mattock this!
Some of the gang are helping out on an allotment – we visited properly for the first time on Sunday for 2 hours of mattocking! When we went up before it was just for a chat and a mooch around… saw a robin and a fat ginger cat and heard about the cheeky foxes that’ll ...
Silkscreened fabric… now a bag!
I needed some more project bags for new knitting projects so used some of the fabric I silk screened last year to make this… :)
Jo Sharp – Box Jacket
Finally got hold of the yarn I needed and am making a start on the front – put in my first pocket! It is a lovely yarn to knit with, very, very soft… I can see why it sells out! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ...
Magnolia close up
This orange fluff is some Kid Classic from the Liberty sale last year. I can’t quite decide whether it is a garish Orange Squash orange and really awful or fabulous Sherbet Fizz orange and a delight to knit in the grey January days… I’m erring towards the Sherbet Fizz and it made me laugh cause ...
Cat Lights
Visited the Craft Night club in Notting Hill on Monday… got a bit obsessed by the cat lights on the walls…We arrived too late to get the craft pack but it was fun to see what other people had painted.. Highlights of the evening were seeing John Hegley perform, and meeting Eithne Farry (she wrote ...
Hat for Tom
Made this hat for the latest new arrival… :) Went over to see little T (still too small for the hat, but he’ll grow into it!). Same pattern as before, but using a Jeager DK as well (the dark brown) as the Cashmerino (pale green and biege).
NYR
Thinking about New Year resolutions and making a list of stuff I’d done in 2006 to give me some ideas, I completely forgot to put in knitting projects! so, last year I made: – mistake rib scarf- mittens- clapotis- feather and fan scarf- Melinda cardi (finished this year, started in ’05!)- Jeager Cyd (finished this ...
Happy New Year!
Wishing you all a great, fun, happy, productive, healthy 2007… Have got lots of plans already so let’s see how they pan out… :)There’s the age old less chocolate, caffeine & alcohol (going to make Jan 2007 entirely alcohol free I think) and more yoga, cycling, walking, reading, drawing, visiting friends, travelling, gardening, craft things… ...
