I’m crocheting June 3, 2012
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Although I can crochet, well sort of, I’m not very confident with it. For as long as I can remember I’ve been saying that I will learn to crochet properly. I think my problem has been reading the pattern. Lo and behold, the other day I picked up a crochet book at the library and I’ve been practising various patterns; circles, squares, hexagon… and once I’ve put my mind to it, reading the patterns isn’t that hard after all. I decided to add a little crochet flower onto a thank you card (as evidence!).
Handy-dandy yarn bucket May 5, 2012
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I eat jogurt every morning, quite literally by the bucket. They are handy little buckets with lids, and it’s obvious that one day I will need them for something, so I’ve kept quite a few. The other day I realised that the buckets would make excellent yarn buckets. There’s probably a fancy name for them, but I’ll just call them yarn buckets. I poked a hole in the lid and put a big eyelet on it (the kind one would use on curtains or sails) and then I covered the whole bucket and the lid with aluminium tape. I was in a rush to get back to knitting – hence the spartan and not-so-neat decoration. The bucket is only small and will only take one yarn ball but it works a treat. No more diving under the table fetching the escaped yarn ball, only to find it totally covered in dog hairs. And yes, you clever cloggs, I know the vac has been invented, but if there’s crafting or vacuming to do, which one do you think I’d go for? Exactly!
Colourful yarn March 4, 2012
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I had some white wool, food colouring and vinegar. Now I have nice colourful yarn to knit hats and stuff.
For cold days May 27, 2011
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Yay, I’ve finished a really thick cardigan, just in time for summer! I started this some time in winter and since the yarn is very thick I had planned to finish it in a few weeks. That didn’t happen. I got sick of knitting it and managed to finish it only now. Oh well. The pattern is here.
Great balls of…wool April 25, 2011
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I felted some balls. The ones on the left are from wool rovings and the balls on the right are from felting knitting yarn. These will probably end up as beads for jewellery.
Under my belt April 20, 2011
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I’ve always wanted to learn to crochet properly but never quite got round to it. I have a friend who is absolutely brilliantly good at crocheting and she can whip up amazing things with her hook just like that. She has inspired me to finally go and learn to crochet properly. Instead of running before I can walk, which is what I usually do, I decided to go easy and start with small and simple projects. To learn to crochet straight pieces without it starting to go narrower or wider, I made a belt. And this time, probably for the first time ever, it’s straight all the way!
Here kitty kitty March 21, 2011
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Here’s a funny little cat I knitted. The pattern is from a silly book called The Odd-bod Bunch.
Tarn good yarn February 24, 2011
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I’m still looking for ways to use up old unwanted clothes. Waste not want not is still the thing here. So, I’ve been cutting up old t-shirts into yarn, or tarn, as it is called. I’ve used other fabrics like this before, but not t-shirts and I find it produces a very nice, stretchy yarn. Here’s a couple of balls, nicely white on white (how arty is that?!).
I wanted to test the yarn first to see what it was like to knit, and I must say it’s very nice. Non-stretchy fabric yarns are easier to crochet but t-shirt yarn is just fine knitted too. So, couple of quick pot holders out of t-shirts.
Then I thought that a little bag might be nice. And it is, although very heavy. I added some paper clay buttons which I painted red with acrylics. I thought the rough, uneven look would go nicely with a ‘rug bag’.
I had no pattern, nor plan for this bag. I just knitted until I ran out of one colour, and then continued with another. To avoid any seams, I knitted the bottom of the bag first, in garter stitch, then picked stitches all around it and continued to knit in the round. When the bag was tall enough, I cast off all stitches expect those for the flap, which was then knitted in garter stitch. The shoulder strap is knitted in garter stitch too.
Knitton Warmpix February 12, 2011
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Ta-dah! I have a new camera. It’s state of the art, solid wool. It has many woolly pixels and a high-definition, soft-focus lens, plus many other warm features. So here, I give you, the Knitton Warmpix!
Here kitty kitty… February 5, 2011
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Here’s a quick and easy knitted kitty. I could have made it all cute and cuddly, but thought I’d spice it up just a touch by adding crazy eyes. Pattern is available here.
