Knitting from stash

Girls cardigan size 5-6 for my niece

barbie trousers and calorimetry headscarf from knitty, made as pattern but in 4ply sock wool using 3.25 mm needles, both are for my niece.

The wildflower shawl is blocked too, but no pics yet, della has ground to a halt, I'm knitting a cardi for myself for this cold weather

lace, lace, lace

This is the lace pillow I brought back from my Mums, havent touched it for 20 years but hoping to finish this hanky edging this year.

This is Della, from Hipknits project club, I am now ready to knit the border, done an extra repeat of main shawl and still have loads of yarn left.

This is the wildflower shawl in Posh yarn, pattern from posh yarn site, but the border is from VLT. It just needs blocking

Happy New year

Hope the hangover isnt too bad. Decided to post my new years resolutions here so I can refer back to them and see if they are being kept.

• Limit WIP to 3 -a sock or other small item, something with fine yarn (4ply or less) and something with DK wight or above,
• Knit up all the yarn I have bfore being tempted by new projects
• try some fairisle knitting
• finish youngest sons cross stitch birth sampler
• have a go at bobbin lace again

and the non crafty one

• go swimming once a week

knitivity

Well, here is Mary, Joseph and Jesus, will carry on with the rest of the figures next year ready for next Christmas, hope you all have a good Christmas.

2 days to go..

and nativity is coming along nicely. Mary, Joseph and Jesus are knitted, just need minor surgery to attach arms and hands. Hopefully I will post pics by 25th

Knitting has been slow this week due to my kids generously sharing their cold germs with me, think I got 2 sets of germs as was just getting over the cold when another one came.
I am now concentrating on knitting gloves and scarves, we had a frosty week and have loads of gloves, sadly not many pairs so going to sort out the mismatched ones and knit new sets.

hipknits project club

Got the next parcel in this on Monday, 100g sock yarn and a hank of sarisilk. The sarisilk knitted up into this hat.

and this is the socks so far

bye bye NOvember

Yes, I completed NOvember, no new projects cast on last month at all, though very little finished, (bayerische and gloves and scarf to match the dinosaur hat), just closer to finishing 2 shawls and a cardi. I am going to cast on something new soon, going to knit a nativity, I have been thinking about doing one for at least 20 years but now have loads of leftovers to use. Still deciding which pattern to use, Jean Greenhowe or one from Simply kintting last year but have decided that this is the year it gets made. Hoping to get at least Mary, Joseph and Jesus done so watch this space.