Laura | May 30, 2007
Well, this evening I casted on for my faceted gems lace wrap in a beautiful, fiddly lace weight, purple yarn. Which I love However, there were 375 stitches to cast on. They are split into 22 sections of 16 stitches and 11 and 12 stitches. The wrap is knitted length ways, which will be quite [...]
Laura | May 29, 2007
A while back (about last summer, probably) I made a purse-y thing. It was going to be a small, pocket purse but I didn’t have a zip the right size so just improvised with some spotty material I had an what zips I did have. I decided to just have a play. And I came [...]
Laura | May 23, 2007
Just a quick entry, as I am keen to get on with some knitting and the Champions League Final (Liverpool vs AC Milan – w00t) is on the teevee. This is a socktastic entry as I (finally!) have a photograph of Thuja [knitty.com] to show you! These were knit using Colinette’s Cadenza 100% merino wool, [...]
Laura | May 19, 2007
Recently, I have been doing a lot of knitting and then undoing (as I mentioned previously) but I have recently started the Broadripple Socks [knitty.com] in the beautiful Fiesta Celestial Merino Dream yarn by Lucy Neatby. I am really liking this pattern and this yarn. So gorgeous. The yarn knits up beautifully. I may have [...]
Laura | May 13, 2007
Gah. My knitting seems to have stopped at the moment. All I have done recently is rip things out. I started Monkey socks, and I ripped them. I started a lacy pair of socks, and was on the gusset, and ripped them. I restarted said lacy socks. And yep, I ripped them out again. It [...]
Laura | May 5, 2007
No photos today, even though I have things to show you (including David’s finished Thuja socks) but a list. And no ordinary list. A ‘to knit’ list. I love writing lists so I am going to list all the different things I want to knit in the near / not too distant future. Faceted Gem [...]