So up till recently I haven’t been using Ravelry to its fullest extent. Only in the last year have I really been using the favourite function and putting them into bundles so that I can find them more easily. Currently I am trying to use the stash function to organise all the wool in my stash. One of my biggest… Read more »
I decided to make a cowl to match my headband. I have been wanting to make one in brioche stitch with a variegated yarn and see what happened, or even possibly two variegated yarns… I used King Cole, Merino Blend DK in Petrol (926), and James C Brett Marble Chunky MC52 I cast on 90 stitches in the plain blue… Read more »
Welcome to this weeks instalment of Sunday Sevens from Natalie at Thread and Bobbins, posting 7 photos of your week that wouldn’t warrant blog posts of their own. This week I am also going to continue to post my goals for the coming week to see if that helps me get them achieved, … Read more »
Reading Sewaholics post about making time for different hobbies and being sat here reading blogs early in the morning thinking that I need to get up and do things I think that I’m going to have to follow in Anneke’s footsteps and start scheduling in my time more… To be able to do this I need to work out what… Read more »
Well it is the run up to Christmas so we have been getting crafty but have been very lax about blogging about it. Sorry. Here are a few photos of the things that I have been making recently, I will go into more details on some of them in their own posts later. Food Stuff: Kicked off with Christmas Puddings… We had… Read more »
I spend a lot of time on Pintrest at the moment. Everyone said how addictive it was from the beginning but I hadn’t realised just how addictive it really was! That is until now. But I have started making some of the things that I have pinned: Source: psimadethis.com via Pippa on Pinterest I attempted this using an old orange… Read more »
Part two of the Knitted Jumper Up-cycling. A very simple one today, A Cowl: From this: To this: This upcyling is a very simple one since the jumper that I bought had a cowl neck on it anyway. It is just a case of separating it from the body of the jumper and finishing the edges. Find where the cowl… Read more »
I have bought a large knitted jumper from a charity shop to cut into and make nice new autumn fashion with 😀 I am really looking forward to autumn as it gives me a chance to wear snuggly jumpers and boots again. Taking this jumper: I have made a Head Band, a Cowl and a set of Ankle warmers which also double… Read more »
