Archive for February, 2006
drool
skeletal forms; amazingly beautiful, creative knitting I’ve been trying to de-construct since I saw it; sexy crafty model (creator of the shocker mittens) - just go look
and Becky - the yarn is probably from Jamiesons of Shetland (they’re called something like that anyway). I inherited it from my grandfather without tags or anything [...]
Posted: February 26th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 3
definitely a monster
haha. I’m about to felt it. Cross your fingers. I think I’ll be ordering googly eyes but here’s hoping it doesn’t come to that.
Posted: February 24th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 2
misshapen blob from the deep
or my cute new cloche?
we’ll see. I think I need to find a 5mm circular needle though. These are weird extra long dpns I found. There are 144 stitches in the round and while I normally like dpns for something this big they’re really too clumsy. I probably have a 5mm circular somewhere. I [...]
Posted: February 23rd, 2006 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 2
it’s finally here - the apocalypse hoodie
A simple zip up hooded cardigan knit from the top down using a modified figure of eight cast on and no seams. There is an intarsia and duplicate stitch tree detail at the bottom of the left front and the extended cuffs are knit in a contrast colour with thumbholes.
The pattern is written in [...]
Posted: February 22nd, 2006 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 15
may I introduce Matilda Jane
she’s very pleased to make your acquaintance
Excuse the quality of the photos, I had the camera on the wrong setting - but I’m too lazy to take more.
‘Maltida Jane’ because it’s so ridiculously girly, but a little dark too. My mum calls me Matilda Jane on occasion, I haven’t got a clue why. It [...]
Posted: February 17th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 17
so much for stash busting
This just arrived, well it arrived this morning and I just got up. But the point is we just met.
8 balls of polar in a nice chocolatey brown and 8 skeins of baby pink rowanspun. I’m making another hoodie with the polar, but I have no idea what I’ll do with the rowanspun. I [...]
Posted: February 17th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 9
mini me won
well I assume she did, look
Posted: February 15th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 3
knitting and milton
wee… somehow (I’m a bad influence) our study group on Paradise Lost today turned into a knitting group.
I taught Ella to knit and she’s know working on a scarf - look how excited she got about her first few perfect rows:
Sara brought some crazy, but gorgeous ribbon yarn along and started a drop stitch scarf. [...]
Posted: February 15th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
Comments: none
the tiniest ysolda in the world
so I should probably have done something more constructive with my weekend but I found myself knitting a tiny kittyville hat. And then I couldn’t not make a doll to wear it and enter the craftster create your twin challenge. Voting hasn’t started yet but when it does you better vote for me. Hmm competitive [...]
Posted: February 6th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 12



