Holiday Knitting.

So here is what I knit whilst lounging by the pool:

I don't normally knit to patterns, but I really wanted to get my head around some more lace and how to properly inset beads into knitting. Surprisingly it's not too hard, however it does take allot of concentration, especially with an 18 month old trying to distract you! I really don't know how mothers get any knitting done!

This is a pattern from a rowan book called Classic Holiday, book three. The pattern is called 'Sundae'. This is the back piece nearly finished:

It's kitted in Cashsoft four ply, which is so soft and very nice to knit with, however it does tend to pile especially after a number of froggings!

The second thing is my one skein wonder in my hand spun featured about two posts ago, because it is a singles yarn it does tend to have a  mind of it's own, one sleeve is slightly smaller than the other so I need to crochet a small bit in to make it bigger, I am very pleased with it, one it has been washed and blocked it should be wonderful to wear on a summer evening.

Can you see the slight changes in colours all the way through?

Finally  here is a four skein wonder in Noro, I took the original design and am going to add sleeves and have made the back longer, you can't really tell from the picture though, but I'll post another picture when it is finished. I do not like the colour of this yarn, it looked totally different in the ball.

I'll add some pictures of Grenada when later.

Back.

What a odd thing to come back to. I don't really know what to say about what's happened in London, the odd thing is, for me unfortunately it felt like it was only a matter of time. I feel very sick in my stomach to think of the fear  and suffering it has caused people, but I feel very strongly that we must all remember that we all share some of the responsibility for what happens to us. No matter how far away from us it seems.

Anyway, i've done tonnes of knitting on holiday so I'll post pictures tomorrow when it's a little more appropriate.

Lets all make sure we all do something everyday which mneans that world peace is just that little bit closer.

Suprise!!!

So here is finally the suprise!!!

If you keep an eye out next week on Get Knitted you just might see Fyberspates sock yarns on the website, yes yes, its really true!! I have to be honest this is better than my degree ceremony!!!!

So today I popped with a couple of lovely friends to Get knitted and took my yarns there, and to purchase some yarn for my holiday projects; some silk garden to make a amended one skein wonder and some cashsoft to make a Jo sharp project. So i'll be sunning myself in Grenada next week, the perfect reward for my sweet with the Gold wrapper!!!

Happy happy happy.

j xx

Yes yes, there are pictures finally.

So it's nearly time to reveal the secret, just a couple more days....

As for other knitting related content I made 'one skein wonder' on the weekend, I love this pattern, it's so quick and easy and it really does only take one skein. So here is my first one, and I say 'first' because I have a feeling there will be many more.

(this is made with a thick noro yarn but I can't remember the name).

Then getting rather excited that it takes such a small amount of yarn, I decided to spin my own and knit another one, so here is the fleece that I dyed a few weeks ago: Kid mohair, merino and wendsleydale.

Then blended it in my fabulous carder to make these:

And finally I spun it into singles which look like this:

Now I'm just casting on for the next one skein wonder.

And finally I will show you a picture of sage being rather to playful around my yarn:

Appologes to the Matrix fans among you.

I do love the matrix, and I am dyslexic, so when I said 'just call me Leo', I did actually mean 'Neo'. Sorry. There are times when I wish my husband would read my posts straight away, and not wait till it's been there for all the world to see for a week. So please if you ever see any mistakes and you can't stand spellings errors please feel free to leave a comment and correct me! I have no pride when it comes to spelling and words.

So what's been happening? It's all still really exciting, but I'm struggling with time to get everything finished. Work has gone a bit mad this week, and so has everything else non knitting related, all I want to do is dye and knit, still I'm going to Grenada on holiday the week after next because anth has a conference there, so I shall have all the time in the world to finally get some serious knitting done.

I'll pop some pictures up tonight of some really pretty silk I got from Hip knits and some little clues as to what the secret project is, all will be revealed very soon.

AHHHHHH!

I might add that the AHHHH! is an excitement AHHHH! as opposed to a stressed AHHHH!

I am so in rhythm with the universe today it's unbelievable (Just call me Leo, (that's a matrix reference by the way!!)), I have had the most exciting day, that's because majorly exciting things are happening in fyberspates land which I could never even begin to imagine. So it's all a secret for a bit longer but hopefully soon...... all will be revealed.

I have some dyeing to do tonight, so I'm hoping there will be some fabulous pictures either tomorrow or in the next couple of days.

So the moto of the day is: Life is a box of chocolates, and if you have the courage believe you deserve the one with the gold wrapper, it makes life a damned-site more exciting.

happy knitting people.

If your interested.....

Thankyou so much for all you lovely comments, I am so chuffed people like my stuff. I think it feels like competition time again, so keep an eye out. Perhaps some sock yarn...

Anyway this is my ebay link if you want to have a look at my stuff for sale.

Back soon with a sock picture. :-)