Yes, I think I was right!!!
And I have enough yarn left over to knit a matching hat and scarf too.
The only problem is I've made them at the wrong time of year.......I must be the only person in England hoping for another cold snap!!!
Friday 26 February 2010
The Verdict
And I have enough yarn left over to knit a matching hat and scarf too.
The only problem is I've made them at the wrong time of year.......I must be the only person in England hoping for another cold snap!!!
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Sometime's you just need to shut up and listen .... *
I was so sure my beautiful new yarn wanted to be a lovely snuggly wrap, so a searched through patterns and consulted 'those in the know' ...(i.e. knitty folk!) ...and started on the Prismatic Wrap....
The trouble is I was wrong. Right from the start that yarn kept saying 'Gloves.....I wanna be gloves' .
So I relented............
The trouble with the wrap was that it was going to take up just too much yarn and take forever to knit, so I'm getting a new pair of gloves with enough left over for a scarf. I shall still use the Prismatic Scarf pattern though as I do rather like it.
If I had just listened in the first place I could have saved myself a lot of time!
Happy knitting x
* of course this doesn't just apply to wool :-)
The trouble is I was wrong. Right from the start that yarn kept saying 'Gloves.....I wanna be gloves' .So I relented............
The trouble with the wrap was that it was going to take up just too much yarn and take forever to knit, so I'm getting a new pair of gloves with enough left over for a scarf. I shall still use the Prismatic Scarf pattern though as I do rather like it.
If I had just listened in the first place I could have saved myself a lot of time!
Happy knitting x
* of course this doesn't just apply to wool :-)
Friday 19 February 2010
Got there at last!
I don't know about you but I generally have a number of ideas floating around my head for blog posts and for every post that makes it there are quite a few that don't.
February is a bit of a crazy month with a host of birthdays that need celebrating. I also have a massive amount of work to do for my PGCE. My usual trick of balancing books on the arm of the sofa thinking that just by being close to them I might absorb them just isn't working either. Turns out I have to actually read them (and yes I have tried reading and knitting but it is a bit tricky!!)
With all this going on my crafting activities have taken a bit of a hit :-(
I desperately want to do something with my crazy batt yarn but I'm very undecided on what to do so that's simmering on the back burner. I'm a little bored with socks and gloves so it was with some surprise that I have resurected this.......The Mitred Blanket
and it now looks like this.....
A few more squares added. I started this nearly a year ago, I expect I'll still be adding bits to it when I'm 80!!
I have also had the opportunity to deliver a series of wool related activities to the Alzheimers Support Group through the PAWS scheme
and we made this
This is a combination of handmade felt, woven squares and knitting, all peiced together to make a really colourful and textured wall hanging. It was really interesting working with a different age group and we had a great time talking about how important all these skills once were to everyday life.
This is just a snippet of what's going on in the World of Woollycraft, but now I really must do some study and NOT trawl through knitting patterns.
TTFN x
February is a bit of a crazy month with a host of birthdays that need celebrating. I also have a massive amount of work to do for my PGCE. My usual trick of balancing books on the arm of the sofa thinking that just by being close to them I might absorb them just isn't working either. Turns out I have to actually read them (and yes I have tried reading and knitting but it is a bit tricky!!)
With all this going on my crafting activities have taken a bit of a hit :-(
I desperately want to do something with my crazy batt yarn but I'm very undecided on what to do so that's simmering on the back burner. I'm a little bored with socks and gloves so it was with some surprise that I have resurected this.......The Mitred Blanket
and it now looks like this.....
A few more squares added. I started this nearly a year ago, I expect I'll still be adding bits to it when I'm 80!!I have also had the opportunity to deliver a series of wool related activities to the Alzheimers Support Group through the PAWS scheme
and we made this
This is a combination of handmade felt, woven squares and knitting, all peiced together to make a really colourful and textured wall hanging. It was really interesting working with a different age group and we had a great time talking about how important all these skills once were to everyday life.
This is just a snippet of what's going on in the World of Woollycraft, but now I really must do some study and NOT trawl through knitting patterns.
TTFN x
Sunday 7 February 2010
A Grumpy Pug
My love of craft and especially knitting has bought me into contact with someone wanting me to test knit some patterns for her......
So here we have The Grumpy Pug
On the spinning front I have filled a second bobbin of my beautiful Crazy Batt yarn. The second batch was my reward for getting some uni work done, which I didn't get round to doing until quite late last night. I decided that an hour spinning was more beneficial to my health than an hour spent lying in bed fretting about all the work I hadn't done!
So here we have The Grumpy Pug
On the spinning front I have filled a second bobbin of my beautiful Crazy Batt yarn. The second batch was my reward for getting some uni work done, which I didn't get round to doing until quite late last night. I decided that an hour spinning was more beneficial to my health than an hour spent lying in bed fretting about all the work I hadn't done!
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