The one's that got away!

I was looking through my photos and there are some things I've made, but not shown. So here they are. The third picture is of a hat which I had then to felt. It ended up in the washing machine, because the centre wouldn't close up and it was far too big, and there's not a lot you can do with wool once it has been felted. They were all knitted during the winter months.

Doing my own thing

I decided to try top develop a hat using the "scarf" yarn that is so widely available these days.
I started with a basic bonnet pattern and decided to add the scarf yarn every 3rd stitch, but it wasn't quite the effect that I was looking for, so I finished it off plain after using the yarn for two inches.
The second I worked the scarf yarn in every other stitch, but only every third row.  Still not what I wanted.
The final try I used the yarn every other stitch and every row. I am happy with this result.

It isn't that the first two are wrong, they just are not what I was aiming for. When I'd finished I noticed that it doesn't really matter what colour your base yarn is, so long as the bonnet ties blend in with the bonnet.

After looking through my photos, I've found pictures of stuff I haven't posted here, ah well, never mind. Must remember to post when I upload photos to the pc in future.

Latest knits and one I forgot to post

Thought it was time I updated a little on here.
I have been knitting, just not blogging about it.

This lovely cosy hoodie is from a pattern that was in The Knitter magazine, called Hudson, I think.  I knitted it in  James C.Brett's Monsoon. It did take quite a while as it is in rib, moss stitch and stocking stitch rib which grows even slower than normal rib.  I am very pleased with this and love wearing it.

So much done since last post

These are some of the projects I have worked on since I last posted.
The top is a pinwheel jacket and hat for a premature baby...Lily Wood.
Next is a hat knitted before the need for it for Lenya, the daughter of my friend Magdalyna....they have gone back to Poland now, I wish them a good, long and happy life back in their home country.
The catterpillar was also given to Lenya, but her brother, Jacub, (Kuba,) was very taken with it.
The last is a sleeveless hoodie for myself...at first I was not sure of it, but it is very comfy, and keeps me warm in the bits I want to be kept warm.
This is not all I have been knitting since I last posted, but it is a catch-up....maybe more to come when I find the photos!

Catch up warning!

It's time I caught up with what I've been working on lately. It WILL happen during the next week.

Trying to clear the decks!

I have two projects started before Yule I want to finish..before moving on to a totally new one.
The first is a pair of baby ugg style boots featured in "let's Knit" magazine. I sewed them together wrong, so have had to unpick, and after doing that tonight...will....fingers crossed sew them together correctly, and be able to give them to the intended recipient.
Second is a cardigan in Stylecraft Brushstrokes. What I didn't see whilst knitting this is that it has a high...(read bust line) waist...and is for people of standard proportions. I am long in the body...so this design is just WRONG for me...I wish I'd spotted that before taking time to knit it up.
The question is...do I finish it and give it to my neighbour who rescued me ...in a fridge emergency.....or pull it all back?
On the 27th...my fridge stopped working, my neighbour "rescued" me by loaning a spare fridge she has..smaller.but it does the trick. I seriously think I should finish the cardigan for her..as we are around the same "bust" size...but she is nowhere near as long in the body as me.
(p.s she has also said I can keep her spare fridge until late February..so no pressure on buying a new one....I think that too deserves the cardigan.)

Do I have another week or two?

In early January last year I blogged that I had three "goals" for the coming year.
I have done some reversible knitting....TICK!!!!
I have made a pair of socks...albeit...little ankle socks...but they did incorporate "turning the heel"...which went well...so TICK!!!
I haven't yet tried entrelac knitting...do I have time to do this before the twelve months have passed? Can't remember..but I do have a baby pattern using enterlac...and a relative is expecting a baby early March..
Maybe by this time next month I will have tackled my first ever entrelac project.

AND!!!!!Ihave projects I have knitted but not shown here to share with you all.