Playing with colour

A quick update on the mitered square blanket. I must admit I'm getting a little bit bored, but I will get there :-) 50 squares down, 30 to go. I've abandoned the bedspread idea, and going for a large blanket instead. I do on the other hand lovelovelove the colours!

Check out the cute bunny hat and keyhole scarf I've made for my little niece! I haven't had time to mail them off yet, and with temperatures increasing, there probably will be little use for the set in the next few months. I've made the hat to fit a 12-18 month old so hopefully it will come to good use at the end of this year. The yarn is RYC Cashcotton, supersoft and guaranteed non-itchy!




I skipped the embroidered details on the bunny face, but I still think it looks super cute.




Some leftover projects, commisioned for a colleague's granddaugther.

I can haz new skillz

I finally got round to trying entrelac, which has been on my to-do list for over a year, and it was a lot easier than I imagined! I used some leftover alpaca and cast on following the instructions for the Danica scarf. It was only intended as a swatch, but why not make something that can actually be worn? Using a lightweight yarn, I didn't feel like making a scarf, but a headband seemed like a good idea.











It's super soft and tucks easily into a coat pocket for those days where temperatures require something to keep my ears warm. I just kept going until it was long enough to fit around my head, and I think it's turned out really cute! I'll have a look through my stash for some yarn for a scarf next. I really like the basketweave effect of knitting with two colours, the only drawback is having to weave in all those yarn ends...

















The prize yarn from Sock Wars III turned up two weeks ago and of course I had to cast on for some socks right away! So far I've made a pair of Detonators for myself, and working on a pair of Pomatomus socks. The pattern was a bit hard at first, but once I got past the first couple of rows and could see the pattern emerging, I found it quite simple to follow. I love how the twisted stitches give definition to the pattern. The gauge given is the same as for the Detonators, so I must admit I didn't bother knitting a swatch (shame on me!), so fingers crossed they'll fit...























Finally, a few pictures of the wiev from our house right now. It's an old fashioned Winter Wonderland out there. We've had to clear our veranda twice already!

Shame on me for not updating...

Hey, look! New, bright layout!

I haven't updated this blog in ages as I've been really busy at work and moving in to our new house. Finally starting to get my craft room together! So far it stores all my yarn (a whole rack of IKEA shelves...how did I get all that yarn?), my sewing machine and my sewing box. I'm planning on getting the spinning wheel that's been sitting down my mom's basement for ages restored, and I really want to take up dyeing my own yarn. Pics will come as soon as it's tidy enough, at the moment it's a mess, leftover bags from moving that I haven't had time to unpack, bags of clothes packed up to take to charity but mysteriously they're still here...

Those of you who are on Ravelry may know that I won Sock Wars III. It was a fun experience, and my first attempt at competitive knitting. I probably won't be taking part in SW IV, but who knows? I might be tempted to give it another go sometime. An article on competitive knitting in general and SW in particular will feature in the March issue of Knitting magazine.

Right now I'm working on the Mitered Square blanket as a bedspread, and already I'm dreading sewing it up... My squares measure 18X18 centimeters, and so I'll need a hundred of them to cover our bed... Hopefully it will look as good completed as it does in my mind!









Yarn for more squares









I'm not following any particular colour scheme for this blanket, and pick the colours as I go. Loosely keeping the "juicies/blahs" idea in mind when mixing, contrasting bright colours with muted.