Hello there my lovely readers! I hope you all had a great weekend, I certainly did :) I had a brilliant few days off, I'll tell you more about that tomorrow, but I've also managed to fill my time with wooly projects :) Let me share with you what I've been up to...
First up I have completed my first mini crochet project! You may remember my first ever granny squares, well here they are all seamed together and looking pretty.
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| Granny squares, you've got to love them! |
I'm really loving crochet, I already have a few project lined up for when I'm a bit better at it, I've been scouring Ravelry for pretty patterns :) Hopefully it won't be too long before I start working on the crochet blanket of my dreams!
Secondly I have started another knitting UFO, I've had this one on the go for about three years, just sitting in a box unfinished and unloved, but I've finally decided it to finish it. The original pattern was in French (eek!) but I had it translated, although some of the instructions are still a bit hard to follow. It's made by Fifi Chanchnil, and it's a cute little crossover cardigan. It reminds me of the type of thing I used to wear for ballet as a child, I can't wait until it's finished!
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| The pattern, isn't it cute? |
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| Lacy sleeve with fancy edging! |
And yes, the yarn is just as soft and fluffy as it looks :)
Finally I have a bit of a confession to make, I may have been a bit naughty on my days off. I know that I'm supposed to be focusing on Stash Busting, but I may have been in the same area as Loop on Thursday and I may have been tempted into buying some hand-spun, hand-dyed gorgeously soft, silky yarn for a short sleeved cardigan that I have been dying to make from the best knitting book ever. I'm sure you'll forgive me when you see how gorgeous this project is going to be...
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| Is this not one of the most gorgeous patterns you have ever seen?! |
I've already knitted up my little tension square, well I say square, it's not a square shape at all! And this yarn was just dreamy to work with, I can't wait to cast on this cardigan, I'm really looking forward to some detailed knitting work, it's been a while since I've worked on something this intricate.
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| My tension square, or rather my tension random-shape! |
Dreamy, isn't it? :)
So as you can see I'm up to my eyeballs in yarn, and I couldn't be happier about it :) Are you knitting/crocheting anything at the moment? I'd love to know what you're working on!
I hope you have a great week full of wooly projects of your own, I'll be back tomorrow to share some more adventures.
Katie xxx
7 comments:
I'm in the process of making my mom a hat/scarf combo for a late birthday present. It'll be my first complete knitting project. I really want to get "A Stitch in Time." It looks like such a beautiful book.
That cardigan is beautiful and the colour you've picked is really pretty. I've avoided buying this book because I know I'll want to knit something from it when I have plenty of unfinished things I should be concentrating on. However, having seen that cardigan, I'm not sure I can resist after all :o)
Have you finished your knotted dressign gown yet ? dying to see it! xx
The pattern for your new cardigan is lovely and your granny squares look great. I wonder if we are thinking of making the same blanket? I have been crocheting sample swatches to learn the different stitches and just completed my first cotton dishcloth. This weekend I completed a ufo...hurray!! not the one I intended for this month but that's a woman prerogative right?
Beautiful knitting and crochet! I haven't been doing anything wooly, but I was bad too and bought new fabric this weekend. There was a big sale at the local store! But it's for projects that I really need to make, so that's sort of an excuse, right? ;)
I have been avoiding Stitch in time vol 2 because I know I will go mad :D That cardigan is so beautiful and it will look gorgeous on you! Even I with poor knitting skills and never liked mustard yellow or any other yellow for that matter, am now intrigued to start knitting it... No, no! I must resist, I have couple other projects to finish before I can even think about it.
ooh that stitch in time pattern is on my to-do list, yours is going to look stunning in that gorgeous yarn!
I have started the Tri cable cardigan from this book as I thought it
would be a simpler pattern to start the year with, wishing I had been
braver now:)
Love the granny squares, I've got soo many I have made over the years I just need to do something useful with them, problem is I know how to do the square but no idea how to join the little suckers together:)
Also I am desperate to find a use for some of theses
http://molliemakes.themakingspot.com/blog/tutorial-tuesday-crochet-flowers
They are soo cute! x
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