Knitting poetry

Posted by on Jul 15, 2009 in Craft | No Comments

I remember a while back reading about a woman sending out words from her book to be tattooed on willing participants… This is a whole lot less painful! The Poetry Society is celebrating it’s centeneray this year, and they are asking for volunteers to knit a letter each of a peom to be revealed at the end ...

One of my faves

Posted by on Apr 21, 2008 in Craft | No Comments

Into the double figures now!… Just over 15% done… hehe..

Swing Jacket Hem

Posted by on Mar 8, 2007 in Craft | One Comment

The colours aren’t *really* that bright… almost, but not quite! I’d started doing a contrast hem using the Sirdar but it was too close a colour to the YT Maze so I frogged it and did again using some pure wool of unknown origin that matches the flecks in the Maze. Anyhow I did the ...

Warm tummy

Posted by on Mar 8, 2007 in Craft | No Comments

So… this is who the blanket is for! Not yet born, but already showing off the blanket to good effect… :) This was such a fun project to work on – we all already want to make another one for each other (without the excuse of it being for a baby!). Plus it’s a great ...

Blanket Jigsaw

Posted by on Mar 1, 2007 in Craft | One Comment

For a secret project – but I couldn’t resist this picture… All will be revealed shortly… :)

Phildar Swing Jacket Swatches

Posted by on Feb 18, 2007 in Craft | 2 Comments

After some humming and haawing I’ve picked a yarn! I’m going with the YT Aran (in Maze) as I think it will do justice to the structured pattern of the Swing Jacket. It was also made affordable thanks to ebay, or it would be a seriously pricey garment! The runner up was (and I surprised ...