I've just uploaded a couple of projects in to Ravelry. The very last two are delicate Victorian style crochet mitts and clumping welly toppers. This just about sums up the breadth of my knitting likes - one extreme to the other!
Pictured here is the leftovers from the Epstein Afghan, as last made up into a cushion. It goes very well with the afghan, but that pattern would not have gone so well
in it - and I think it would have been wasted as yet another bag.
The sheep yoke jumper for Erika was a delight to do. My next challenge will be to see how I can scale up this pattern for her growing years, if she likes it as much as I do. I have bought the Meg Swansen book on knitting with two colours, which I think has schematics in it for knitting from the top down. I shall study this during our upcoming second hols in France next week. Weather promises to be up to 21 degrees each day on the long-range forecast, with only up to 35% chance of rain. We will be able to stick to our usual pattern of morning out, boozy lunch outside the gite, small nap, then trying out new knitting techniques. And starting on the Christmas presents! Bit stuck for ideas this year - they nearly all had handwarmers last time. I still have plenty of wool left over from the cushion, but the kids aren't going to want a repeat.
I've just uploaded a couple of projects in to Ravelry. The very last two are delicate Victorian style crochet mitts and clumping welly toppers. This just about sums up the breadth of my knitting likes - one extreme to the other!
Pictured here is the leftovers from the Epstein Afghan, as last made up into a cushion. It goes very well with the afghan, but that pattern would not have gone so well in it - and I think it would have been wasted as yet another bag.
The sheep yoke jumper for Erika was a delight to do. My next challenge will be to see how I can scale up this pattern for her growing years, if she likes it as much as I do. I have bought the Meg Swansen book on knitting with two colours, which I think has schematics in it for knitting from the top down. I shall study this during our upcoming second hols in France next week. Weather promises to be up to 21 degrees each day on the long-range forecast, with only up to 35% chance of rain. We will be able to stick to our usual pattern of morning out, boozy lunch outside the gite, small nap, then trying out new knitting techniques. And starting on the Christmas presents! Bit stuck for ideas this year - they nearly all had handwarmers last time. I still have plenty of wool left over from the cushion, but the kids aren't going to want a repeat.
