Yarn variation

 

Delicious

 

Mindless Knit

 

Baby Merino

Patterned

 

The edges were a bit rough due to the pattern

Stashbusting

 

The rest of the yarn of the skinny scarf made into a shawl

New colour palette

 

Back in the flow

I was working through the entire Coronavirus-Lockdown as an essential keyworker, so while other people couldn't go to work or were working from home I was working overtime to cover shielding colleagues. Only recently did the situation relax enough to allow me to get back into books and to get stuck into my wool collection. It's this one that did it.:D The next winter looms on the horizon.

One more try

Let's try this again...:D
I worked way too much this last year! The wool on the top I got as a Birthday present, this scarf used one skein and I still have two left. The Work in Progress at the bottom uses leftovers, that one will be given away alongside clothing for people in need. We have been culling the wardrobes and as most of it is perfectly wearable we'd rather someone got use of it.

This one still needs a brother/sister before it can join the donation

Small Doll

A knitted doll filled with wool fleece is sturdier for playing with than felt. The knit should not be too loose. The basic form is a 'T' and moss stitch at the base keeps the doll standing up.

Fingerpuppets

This is just one character of the fingerpuppets I knitted for the children - they have a hunter, a princess, a king, a magician,.....It only takes about 20 stitches knitted on a set of needles in a round.

Accessories

Every year without fail nautical accessories show up in the shops. For a knitted cushion cover you could easily spend between £ 15.- to £ 30.-. Why, when all you need is some wool and a cushion pad you want to cover?

Moss stitch keeps the shape better, but any pattern is possible.

This is knitted as a simple rectangle the width and twice the length of the pad plus a bit extra for the buttonholes.

Turn inside out and sew both sides together, leaving the extra flap for the buttonholes.
Turn back and attach buttons on the outside of the main body, just under the buttonholes.

These are a classic design in nautical or neutral colours.

Blanket

Winter is coming, the energy prices are going through the roof - so this is an alternative to cranking the heating higher in the evenings. And the colours are nice too. For those people who appreciate a warm wooly blanky...in my house my husband and daughter usually have a race over who can snatch one first.

Penguin

While I had the knitting needles out I decided to quickly knit a mobile phone sock for my daughter. She happens to adore penguins in all shapes and forms. The main body of this is knitted in stocking stitch, the white parts are done in crochet and eyes and beak are embroidered. Multiple techniques...And I have got another stocking filler ready.

Tea Cozy

This is for a tea glass that would burn fingers otherwise: 40 stitches on a set of needles.

4 rows in rib on both ends and the rest in stocking stitch - done in no time.

Accessorize

Wow, some colour at last. Once more something for my daughter, a snood knitted in a circle (114 stitches, 40 cm in stocking stitch, plus 7 rows in ribs on both ends). Fast and easy.

Accessorize

Wool is fantastic. It might take some time and work but the results are worth it. This is a "shrug" for my daughter, something between a big scarf and a small cape - with sleeves...one like this is not available anywhere else.

Luxe

I must confess that I have a particular liking for handdyed Japanese Eisaku Noro wool and silk. Unfortunately it is quite expensive, being what it is. So, usually I only get about 200g of each colour combination and turn them into a scarf. The advantage of that is the amount of time it takes to finish which is: hardly any! If I could ever bring myself to give them away I could also match the colours to the person lucky enough to receive such a treasure. (My daughter owns one in her favourite shades of lilac and purple, I am not completely heartless.)
The pattern is easy enough, it is either 1knit1purl and 1purl1knit on the back row, or 1knit1purl and on the back row the same, 1knit1purl.

Bounty



Middle pattern: 1k1p - 1p1k. On both sides: 1k1p - 1k1p.



Yes, I do like shades of blue

( Eisaku Noro wool&silk is available in the haberdashery department of John Lewis and from other mail order wool suppliers.)