We have some fantastic news i have been commissioned to take some patterns for the knitter i cant show you any pics yet until the patterns have been published but it wont be long.
Saturday, 4 May 2013
The knitter submissions winter 2013
I have started a commission again for the knitter magazine, i love winter and find it much easier to design knits for winter
We have some fantastic news i have been commissioned to take some patterns for the knitter i cant show you any pics yet until the patterns have been published but it wont be long.
We have some fantastic news i have been commissioned to take some patterns for the knitter i cant show you any pics yet until the patterns have been published but it wont be long.
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
New Year knits.
As i have decided to finish all knitting projects that i have started before like the honeycomb blanket and the matching fair isle socks as well as my large patchwork blanket.
As ive been working hard i only have these three projects to finish when i have finished the orange jumper the spiral socks and the lace weight.
Why i have to finish all of my large projects is that i have to make my best friends birthday jumper before march tenth as well as make three babies worth of blankets and booties as she is having triplets.
As ive been working hard i only have these three projects to finish when i have finished the orange jumper the spiral socks and the lace weight.
Why i have to finish all of my large projects is that i have to make my best friends birthday jumper before march tenth as well as make three babies worth of blankets and booties as she is having triplets.
The jumper is going well but taking a long time to finish and the pattern needs large amounts of adjustment due to the different wool and needle size that im using.
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
viking hat.
As many of you know my brother is a fanatical fancy dress enthusiast, he asked me to make him a viking helmet with beard for a fancy dress party.
Looking on the internet i saw many different styles of of this type of hat and in a flash of genius i decided to make the hat out of lopi alafosslopi from iceland that i got on holiday from the isle of white.
because of the pattern i decided to make the hat from the crown down so i could had a braid at the end as well as a bobble cuff.
As you also know im am not amazing at novelty items but im going to make a good go and try to make it as realistic as possible.
Looking on the internet i saw many different styles of of this type of hat and in a flash of genius i decided to make the hat out of lopi alafosslopi from iceland that i got on holiday from the isle of white.
because of the pattern i decided to make the hat from the crown down so i could had a braid at the end as well as a bobble cuff.
As you also know im am not amazing at novelty items but im going to make a good go and try to make it as realistic as possible.
The knit is not going as well as i hoped i got the size wrong and the hat was massive way to big for any mans head.
Thursday, 7 February 2013
lace shawl
The lace shawl is still continuing on , its taking a very long time to knit but i am going to change the cast off as i dont want it to be frilly like in the pattern.
just yesterday i reached the mark of having to increase from 512 to 1024 stitches meaning i will have to buy another ball of wool to finish the project.
I am now working on my own pattern because i decided to make the shawl out of lace weight,( im not fond of dk or aran weight shawls as the pattern suggested i think they look bulky)i knew that when in the pattern you would cast off i would still have to go on further ive allready added 40 more rows but believe i may have to add another 40 more to finish the piece.
Having just knitted the last 4 rows i have totally run out of yarn i think im going to need one or even 2 more balls of the lace weight noro wool.
just yesterday i reached the mark of having to increase from 512 to 1024 stitches meaning i will have to buy another ball of wool to finish the project.
I am now working on my own pattern because i decided to make the shawl out of lace weight,( im not fond of dk or aran weight shawls as the pattern suggested i think they look bulky)i knew that when in the pattern you would cast off i would still have to go on further ive allready added 40 more rows but believe i may have to add another 40 more to finish the piece.
Having just knitted the last 4 rows i have totally run out of yarn i think im going to need one or even 2 more balls of the lace weight noro wool.
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
The jumper is FINISHED !!!
Dads jumper is finally finished im so pleased it still needs a block and the button sewn on but i have sewn in the threads.
The only problem i had is that with 3/4 of the collar left about 1000 stitches i run out of wool flat out, its also not a sort of wool i thought ide be able to get again having brought 2 massive 400g balls in trowbridge, i did eventually find the wool on eBay and had to buy another 400g 800 m of wool to compleat a tiny part of knitting.
The final item has also come out very big sort of massive colossal as big as the titanic and to make matters worse dad who is meant to be wearing it is on a diet.
Ive just been able to block and add the buttons to the garment, which i was very worried about blocking the garment in case it increased in size any more which often happens when you block an item.
using a hot iron an thanks to the wool content in the piece i was able to slightly control the size of the garment and if you are careful sometimes it is actually possible to decrease the size of an item with the iron.
The only problem i had is that with 3/4 of the collar left about 1000 stitches i run out of wool flat out, its also not a sort of wool i thought ide be able to get again having brought 2 massive 400g balls in trowbridge, i did eventually find the wool on eBay and had to buy another 400g 800 m of wool to compleat a tiny part of knitting.
using a hot iron an thanks to the wool content in the piece i was able to slightly control the size of the garment and if you are careful sometimes it is actually possible to decrease the size of an item with the iron.
Monday, 21 January 2013
spiral socks
My first ever attempt at spiral socks downloaded on ravlery the first has gone well the sock ive made for a male friend of mine
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
No movement on the jumper.
Dads jumper is still slowly moving on i have until his birthday on the 25th of January to finish it which i think will be ok but i need to buy some more wool as i seem to be running out.
The jumper seems to be getting bigger and bigger i know that sounds odd but i think that the pure volume of weight of the jumper is stretching the jumper and i had to get dad to try it on and it seems to fit.
I have added in the sleeves and am just working on the raglan sleeve and slowing moving up to the shoulder.
The only problem i am having is that as i had to make the sleeves and overall length of the jumper longer i am rapidly running out of yarn and think i will have to buy another ball of yarn the only problem being is that i can only buy the wool in 400g 800m balls and i know i only need about 100m extra to finish.
The jumper seems to be getting bigger and bigger i know that sounds odd but i think that the pure volume of weight of the jumper is stretching the jumper and i had to get dad to try it on and it seems to fit.
I have added in the sleeves and am just working on the raglan sleeve and slowing moving up to the shoulder.
The only problem i am having is that as i had to make the sleeves and overall length of the jumper longer i am rapidly running out of yarn and think i will have to buy another ball of yarn the only problem being is that i can only buy the wool in 400g 800m balls and i know i only need about 100m extra to finish.
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