Tag: Knitting

Progress report One end of the new extension with the door aperture visible. The other side of the house. I haven’t got much to talk about this evening so here are the latest photos of the build project. You can see...

Dear oh dear. This jumper is so wrong on so many levels. Yes, it’s supposed to be a Sloppy Joe, big and chunky, a comfort in the winter. And yes, I DID knit a tension square first. I knitted this because I adore the Paloma yarn....

So here it is, finally, after several abortive attempts to knit it. This pattern is included in the Rowan Dalesmen book and states that it is suitable for the average knitter. I clearly was nowhere near as good as the average...

My time is being taken up by this Fairbank sleeveless sweater knitting project at the moment. Whilst I appear finally to have got the hang of it, after umpteen mishaps, the yarn is giving me a lot of hassle and I am...

I am inordinately proud of this hat. It all started when I posted a picture of me in the St. Mungo’s Woolly Hat Day hat on Twitter to mark Woolly Hat Day, 26th October. People liked it and commented and seemed disappointed...

This is a fairly specialist post so those of you with no interest in knitting would perhaps be better moving on and spending your time elsewhere. I have been trying to knit a complicated, multiply-cabled sleeveless sweater for...

Well, I clearly need a different cushion pad, but I knitted this to try and use up the stash of Rowan Drift I had from an abandoned scarf project of Darling Daughter’s. The knitting took just an afternoon and evening and I...

I made this woolly hat using last year’s St. Mungo’s Woolly Hat Day downloadable pattern for Darling Daughter, who loves red but who was adamant that she didn’t want me to make it with a woolly ball. I think...

The project I decided to knit this woolly bobble hat after seeing the link to St. Mungo’s posted by @StitchLondon on Twitter. They need people to buy bright orange yarn and knit a woolly bobble hat using a free...

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I was lucky enough to be invited to the fabulous wedding of @emproji and @lukephilosophy last weekend. Agonising about what to wear, I came across this gorgeous dress from Bombshell. Even better news: they had my size and it was reduced! It would have been rude not to!

I know these doors are supposed to be the ultimate in high security but I despise them. I mean look how ugly they are! White UPVC, no definite sense of style nor era and the opening is both tiny and a trip hazard. How on earth are you supposed to… [more]