Category: Finished Objects
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Pre-Blog-Week round-up
Tomorrow sees the start of Knitting and Crochet Blog week but, before that gets under way, there are a few items to blog. Remember the Woolly Wormhead hat workshop I went on a while back? Well, I finished the hat. It’s a beret with three spirals on it. The spirals rather pull the beret out…
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Finally finished footwear
This pair of socks has seen me through a house move and the first month of a new job. I’m very pleased to complete them and move onto something new. The pattern had just enough interest to keep me going. After the fourth time through knitting the main chart I can almost figure it out…
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Slippery
A while back, I knitted some slippers. They are cunningly made from a handful of mitred squares, but they were too big and too floppy. They didn’t stay on my feet, so were a bit rubbish in terms of their intended function. I decided to keep them in case I ever figured out what to…
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Finished and unfinished objects
The previous post, while full of news, was somewhat lacking in pictures. Let’s see if we can change that. Here are the socks that I finished for Mr H. These are full of firsts: the first socks I’ve knitted for him, and in fact the first socks intended to be worn by a man. They…
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In brief
It has been a busy couple of months. Here are the highlights, because I guess it is better to write briefly than not at all. I finished my old job just after a very hectic Christmas We’ve moved house There was trouble with the kitchen floor (but I’d really rather not talk about it in…
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Woolly thoughts
I’ve realised that I never posted about the Hat Design Workshop I went to. It was hosted by Kath of Little Houndales Knits and taught by Woolly Wormhead (so sorry about the picture – believe me this is the best one). The maths underlying knitting is always fascinating to me, so it was great to…
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On beaded socks
You remember my lovely beaded socks? The ones from Tour de Sock. These ones: When I first mentioned them, some people were sceptical about how practical they would be. I knit them anyway. I can now tell you that they are practical, as long as your outer footwear in no way covers any of the…
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A finished object and a glove dilemma
The beaded socks are done. These were the 3rd stage of Tour de Sock and are in pattern Stardust and yarn Smoothie Sock. The yarn was a birthday present from my sister-in-law. I got the beads from Beads Direct. I know there were some queries about the practicalities of beads on socks, but I can’t…
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Sniper Shot
I’m not quite sure how, but somewhere in the last 11 days I managed to finish my socks for Sock Sniper. They have now gone to the post office to begin their travelling overseas. The yarn is Smoothie Sock from Artist’s Palette yarns – one of my favourite yarn bases. The semi-solids are particularly lovely.…
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Ravellenic Games
The last few weeks have been mostly about watching the Olympics, which of course means some Olympic Knitting as well, although trademark infringements mean that the Ravalympics have been renamed the Ravellenic Games. The principle remains the same: cast-on during the opening ceremony, cast-off before the end of the closing ceremony. Last time, I was…