So...you think you can knit!
Have you missed me? I have been away on a shopping trip in an attempt to fill up my UFO box, I found some great stuff and found some wonderful shops. My favourite shop was Ready Steady Knit, a wool shop in Northumberland. I had every intention of taking photos in there and posting some up here but I forgot my camera. They had polka dots all around the walls and triangle banners, I am going to steal the polka dot idea for my sewing room. I got some Snowflake chunky wool by Sirdar, the softest wool on the planet, I planned to knit up a girly blanky in case Coach David had a girl instead of a boy, but ....drum roll....he is now a proud Daddy to a baby boy. The blanky is all ready to mail, wish we had touch and smell vision on here, I sprayed with lavender sleepy stuff and its so soft and snuggly, lets hope it helps Davone Tom Ronald sleep well. Anyone we know having a girl?
Now for confession, it's meant to be good for the soul, I am having the hardest time with the knitting part of my Gap Year and I thought I was good at it. I am making two sweaters, one is a nice easy one and one is definitely testing my patience, I have knitted a few inches and taken it out 4 times. The wool is a Debbie Bliss cashmerino aran and so I really don't want to give up on it because it will be so comfortable.
Wish me luck!
Here is the easy one, it's a Rowan all season cotton mix. I think everyone should take themselves into a wool shop and see the different wools that are available now, this is NOT your grandmothers hobby. I love feeling them all and trying to think of ideas for them all.
Easy as it looks
Look how soft the pink one looks
My next mission was to find some Quilting/Fabric stores and that was a great success too, hard to pick a favourite but if I had to it would be Village Fabrics, in a little village called Wallingford in Oxford. Do you all remember that I have signed up for that handmade gift exchange with Pink Stitches, well I found a pattern for a Japanese gift bag that will look great in Halloween fabric. I am feeling a bit more comfortable about participating now. Here is a small selection of the fabrics I picked to fill my UFO box:
On another subject: something I found in the VERY bottom of my box was a ribbon embroidery kit. I have started it but am so unfamiliar with this kind of embroidery that I don't know if I am a raring success or a dismal failure.....any ideas and opinions welcomed!
So next week lets hope I have some knitting to show you all.
