Forest Canopy Shawl

Pattern: Forest Canopy Shawl by Susan Lawrence

Yarn: Fyberspates Scrumptious in Peonies (She doesn't have this colour at the moment, but it is lovely isn't it?)

Needles: 5mm x 60cm Addi Turbos. Fantastic to work with.

Modifications: Not really, I worked a few extra repeats to make the most of the yarn, with only 15g left. That was 13 repeats.




I really quite enjoyed this. It's been interesting enough to keep me entertained, but not so complex that I couldn't watch TV too. I found it too complex for knit-night though, no knitting and talking for me!

I can't rave enough about the yarn. It's soft, smooshy, vibrantly coloured and just generally lush. Scrumptious is a name which almost does it justice.

Allo Allo Beret

Pattern: Russula Cap by Sally Pointer (Rav Link)


Yarn: Toft Alpaca Double Knitting Yarn (I used a whole ball for this hat - so either the yardage is out on the website, or the weight. I think it might be 115yds for 100g)


Needles: Some lovely steel dpns, Pony I think.


Modifications: instead of 10 row rolled hem, 5 rows k2p2 rib.
As I was running out of yarn, I decreased a bit more rapidly towards the last six or so rows.






More pictures on my Flickr Page.

Bootees Mk2.

The other bootees were too small, so here’s another pair.

Noro Gloves

Design 27 by Jenny Watson from Noro Designer Mini Knits.

iPod Sock # 2

This is my second iPod sock. it's not quite as long as the first one, but it does what I need it to - keeps me from getting sweat on it in the gym. It isn't the same yarn as the hat, though it does look similar in the picture.

Sock Disaster!

So, I began at the heel of the sock, migrated down and then back up the foot, and managed:




DISASTER!


It doesn't fit! Woe is me! I followed the pattern, but there's no way that it's ever going to go past the heel! Not ever. Either I did it wrong, or someone's cheating at Knitty.


[EDIT]

I may have found (one of) the problem(s) with my sock. It turns out that sock yarn is not quite as similar to DK (double knit) as I thought. May have to buy some actual sock yarn for this one. On which note, I've spotted a nice sock kit on ebay...

iPod Nano Cover

This was my second attempt at an iPod cover. This is for Leon's iPod. It's knitted using DK on 4.5mm (UK 7) needles.

It's basically rib and stocking stitch, though I used a diamond pattern from my pattern book. You can't really see it in the black, but when I do another one for my iPod you might be able to.

Knitted Hearts Bag

This is another pattern from my knitting text book. The hearts motif is a little cheesy, but was quite straight forward and didn't suffer from my occasional error. I didn't bother lining it. If it was half the size I'd use it as a makeup bag. If it was a few inches longer I'd use it as a Work In Progress bag. Sadly, it's neither. I keep my needles and such in it for now.