And, yes, it was finished in February! (albeit two years later…)
Knitting projects
Knitting toe-up socks two at once
Tern, originally uploaded by Goldtop. Got up crazy early last Saturday to take a class at KnitNation. It was with Chrissy Gardiner and it was my last go at learning to knit socks; if this didn’t get me on the road, nothing would! Fortunately Chrissy is a great teacher – and gets extra points for [...]
Twist Collective & Knit Nation
How come Twist Collective has so many great patterns each issue?? I already want to cast on two sweaters (Ormolu for me, Tanit’s Jacket for my mum… if anyone with nothing better to do, needed to knit me Sabbatical or Kirigami, I’d be a grateful recipient!*) and I’ve only just skimmed through the Winter issue… I’m also [...]
Knit a dinosaur; have it star in a film on the Southbank!
From The Londonist: Matthew Robins makes animated stories and will be presenting his ‘Shadow Operas’ featuring Flyboy. New episodes from the series will be shown on Fridays, performed in front of and projected onto the National Theatre Flytower, followed by a double-bill of Robins’ work on Saturdays. For the double-bill on Saturday 15 August, he [...]
Knitting poetry
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 [...]
Matching one’s knitting to one’s outfit
Ok, so it’s no longer February but the Lady Sweater is still in progress… I may be the only one at knitting group today but standards musn’t slip… I subconciously must know this as F.L.S’s yarn colour matches my dress :)
Magnolia finished; but trouble with ‘keeping rib correct’
Finished, but I cocked up the ribbed collar. Think it must be my misunderstanding the instructions, as no-one else seems to had the same problem from what I can see. What do other people understand by ‘keeping rib correct’? My increases came in the middle of a knit bit of rib, so I made the [...]
Catherine André in The Knitter magazine
I don’t even know if she does knitting patterns, but… On pg 20 of this issue there are some gorgeous knit pieces by Catherine André… They were just part of the the Martin Storey ‘mood board’ thing about fairisle, and I think I was supposed to be paying more attention to The Knitter patterns as [...]
All done with your Christmas knitting? Knit for charity on the Southbank instead!
If you have miraculously finished knitting, purling, blocking and sewing up your Christmas gifts, why not head down to the Southbank in London, to join Knit for Peace in the gallery@oxo. They’ve set up until 24th December so you can go in and knit things to be sent to children in Afghanistan… If you don’t [...]
Favourite jumper shrunk? repurpose its sleeves!
Loved, loved this Noa Noa jumper given to me by a far away flatmate. It was constructed by two jumpers, one inside the other. Made of quite fine, but toasty warm mohair. But! Mohair felts, however gently you (hand) wash it, and eventually the two layers pretty much became one; plus it shrank quite a [...]
The joy of knitting top-down!
After some initial colour doubts that meant it languished for almost a yeear and half (!) at collar stage, this jumper was a breeze to knit; so much quicker and more satisfying trying on as you go – and no seaming!. I have a feeling that I may never need to buy another jumper pattern; [...]
wicked
dunno why I look so glum – I’m v happy knitting things in the round, and top down… sooooo much more satisfying to try on as you go :)