve taken the Black Rose pattern from some socks I enjoyed knitting and added it to a Rowan pattern for a shawl collar cardigan. I’m [...]