I've been making something of a concerted effort over the past week or so to finish off various projects that have been lying around for far too long. I was delighted to finish a wee jumper for the nearly two year old, but then depressed to find that the cast off on the neck is too tight to get it on over her head! So now I have to unpick the cast ( Read more... )

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Knitting away on my Feb Lady Sweater - have finished the body and am now ten repeats into the first sleeve. Sleeve is going SO much faster - a mere 63 stitches per row compared to the 200+ I was doing on the body! The lace pattern is really pretty, and I'm not (quite) bored of it yet! It is a very simple pattern to remember, thankfully, so I don't ( Read more... )

I have just, assisted by KnittingHelp.com, learned how to make a proper sized button hole in my knitting. This is very exciting (to me) as up until now I hadn't really a clue about any other method than casting off going one way and cating back on coming back! Now I can make a complete button hole in one row ( Read more... )

Alas and woeness ( Read more... )

I have realised - somewhat late in the day admittedly - that the Sully Jumper is going to make me look really really fat. BUT it is also going to be the most incredibly warm article of clothing I will posess. It is a dilemma. Do I continue on with it or should I frog it and pretend it never happened? The wool is gorgeous, really fluffy and now it's ( Read more... )