Its Been Cold

Its been very cold here in England over the last couple of weeks. I think this is why when visting a yarn store in Broughton Astley last week I purchased some Patons Colour Works Aran in 00085 Art Deco to knit a scarf, I don't as a rule knit scarfs as I know I will get bored after knitting a few inches, but I just could not resist this yarn when I saw it, Its variagated in shades of blue and purples and really soft, I knew when I saw it that it would be perfect for the tipsy rib scarf I had queued in Ravelry.

So here is my progress on the scarf, I cast on on Monday 7th, as you can see it is not progressing very much. I wonder how long it will take me to finish it?

I have also cast on a pair of socks, I had one and a half balls of elle sock yarn in mulberry left over from a pair of socks I finished recently, I also had half a ball of elle sock yarn in a darker Pink so I am knitting a plain pair of socks using up the leftovers.

Secret Santa Swaps

I participated in the UK Sock Knitters Secret Santa Swap on ravelry. This is the lovely package I received from my swap partner Paula. I received The Yarn Yard Toddy Sock yarn in purple rain, a handmade sock bag, sweets and cashew nuts, a post it note block, sharpie pen and some beautiful hand knitted Cranford mitts.

Cranford Mitts

I have finished my first pair of socks knitted in magic loop, I used a 2.25mm HiyaHiya 32" fixed circular needle. The yarn is rico design Superba Mexico.

I have just finished these socks. DragonFly socks knitted in Lornas Shepperd Sock Yarn, the colour is Green Envy.

Magic Loop Socks

I have knitted nearly all my socks on double pointed needles. I then found the HiyaHiya 9" circulars and have knitted a few pairs on them. I have attemted magic loop in the past but found it really hard and slow. For some reason I decided to give it another go, I had a HiyaHiya 32" 2.25mm circular needle and watched a couple of you tube videos and here I am knitting a sock magic loop and loving it, I don't have any ladders and its knitting up really fast. The yarn is Rico Design Superba Mexico 4ply, this is one of the few sock yarns I can buy from my local yarn store, although I love the nice indie yarns I also like to knit socks from the commercial yarns that I can machine wash and will last forever. I now need to get some more 32" fixed Circular needles in different sizes, I think I will get some knit pro nova metal, I have read they are great for magic loop becase of there flexible cables.

The above picture is Tidepool socks, I did a different cuff and heel, they are knitted in elle 4ply machine washable sock wool, the colour is called mulberry. These are a gift for my friends Birthday in December.

Plain vanilla socks knitted in The Painted Tiger, colourway Chocolate Cherry Sundae, even though this yarn is 4ply if feels alot thicker than other 4ply yarn's so I knitted these on 2.75mm needles. They are lovely and thick and will keep my feet nice and cozy over the winter months.

Fibre Flurry 2010

On Saturday 30th October I went to Fibre Flurry in Kings Norton Birmingham. I had a wonderful time, there was loads of lovely yarn and notions.
Here is what I bought, a sheep knitting bag and Lavender sachet from the Bothered Owl, a skein of sock yarn and a kit to knit your own lavender sachet bag from The Knitting Goddess, some mini stich markers and a russian doll tape measure from Atomin Knitting. For my friend Teressa I got a skein of sock yarn from Yarn to Knit and a Halloween special project bag from the bothered Owl.

The Herdy Stand

The Bothered Owl Stand

Brownberry Yarns Stand

Easyknits

This is there new Twinkle Twinkle yarn, really lovely.

Easy Knits

Namaste laguna & yarn

I have been treating myself over the last two weeks, I haven't bought alot of yarn just lately so I had a splurge, I also treated myself to a namaste Laguna bag. Off to Fibre Flurry in Birmingham tommorow, I wonder what I will find there. :)

Flamboyance yarns Pharos in shade Provence

Old Maiden Aunt Merino Superwash 4ply in shade Watercolour

2 Skeins of artist's Palette Smoothie Sock

When I read that the Namaste laguna bags were being discontinued I just had to have one in Lime green. I love these bags mainly because they are so big and I can fit all my junk and my sock knitting in it and theres still room for more.

Sock Yarn Stash & more

Well I spent most of yesterday putting my sock yarn stash on ravelry, I have wanted to do this for ages. I now realise that I have enough sock yarn to knit 38 pairs of socks, this doesn't include the 3 pairs I have on the needles and yet I still feel I need more yarn. Iwould love to be able to get my hand on a skein of wollmeise and there is some others that are on my christmas list.

I received my recent order from Brownberryyarns.co.uk
3mm 4" tip for my HiyaHiya interchangeable set
Another set of 2.5mm double pointed needles
2 HiyaHiya Puppy Snips

I really love shopping with sarah at Brownberry yarns, she is so helpful and will add things I need to her HiyaHiya order for me even if she doesn't stock them herself.



I don't believe I ever mentioned my love of sock bags, this set I bought a while ago from Zig Zag stitches on Etsy. The set includes a sock bag, notions bag and a case for 2 sets of double pointed needles, I love the material it so bright and cheerful.

Bits and Bobs

This is not a very good picture, here is some of the charity knitting I have been doing, all for very small premature babies, Tiny Angel Gowns, Angel Capes and tiny bonnets

One thing I wanted to mention in this post is my love for all things Hiya Hiya. I started off with 9" circular needles in sizes 2mm - 3.5mm, since then I have purchased 3 sets of the 6" stainless steel double pointed needles 2.25mm, 2.5mm and 2.75mm, A set of Bamboo 5" 2.5mm double pointed needles, the small interchangeable set, needle gauge and puppy snips. I love how lite the stainless steel needles are. These are all a joy to knit with.

I have just finished these this morning. topographical socks, knitted in Lorna's Shepherd Sock in Black Purl. These were easy to knit as it is only a 2 row pattern repeat. I changed the heal to a heel flap as I do not do short row heels.