slippers.

OH has been asking me for some slippers. So been looking round the internet for a pattern. Found a lovely one called Prairie boots. Brought some yarn for them, and i have to say one of the best patterns I've knitted. Loved making them. So watch this space as there may be quite a few appearing next year as christmas presents. Anywayhere are some pics.



Also get to have fun as brought some slipper gripper, it's in tubes like the farbic paints i used to have, a small nozzle and get to draw pretty patterns all over the sole, then let it dry. Pics will be up once nev has done his creative thing.

Iknit blanket

Here's a pic of it finished


Now winging it's way to one lucky recipient via macmillian. My squares are centre rightish and 2 across and 1 up from that square.

Not much news

Ok so nothing really to report, still getting on with the cardigan, that's progressing slowly as is boring me now.

Another project that i seem to have completely misseed talking about is diagonale. Can't link to pattern as is a ravelry download. But anyone on ravelry, my name is Magpieknitter and the project is calld Everyday Scarf. Here are some pics of it (Not mine!)Mine is charcoal grey and looking pretty cool. It's more of a wrap than a scarf. But I love it. Thinking of doing another one already. May even gift this one.

On a final point many thanks to my Aunt who ran to lidl for me and secured 16 balls of red and 4 balls of white jager yarn for ... £9.94, Yes less than £10 for 20 balls on yarn. Horray for aunties.

Yay!!!!

I got a new camera. It takes proper pictures and everything. I'm very happy. Here are a few....

Pink gift Scarf


Jo's Garmisch

Being beautifully modeled by my OH.

More to come... still playing!

Update - Squares

Macmillian have been collecting knitted square for their Knitted blankets campaign as part of the worlds biggest coffee morning. I knit decided to make a whole blanket with the members of the groups. I made 2 squares, on plain knit version and one lacy butterfly. Here is the butterfly one in the blanket



Will post pics of the whole blanket if i can get them.

Still bromptoning.

Its killing me, i've completed it past the arm done the waist decreasing, and am 9 inches past armhole, using 5th ball at the moment, so getting close on yardage, may need to buy a smaller 4mm 40cm circ, do arms, then carry on with body. But to be honest, i really don't want, to. I've lost interest. That much Stocking stitch i'm losing sight of how much i have actually done. Last night I Lost The Will To Knit. I sat in Iknit with brompton on my lap for 30minutes before announcing my problem. Firstly i got told to get a new yummy yarm that i would love. So after long thought brought a skein of Artesano Aran for a hat for Kev. Also a 40cm 5.5mm circ. It's coming out lovely. Really beautiful. Had a bit of a Q&A for how many stitches, went with 92 as i air on the side of tight, and decided on a twisted rib as Yvonne couldn't remember how to do broken rib, and due to an error, now a design feature made by Penny, I have decided to do Twisted Rib. Doesn't look as harsh as it does on Mangyle, Just very neat and good, so happy with that, also make me look good i can point out it's reversable for slightly different looks! Think its working though. Although dreading starting on brompton again. See where i go with that!

Here is my OH doing a sterling job of modeling the hat for me.
Off to Iknit tomorrow to meet debbie bliss and do the Macmillian coffee morning/afternoon. Then going to be teaching on the southbank on sunday on the Iknit stand. Need more knitting to take, maybe another swallowtail in sock weight?

Math...

OK, so feel like I've joined some elite group or something, just ripped my first Sweater in the name of math. Well cardigan if you want to get picky but think the same saying applies!

It all started with me making a cardigan called Brompton. Beautiful. Was given some old 100% acrylic in a flesh colour (Would be a photo here but yarn doesn't come out hardly at all again a cream carpet with my crappy camera phone pictures). Would look Quite vintage and delicate because of the brushed effect of the yarn. Went up a needle size as i always do to get the right gauge. Although seeing 18x22 gauge assumed it was an error. NO WAY CAN YOU GET THAT GAUGE ON THEM NEEDLES!

So next, in a completely unrelated incident, i join a Ravelry Group called Body Doubles. The idea being to get advice and pattern ideas from people with a similar shape to you. And so I actually measured myself. First time. Wasn't happy with the result. But that's another story.

So here we are.... Had 62 stitches on the arm, and by my calculation needed 76 to fit with 2 inch spare, and with only 90 stitches on the back at this point, meaning 104 at the point of taking the arms off, it didn't have a snowballs chance in HELL of getting round my boobs (estimated 122 stitches) The gauge was right. I was wrong. I've knit 1.5 balls already by this point. DOH! So I ripped it. Better now than later.

The moral of the story.... Math matters. And never assume, check!

So another potential stumbling block, yarn i am using is 40g balls not 50g. Pattern calls for 9, I have 10. And no-where is there mentioned yardage on the ball, and i can't find it listed mentioned or otherwise anywhere. Already decided, because i actually prefer them, I want 3/4 length sleeves, but shall keep you updated on that one.

Have now started again, safe in the knowledge it will go round my boobs. just got to work out the waist shaping. And pray to the knitting gods about my yardage.

Got more news, this time about a Surprise KAL. But more about that another time.

TTFN