Wednesday, 28 April 2021

Harry Potter has got a lot to answer for ...

E wanted mittens with a flip top, not my favourite thing to knit.  I sent a sample for size, made from Russian joined scrappy  yarn.  



She picked out one of the colours which she called teal, and I would call peppermint green.  Then changed her mind for a red that matches her Gryffindor scarf.  Bit of a contrast on the colour spectrum there, E!  I thought I would put in some gold stripes on the cuff.  Matching the red was a bit tricky, not having the scarf with me, and the computer changing everybody else's.  We'll see.




Friday, 9 April 2021

Small wave to say hello

 Japanese small wave, a nami, is very popular in Japanese material.  With just an 8 stitch repeat, it also lends itself quite nicely to machine knit gloves.  Blue is the most popular, of course,  but I might repeat these for next winter in red.  The yarns are as near as dammit J&S 2 ply jumper weight, although appear to be from different Shetland sources.