This is what I'm up to with my Firestarter socks at the moment. I'm using my prize yarn, Live 2 Knit's Elizabeth merino in 'first light'. I'm loving the colours and the way it's striping. Yes there's a bit of pooling around the gusset, but that's unavoidable in this pattern I'm afraid. It's not so [...]
Don't you just love that 'high' feeling you get when you just finished something? I sure do. Still high from making the shorts, yesterday I got this finished. It's the Note Taker pattern by Kathy of Pink Chalk Studio. I made the small folio, which fits a 5" x 8" notepad. This one didn't quite [...]
Yesterday I finally stopped procrastinating (gasp!) and got on with the plan to make Annette some summer clothes. About time, really, as the weather is starting to get summer hot. At first I was going to make a sun hat from this japanese patterns book (isbn 4579110544). But then I got distracted by the shorts [...]
Kinda looks like an elephant… … but not just an ordinary elephant, it's Elmer (the patchwork elephant)* ! Or in this case, a pincushion Elmer :) Elmer is one of Annette's favourite picture books. I love Elmer too, because he's patchwork, and I love patchwork. I've always had this idea buzzing in my head to [...]
Pattern: Little Majolica from Interweave Knits Fall 2006. I was aiming for the smallest size, but because of the gauge difference in the yarn that I used, I followed the instructions for the middle size. Yarn: Moda Vera 100% Merinos Fine, 3 balls of pale green and 3 balls of deep brown. Needles: 3.00mm (neckband), [...]
Time seems to keep slipping away from me. Days have gone past and I haven't done anything productive. I haven't touched my sewing machine for ages, even though my head is buzzing with ideas for things that I want to make. And not much knitting either. Hmm, not very inspiring, is it. But I did [...]
