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Finished Socks

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:39:00 +0000

These are the Big Basin Socks and Naive Socks.

More Shawls

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:27:00 +0000

Here are some more photos of shawls finished, in order Mystery Stole 3 done in ColourMart Merino 2/28, pale pink, Mystic Light in Araucania Ranco Solid, Mystic Meadows in

Rowan Rowanspun DK, Ivy Leaf Shawl in Jaeger Matchmaker Merino 4 Ply and finally Dem Fischer sin Fru in Handpaintedyarn.com Merino Lace:

Secret of the Stole iii:

Mystic Light:

Mystic Meadows:

Ivy Leaf Shawl:

Dem Fischer sin Fru:

Shawls

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:05:00 +0000

I love making shawls at the moment, I belong to so many KALs I sometimes wonder how I will finish them all.

Here are some things finished recently:

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:24:00 +0000

Another hat Trinity by Wooly Wormhead, guess who has her new book Going Straight http://woollywormhead.com/page43.htm

I have also made the Big Basin Socks:

and Fetching Gloves:

I have so far got two hats and a pair of fingerless gloves out of 200gms of Marble DK with 50 gms left.

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:14:00 +0000

I have been so caught up in so many KALs I am afraid my blogging has lost out, here are some of my recent projects:

Secret of the Stole II - Savannah, done in Handpainted Yarn

Marvelous Mittens 3 pairs!!, I was only going to make two pairs but I made two left hands, so rather than frog them out I made two more right hands.

Various hats for my daughter: Tete a Fetching and Strawberry Joe (wooly wormhead)

Progress of Mystic Waters Shawl

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:11:00 +0000

I am half way through clue 3, now I have finished SoTS I am hoping to catch up.

Finished Fingerless Gloves and Socks

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:07:00 +0000

I have finished some fingerless gloves for my daughter from the Yarn Forward magazine, and a pair of socks for my husband which I designed myself.

Finished The Secret of the Stole

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:04:00 +0000

Here is a finished picture of my stole, it is beautiful, it turned 14" x 76".

Here is a close up of some of the detail.

Clue 4 of the mystery Stole

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:09:00 +0000

I finally finished clue 4 of the mystery stole, soory about the picture but my daughter wanted to take the camera to school today, and announced it two minutes before she left.

Clue 2 on Secret of the Stole

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:25:00 +0000

I have finished clue 2 on the Secret of the Stole, here it is in all its glory, I am using ColourMart Angora/Lambswool 2/28NM Lace Weight 2 strands.

I think the theme is either celestial or egyptian, the first designs look like scarabs to me.

Four new KALs started

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:54:00 +0000

I have joined four KALs,

Secret of the Stole

Secret of Chrysopolis

Mystic Water

Halloween Shawl

I have started the first two, see pictures:

I need to wait until the 24th for the Mystic Waters to start, and I want to use the rest of the yarn from the Secret of the Stole for the Halloween Shawl.

Basket Weave Socks

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:55:00 +0000

This is my latest sock, knitted for a friend's daughter. It is based on Basketweave by Marguerite Byrne, http://stitchesofviolet.blogspot.com/

Offset Rib Socks

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:54:00 +0000

Here is my latest socks for my husband which was made in Regia Bamboo, lovely greys and white.
I designed the pattern myself.

Forest Canopy Shawl

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:04:00 +0000

I have finished my Forest Canopy Shawl in Angora/Nylon from Fyberspates, it still needs to be blocked.

Zig Zag Ribbon Socks

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:28:00 +0000

Here are my latest socks for my husband, they are done in Colinette Jitterbug, colour dusk. I have designed the pattern using the Zig Zag Ribbon from Barbara Walker, they were done toe up on 2.25mm needles.

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:33:00 +0000

I finished another pair of Jeanie Townsend Socks - Cascading Leaves in yarn from The Natural Dye Studio (http://www.thenaturaldyestudio.com/), Tiger's Eye.

Woolfest

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:56:00 +0000

I did make it to Woolfest on the Friday, despite the weather it helped that I was in Lytham St Anne's Monday - Thursday, so was over half way there. It would have a shame to have come home instead of continuing up the M6. I was reasonably restrained, but here is some photos of my goodies:

Roving from the Yarn Yard at http://theyarnyard.co.uk together with a Bosworth spindle:

Of course more sock yarn from the Yarn Yard:

I also picked up a skein of Jitterbug, very pretty and similar in construction to Socks that Rock:

I also got some baby alpaca roving:

And the most gorgeous organic wool in Aran weight from Uppingham Yarns:

Sunshine Lilac Socks

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:36:00 +0000

I have finally finished my 'Lilac' Socks pattern by Jeanie Townsend, I used the colour Sunflower by the Natural Dye Studio. These have taken me a month despite having a few days holiday where I could knit.

Baudelaire Socks

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Wed, 30 May 2007 15:37:00 +0000

These are my latest socks Baudelaire by Cookie A from http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/PATTbaudelaire.html I changed the heel to use a toe up flap and the cast off to use a stretchy cast off. The wool is from the http://www.thenaturaldyestudio.com/ in colour Helitrope. They took so long because I cast on three more socks, a scarf and a crochet afghan none of which are finished!

Stalking Lime n Violet

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Mon, 21 May 2007 11:16:00 +0000

I love listening to pod casts, Lime n Violet being one of my favourites together with Cast On from Brenda Dayne. There is now a blog called Stalking Lime n Violet which I have now joined.
See further down on the left other Podcasts I subscribe to.

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:03:00 +0000

Here is an interesting Knitting Meme:

Mark with bold the things you have done, with italics the ones you plan to do sometime, and leave the rest plain.

Afghan
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Hat
Knitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop stitch patterns
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Slip stitch patterns
Knitting with bananafiber yarn
Domino knitting (=modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting
Charity knitting
Cardigan
Toy/doll clothing
Knitting with circular needles
Baby items
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Slippers
Graffitti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
Continental knitting
Designing knitted garments
Cable stitch patterns (incl. Aran)
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book
Scarf
Teaching a child to knit
American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)
Knitting to make money
Button holes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dying with plant colours
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cosies...)
Olympic knitting
Knitting with someone elses handspun yarn
Knitting with dpns
Holiday related knitting
Teaching a male how to knit
Bobbles
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking
Dying yarn
Steeks
Knitting art
Knitting two socks (or other small tubular items) on two circulars simultaneously
Fulling/felting
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener BO
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching
Long Tail CO
Entrelac
Knitting and purling backwards
Machine knitting
Knitting with self patterning/self striping/variegating yarn
Stuffed toys
Knitting with cashmere
Darning
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Gloves
Intarsia
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Freeform knitting
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerless mits/armwarmers
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
RugKnitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Hair accessories
Knitting in public

This has certainly been thought provoking about what I should knit next, it has also reminded about favourite old projects:

An Aran Jumper for a friend in Dale of Norway, Freestyle - one of the nicest wools I have ever knitted with, the pattern came out very crisp:

This is some aran wool that I hand dyed using plants and knit using a Kaffe Fasset pattern. I know I used indigo for the blue, madder for the red, fustic for the yellow, I also experimented with flowering currant which gave a pale green and willow which gave a greeny brown and onion skins. My husband calls it his curry jumper because stains do not show! and it is brightly coloured. The jumper must be at least 15 years old.

Smoking Hot Socks

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Fri, 11 May 2007 10:17:00 +0000

I finally finished these socks which I started in February, I have always wanted to do toe up socks but hate the short row heel on my feet. This pattern used a jojo heel but I still hated it so I ripped it out and put the socks to one side. I finally did a toes up flap heel mentioned in the Winter 2006 Yarn Forward magazine http://yarnforwardmagazine.co.uk/ in the Wisteria Sock, I would make the flap longer another time, but at least they fit comfortably. The pattern is by Monika Steinbauer at http://yarnloopie.blogspot.com/ (look down the right hand bar to download). By the way I used Treking XXL colour #104.

Spring Green Leaves Finished Socks

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Wed, 02 May 2007 07:36:00 +0000

I finally finshed my latest pair Jean Townsend Socks, they are beautiful as usual.

This is a closeup of the design on the front

Spring Green Leaves

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:10:00 +0000

This is another test knit for Jeanie Townsend using my Yarn Yard March 2007 Sock club yarn

Charity Knitting

noreply@blogger.com (Random Knitter) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:25:00 +0000

I volunteered to do some knitting for a theatre production in Northampton called Knitwits and this is my creations:

3 red hats

1 blue dog man
1 red dog man

I also knitted the Lilac Sock by Jeanie Townsend, which is absolutely beautiful:

Unfortunately I had the ball in my knitting bag and I didn't notice it running out, and as I only have two balls there is nowhere near enough. When I checked there was only 280 yds altogether, I have ordered some more yellow from the www.thenaturaldyestudio.com in a sock weight this time and so need to start again. But this is so pretty I don't want to frog it yet.