A Tad Plaid

This is a scarf and gloves set for my sister. The yarn is called plaid, hence the name.

The pattern isn't for chunky yarn in the case of the scarf, it's the One Skein Scarf from Stitch n Bitch - the Happy Hooker, and it's originally in Aran.




For the gloves I used the pattern here

"Evening Star" Shrug

I finished my shrug on Monday night. It needed buttons, which I have now added. So, as promised, here are the pictures.


The shrug was knitted to the “Evening Star” pattern from issue 26 of Simply Knitting. I didn’t use the recommended yarn though; I used some 50% wool 50% acrylic which I bought on e-bay. Because it is knitted in one piece it’s asymmetrical, which gives it a nice look, I think. I’m really pleased with it!



I went to a local button shop and bought some nice shiny shell buttons, they were more expensive than I expected, but I haven’t really bought buttons before, and frankly this has cost so little to make (except for in time!) that I don’t begrudge a fiver or so for buttons.



So I'm overall pretty pleased with myself, the shrug is very nice. I was hoping to wear it to this weekend’s wedding but it clashes with the dress I bought, so it’s going to have its first outing for my Dad’s birthday celebrations in a couple of weeks’ time. Brilliant, huh?



[edit] - I have decided to wear the shrug today (3/5) because I can't wait!

Pom-pom Hat

I've finished another project - I'm enjoying it too!

It's a cross between the hat in my teach yourself knitting book (colour and pompom inspiration from there) and the pattern but not the colours or stripes from the one in the Stitch 'n' Bitch book. I think it's fab - I've worn it on three occasions already, though it doesn't stand up well in the face of strong winds!

Great to knit though, only took a couple of evenings to do including the pompom and sewing up.

Grey Marl Scarf

Here's the scarf I knitted for Leon. It's curled at the edges, but I'm hoping to fix that when I press it.

Chunky bag

This was made with a slightly amended pattern from a knitting book. It's chunky wool on 7.5mm needles.

White Scarf

This chunky scarf is knit with 24 stitches wide in garter stitch (k all rows). I used 7.5mm needles. The tassles are also quite simple - just looped around and added using a crochet hook.