Spotted this in Jenners in Edinburgh – it’s Rowan’s new Creative Yarn. It’s basically a kidsilk version of CanCan. Clearly jumping on the bandwagon, it’s quite ghastly!
Little Boy Blue
August 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
After the phenomenal success of my first and second goes at knitting, I found myself unable to resist when I came across this gorgeous self stripey and super soft bamboo blend yarn in Edinburgh. I bought enough to make a little jacket for Imminent-Angus and got to work. The pattern is called Felix’s Cardigan and [...]
ROAR! A Dinosaur Beanie
May 4, 2011 By 2 Comments
Pattern Spiky Dino Earflap Hat by Adrienne Engar & Dino Spike Crochet Pattern by Emily Craft Crochet Size 6months – 2 years Crochet Hooks Used 5.5 mm (I) & 4.5 mm Yarn Debbie Bliss Cotton DK in 55 (Lime) & Louisa Harding Ondine in 11 (Blue & Green variegated) Sunday April 17 2011 Starting the [...]
Bednobs and Broomstick Lace
January 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
What to do with a single skein of gorgeous plum, mauve and hot pink Manos Silk Blend? I’ve finally figured it out – broomstick lace! I love how easy it is to work up too, a bit fiddly until you get the hang of wielding the 40cm huge knitting needle, but so worth it! Here’s [...]
My First Socks
January 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I started my first ever pair of socks yesterday. I’m using a pattern I found on Ravelry called “Socks That Fit” – so hopefully that’s what they’ll do when they’re finished! I’m doing them in crochet which works up thicker than knitting so instead of the following the pattern I’ve decided to stitch into the [...]
Glasgow
November 13, 2010 By 1 Comment
An expiring passport found Christian and I boarding an early bus this morning bound for Glasgow. After an initial mix up due to the passport people failing to tell me that I needed to go to the appointment office as opposed to the interview office for my renewal interview we managed to get to the [...]
Knitting Nancy Woes
September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
First up, last night’s Cache ‘n’ Coffee event in Dublin for the geocaching crowd went really well – we had visitors from the US, Germany and Latvia join us, which is just fabulous and in all about 20 people showed. We were quite noisy but it was great to see people. Am looking for a [...]
