Cloche

Love this.. Officially warmest hat ever. Covers ears & back of neck. Pattern is Escargot on Knitty's.

Year Book

This year instead of printing photos throughout the year & then failing to put them in an album I made a year book via Photobox
http://www.photobox.co.uk/creation/1070344068

http://www.photobox.co.uk/ 1xC8C8A7/creation/1070344068?cid=puksecs001

January Square 1 finished.

A Lightbox postcard by Catherine Bursell

Swatch & Go

Swatched with Sappho (75% merino, 25% silk) 100g = 330m / 360y
Tension: 3mm needles
12st = 5cm / 13 rws = 5 cm
Think I am good to go.

Blanket Club January

Mike bought me a subscription to Violet Green 2012 Blanket Club. The first package arrived last week. I have just balled the first skein - thought it was black but on closer inspection it has a wonderful green undertone - a little like peacock feathers. Pumpkin the kitten is taking an unhealthy interest in it though.

WIPs and Winter Knits

Now it's turned cold, I'm keen to get started on some gloves and hats. But there are a couple of things I need to get off my needles first.

Oh, and I have just knitted two 'hideous unless you are a girl p yarns. I am consoling myself with the thought that one day they will pester for organic hand-dyed cashmere

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Knitting Resolutions

I had a number of knitting-related resolutions that I was going to commit to in January but I actually completed most of them in December. To be fair I was probably high on cold and flu medication for most of the Christmas period so my knitting was rather frenzied. Anyway, thing to tick off my knitters list:

• Socks - I've now knitted two pairs (one each for J and M) - rather pleasing and I've now got a book on how to knit two socks on the same circular needle.
• Felting - I've made a somewhat deformed felted bag out of very cheap wool - not sure how I feel about it though but I think it will grow on me.

So stuff I still want to try in 2009:

• knitting two socks on the same needle
• intarsia / fairisle (ie two or more colour knitting)
• lace-weight knitting
• spinning

By the way, this post is by way of distracting me whist I wait for my new (pink!) laptop to arrive.