Current projects
- Jumper for Pete (in black, of course). Top-down and in the round, using this pattern guideline. Going pretty well - I'm about 9" down from the underarm now.
- Top for myself, to this pattern, but in [Shadow Rib]?. It's starting off in navy cotton, but I'm intending to put some stripes in further up, of some of the Colinette offcuts Marna's donated me.
- When I went home for Christmas I inherited a half-knit cardigan that my mother started on some time ago. The pattern (with pic) is from a 1989 Womens' Weekly, so we assume it was around then that she last went anywhere near it. She suggested ripping it back & using the wool for something else, but as I don't wear wool myself (& wasn't desperately keen on the colour - light beige), I thought I'd make something for her. And since she likes the pattern & it's already started, I might as well finish it off. It is likely to take some time - it's in 4-ply, with 3.25mm needles, & a bobble pattern that's quite time-consuming.
Planned projects
- Scarf for jdc - he wants something red/purple, possibly with shiny bits. Which might well be a good use for some of the silvery fake-mohair I have. However, I'm thinking of using the Colinette Giotto in Florentina, which may be quite shiny enough already without. We'll see when I get hold of the yarn.
- Another top for myself - have several more bits of yarn-stash that I'm thinking of making something from. Current favourite is the pink I got from the Secret Santa, with some shiny pinky Colinette offcuts courtesy of Marna. I'm thinking diagonal stripes, but I need to see how that works in practice.
- Probably a jumper or cardigan for myself out of some charcoaly slub cotton I got cheap from Texere.
- Jumper for Ben.
- Mum has offered to pay for yarn so I can make my sister a version of the hooded jumper I made myself.
- I really, really want to make this hooded jumper for myself. So much so that I will even fork over *actual cash* for the pattern. I may even buy brand new yarn from a real shop, as well, rather than getting stuff off Ebay & in cheap offers from online shops. Cor.
- I quite like this sleeveless top, as well. The pink stuff I have from the Secret Santa is ribbon yarn, maybe I'll use that. Might change the neckline, though - we'll see.
Finished projects
- Hooded jumper from Knitty (I made mine in all black). Very fond of this - the first thing I'd knitted in years, & it fits & everything!
- Scarf for my Dad for Christmas - two shades of blue, in 2x2 rib.
- Scarf for Ben for Christmas - black cotton chenille, with stripes of silver acrylic "mohair" & black eyelash knitted in with the chenille. Moss stitch (I like moss stitch).
- Beaded necklaces for my mother & sister.
- Cardigan for jess for her birthday - bought thick white cotton yarn and dyed it grey (took a couple of goes to get a decent colour!). I heavily adapted a pattern I found online - I'll put the pattern up here soon.
- Scarf for myself from the skein of lovely green/purple/red Colinette Fandango yarn Marna gave me. Garter stitch (the yarn is so fuzzy that anything more complicated is a waste of time) on 12mm needles.