Birthday Teacosy

Birthday teacosy for my boyfriends mum, photographed on her teapot in her kitchen.

The pom poms might be slightly ott but I don't really care!

What an effort to knit though! Drawing the wool round after every 7 stitches really slows you down.

Shawl in trade

After the success of my previous shawl a friend of the recipient wanted a similar one.

So in trade for fixing my bike (some cheeky git stole some bits off it) I provided said shawl as a gift in trade.

The colour was hard to find in an aran weight yarn without going for an expencive brand but I picked this up at WoolFest the other week for much less.

WoolFest 09

WoolFest 09! Rock and roll!

So me and my mum, Jill, headed up to the lake district to WoolFest in Cockermouth.

It was awesome! There were stalls for felting, rag rugging, spinning, knitting, crochet and even more. It was really nice to go to a craft event that was just for textile based interests.

I bought an extreme crochet hook, a small rag rug, a Tunisian crochet book and some wool.

It was really good, would be nice to get a mini bus up with the knitting group next year.

WoolFest 09 website

Chris's Jumper Finished!

Woo! Jumper finished. Only the second time around and about 2/3rds the size.

I adapted it from a jumper with an all over pattern and just added in a dot stitch for the first couple of inches at the sides of the body under the arms.

A success finally.

strips and two mats

I had a go at a bit of 'extreme knitting' (See link below) to make a thick cushion mat for a dining chair. I used 6 strands of wool (varying from dk to chunky) on 15mm needles. Its created a thick soft fabric that softens up the chair just enough. I would really like to do a blanket in the same manor maybe with even more wool.

The second photo is of a small bathmat I knit out of ripped up tshirts. I'm going to give it to my mum for her new shower room.

The third and final photo is of some more knitted stips for the Craft Centre.

Rachel John Extreme Knitting

Rowan Shawl Finished! (+new hair)

Finished! Totally worth the effort. I've just ordered some big old toggles to fasten it (although I do like the kilt pins).

Its just typical that I finished knitting something from a collection called 'Tundra' in late May when it has been really warm and sunny. (As a side note - new hair cut, lovin it).

Knitting News Update

20 odd rows done.

37 rows done.

Jumper for Chris 3/4 finished.

Not satisfied with the final push to finish the year at Uni I have started the second piece of the Rowan shawl I started a couple of months ago AND have pulled back and have nearly finished reknitting a jumper for my boyfriend.

I tried in vain to find some long 10mm needles to knit the shawl - it required 132 stitches to be on the needle at once which was very cramped but just about do-able.
Why don't they make longer needles when on the thicker needles the stitches are going to be so much wider? Maybe I'll email some manufacturers.