I love it so much I'm making another one!

I looked through my wool stash and found lots of spare autumnal colours so I decided to make another one. I love how it's looking so far. I have run out of the brown so need to get more, project on a standstill till then.

It's made with a lovely alpaca wool blend in golden mustard and a silk blend copper brown.
I can't wait till autumn arrives so I can wear it:)

Summer Jumper project Cap Sleeve Lattice Top

 I was looking for a quick Summer project to make with wool from my existing stash. I stumbled upon this pattern on the beautiful Purlbee blog. They have fab patterns and this one jumped out at me straight away. The original pattern is made in a beautifully subtle grey and cream, I love these colours but my stash is full of colour!
 The main body is Sidar Balmoral wool , alpaca, silk DK blend, the top lattice is an amazing electric blue poshy wool I bought about a year ago. It is called scrumptious 4ply sport superwash silk superwash merino. Its looking good so far, the lace is fine to do as long as you don't make a mistake, it's stressy picking up lace stitches on circulars!

My First yarn bomb y'all

I got an amazing knitting machine in a charity shop back in January which ended up in my craft room/spare room for a few months. I rediscovered it in May and though it would be perfect for yarn bombing. You can make stuff super quickly with it, so it is perfect for big pieces. However in saying that I started off small and made this cuff.
 I popped it in my bag ready for the right moment to wrap it round a tree!
I was in Bath city one Sunday sitting in Queens park eating a yummy burger for lunch when I spotted the perfect tree for my first yarn bomb. No one seemed to notice much, I got one or two looks but I was too busy trying to sew it together to care.
Over a month later it is still there, I reckon I'll add to it next time I'm in town.

Cardie finished

 I finished this cardie way back in Feb but I haven't been on my blog in a while, so here you go the finished item. I'm super pleased with it, and phew it fits!
I bought really lovely buttons in a shop in Bath, they are Japanese,bright green on wood.
pics taken in Mels Ironworks Somerset,England.

Cardie progress

I took a break from the cardie for a few months as I was making Christmas pressies.

January 1st and I decided to tackle the dreaded Icord edging. I had been worried about it as the instructions seemed complex. After reading it for the 20th time I opened up YouTube and found a video tutorial. Perfect Icord done.




Next up was buttonholes on Icord, again YouTube to the rescue. I love the Icord it leaves a lovely professional edge.








Next step pockets. Then I'm done.

Christmas eve

Preserves, mini ginger breads and work! Happy Christmas.