Cables ...

... have a randomness



... a zigzagness



... a cosiness



Made up as I went along using a Harmony stitch guide and cascade 220.

I have bigger cable plans soon. ;)

Ink flare.

Ink flare knitted in The Knittery 8 ply DK silk wool blend.

Real trouble with trying to photograph this yesterday as I had no helper and now the day is so grey! I hope the pictures give some idea of the shape. The colour is wrong in the pictures too, its a lovely dark purple with a little bit of a silk shine.



Its a nice sweater and as I have quite broad shoulders it fits me just right at the neck.

I used smaller needles as my yarn wasn't the right weight for the pattern and I knit the medium size to compensate. Its a fast knit and the seaming took most of a day on and off. I am not good at seaming but managed it.



Single crochet edges finish it off as in the pattern and it has just the right amount of drape.

I don't often wear my knits but this hasn't been off me since! Its my house snuggly sweater and I love it. I am sure when it is old and worn I will make another.

More!

I am in a spinning and knitting frenzy so have to keep blogging stuff to keep up with it all!

So lovely ... Wensleydale 2 ply spun on my Ashford.



158 metres, itchy but pretty!



Handcarded merino and a little sparkle. I don't know what I will do with them all but they look nice. I love hand carding.



Things in a tree on a long hilly walk today.

Elijah!

What a great pattern from Ysolda. Its written clearly and all knitted in the round so no sewing.

I don't often have much luck with toys but even husband spent a while admiring him!



I used Ethicaltwist wool and alpaca double knit. A crochet scarf finishes him off well.



I can't wait to give him to my friend whos baby boy is due in December.

Have a great weekend. x

Exhibitions and Elephants.

On Saturday I went to see the East Sussex Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers exhibition. I forgot my camera so no pictures I am afraid.

Their work is truly inspiring, the weaving and spinning was beyond anything I could ever aspire to do. It was great to see the demonstrations and what had been made.

There was also rather good fibre shopping opportunities. I bought this lovely indigo dyed wenslydale which I am starting to spin now.
I also met Sussexyorkie whos blog I have read for a while. She was helping Limegreenjelly and I did make a nice purchase there too but other than that was rather restrained with the spending, which is probably good.



My friends baby is due in December and I have lost hope of finishing the crochet banket. I don't think that I have enough yarn anyway. So I have started Elijah in an alpaca and wool yarn. It is a really great pattern so lets hope he doesn't turn into one of my strange looking toy knits!

Fairisle mittens.

I cast on 50 stitches using size 4 mm needles and knit the pattern from the Vogue Stitchionary 3 called snow berry.



Just a simple increase for the thumb and decreases for the top. Nice and cosy due to the stranding at the back. I just had to be careful with tension when changing sides (I knit them in the round using the magic loop method)



They need to be blocked which will even out the stitches but what they really need to do is be used to make snowballs! I think they would be perfect for that.

Bit and pieces.

Its school holidays this week and I am ill with a silly cold but the knitting doesn't stop!

I started using the Cascade yarns to knit these gloves. I am making it up as I go along so lets hope it isn't a disaster. The last time I did standed colour knitting was Venezia and I didn't have the stamina to finish that but should manage gloves!



A request was made for a Waddle Doo so we drummed up this creature. My son did the eye and me the crochet. Squeeky acrylic yarn, he loves it!



I have been trying to use up all those odd balls that collect and came up with a really quick crochet cushion cover. I should have lined it but wanted a speedy project so didn't bother.

The cream is Rowan big wool with Rowan Tapestry (4 strands held together) on the outer edge.



The blue is my handspun.



I really don't like to have a huge stash and was finding the handspun building up a little bit. So I have decided to ressurect the Etsy shop. I know I wasn't going to do it anymore but it is so handy as a quick place to pop items that I have made and am not sure what to do with, including handspun. I re-skeined it about 20 times trying to decide whether it was good enough to sell and came to the conclusion that it was!