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Pickadilly update
There are a few things I mentioned in previous posts that require updates. One is ginger beer, the other is Pickadilly. The only impediments to me posting updates have been time and light. Time, or...
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The kindness of strangers, part three
The last of 2011′s yarn miscalculations was rectified early last month when I completed my woodland capelet. Unlike Matt’s scarf, I only slightly miscalculated how much yarn was needed for this project...
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Pickadilly State of the Union, July 2012
Are you sick of reading about Pickadilly yet? I wouldn’t blame you if you were. To be frank, I’m kind of sick of looking at it and thinking about it. It’s been my main knitting project over the last...
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Bendigo bonnet
Thank you everyone for your thoughts on how to deal with The Pickadilly Situation. You (and Matt) were all right of course. It would be kind of silly to abandon a project when it’s pretty much done. So...
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Emergency Beanie
Long Beanie by Woolly Wormhead 75g Jo Sharp DK, navy 4.00mm needles Started: July 2012 Finished: July 2012 Modifications: Used lighter-weight yarn, cast on more stitches, knit the ‘body’ longer...
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Marin
On occasion, I come across a knitting pattern that looks like a lot of fun, but isn’t the sort of thing I would wear or use. In these situations, I’ve found that the best solution is make it and then...
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Meanwhile…
Just to state the obvious, this ol’ blog of mine has been neglected of late. However, I’ve been able to steal moments of crafting time here and there. I heart Aran as been in my knitting queue for a...
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Rule breaker
I’ve broken my ‘only two knitting WIPs’ at a time rule to cast on a new project. The reason I’ve broken this rule is because my two other projects can’t be taken on the train to and from work, and what...
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Switch swatch
The version of Orangina in my last post wasn’t really feeling right, and that menacing curl created enough irritation for me to want to start again. In the end it wasn’t so much starting again as...
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2012: accessorise, accessorise, accessorise
Over the last couple of days I’ve been thinking about my crafting year, and haven’t felt particularly compelled to write a post. However, for posterity, it’s probably a good idea to write down a few...
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BWM 2013 shade card round up
Just in case you needed reminding, it’s March! I have no idea how we got to March already, but here we are, and here is this year’s Bendigo Woollen Mills shade card. I don’t know if there’s such a...
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Tricked up grey socks
Gentleman’s sock with Lozenge Pattern by Nancy Bush 125g Patonyle 4ply, Charcoal 2.25mm needles Started: February 2013 Finished: April 2013 Ravelryed: here These socks were finished in April, but...
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The problem with swatching
This week I had a rare encounter with a knitter on the train to work. Every now and again I see knitters and crocheters on the train and sometimes there’s a smile of acknowledgement, but usually...
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Rhymes with
There were no fireworks to mark it, but the year of the vintage pattern has commenced. The last of my modern projects was finished nearly a month ago (photos of three unblogged but finished modern...
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The tie
It’s Spring and it’s windy so it’s the perfect time to get Matt outside to model the tie I made him earlier this year. Seed Stitch Tie, a hybrid of a Lion Brand pattern, a tie pattern from Knit Two...
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An impatient frustration
While we were on hols, the swatch mentioned in this post became the pieces of a jumper. It was my constant knitting companion, working on it while waiting to board planes/trains/buses, while on...
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Where’s my WIPs at?
I know I’ve made a terrible grammar faux pas in the title, but it reminds me of a Basement Jaxx track with a somewhat disturbing monkey/human video. So, the grammar crime remains and I refuse to show...
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I heart tweedy cables
I Heart Aran by Tanis Lavallee around 600g Bendigo Woollen Mills Highlands, Cinder 4.00mm and 3.50mm needles Started: October 2012 Finished: October 2013 Ravelryed: here I Heart Aran is the second...
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Variation of Cable Stitch
Variation of Cable Stitch From Hughes Book No. 208, Ladies Designs 32-36″ 550g Morris and Sons Estate 8ply, Tuscan 4.00mm and 3.00mm needles Started: April 2013 Finished: November 2013 Modifications:...
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Free Vintage Pattern: Variation of Cable Stitch
Heeeeeeeeere’s a download of Variation of Cable Stitch! Click on the image to get to a pdf version of the pattern. Variation of Cable Stitch (Hughes pattern No. 710) from Hughes Book No. 208 (Ladies...
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