Mmmmmmmanos
Laura | June 30, 2008
How delicious do these colours look?! It is going to be a hat for a colleague. I can’t wait. I’ve never knit with Manos del Uruguay before
FO: Percy
Laura | June 29, 2008
Pattern: Percy Bag by Cheryl Niamath, from knitty.com Autumn 2007
Yarn: Patons 100% Mercerized Cotton DK, 2 shades of blue
Needles: 3.5mm straights
This was a relatively straightfoward knit. There was a lot of seed sttich and ribbing and it had the longest strap ever! Although, in actual length it isn’t as long as I expected [...]
SP12 Question #3
Laura | June 26, 2008
I have finished Female Elijah’s head. I shan’t take a photograph as, due to the colour and the fact that it is a head with a trunk, it looks rather like a sperm. Sorry, but it’s true.
I have been rather good with my blog recently. I have been making more of a [...]
Hex Away!
Laura | June 25, 2008
A while ago I purchased Crochet Motif Item by a person whose name I can’t write! I bought it with the sole purpose of getting the pattern for the hexagon blanket. So, whilst I had nothing on the needles I thought I would try a hexagon on some random acrylic yarn I had [...]
Still Knitting
Laura | June 22, 2008
Well, Percy is all knitted up. I just have the unenviable task of putting all of this together!
At least the strap of doom is complete. I do need to give it a little block first, I reckon. Nothing too spectacular. With a little bit of steam, methinks. I just need [...]
Schrodinger Bag
Laura | June 19, 2008
Today I had some lovely post. I made my first etsy purchase the other day and bought a knitting cube by Schrodinger. Today it arrived and I love love love it
It is everything I could possibly want in a small projects bag. It is compact, easy to carry around, wonderfully [...]
Finished Scarves
Laura | June 17, 2008
A few of you may’ve remembered at the beginning of the year my post regarding some children’s knitting. For those of you who have forgotten or are new to my blog, I was working with 5 children knitting scarves. They hadn’t got very far previously and their efforts were hit and miss. [...]
FO: No Purl Monkeys
Laura | June 15, 2008
Pattern: Monkey Socks by Cookie A, from knitty.com Winter 2006
Yarn: Lucy Neatby Celestial Merino Dream in Fiery Fuschia
Needles: 2.75mm DPNs
I seem to be doing a lot of jumping on the bandwagon at the moment. First, I knit the ever so popular clapotis and now I am jumping on the Monkey bandwagon! Who knows. [...]
SP12 Has Begun!
Laura | June 12, 2008
Firstly, a hello to my secret pal. Looking forward to getting to know you a bit better over the next few months
A new feature of Secret Pal is a question a week. So I shall start this by answering this weeks question:
What is your favorite summertime drink?
This is a really difficult question.
As [...]
FO: Clapotis
Laura | June 8, 2008
Pattern: Clapotis by Kate Gilbert, from knitty.com Autumn 2004
Yarn: Colinette Cadenza, Kingfisher colorway, 6 skeins
Needles: 5mm straights
I have to admit, this was a rather dull knit. The final object is absolutely wonderful. The dropped stitches make it look really elegant and I do love it. However, the mountain of stockinette stitch makes [...]