An excellent start to January

Me!

My first week back to "knit lab" (My regular knitting Sunday) And to my surprise I'am the current window display! Of course shock!!!

I forgot my camera;-(, so I took this on the Monday when the shop is actually shut, so the lighting is not so good as the window is usually light up.

But I wanted to show my hubby before he flew.

(long story he broke his foot packing)

I know!

How........

On the corner of the bed whist packing his case!

Enough said;-)

One finished Wall hanging!

"So 2007"
Here is the almost finished wall a hanging. I did add a crochet edge to the top, thus making it easy to hang. Part two is a going to be a matching wall hanging but in crochet using 20mm hook, The only difference being now I'm having to recycle the kids old clothes! as I knitted all mine for the 1st.

To many projects!

Just too many projects!

This occurred to me yesterday. As I was busy swapping my knit projects about, sorting though one carrier bag and another choosing the project I wanted to take on my travels.
(In my nice knit bag)
When I stopped to actually count the plastic bags that where scattered about containing many knit starts and not any knit finishes..........
My list starts here
1) Tank top (Went wrong! Xmas stress I'm blaming)
2) Scarf for Vivianne Westward for a massive bow
(I need to wind up more of the skinny wool, as I'm knitting with three strands that's taken from a machine knit spool)
3) Nightie (baby doll)
4) Large rag Crochet hanging (I need to cut a lot more fabric up for this!)
5) I'm crocheting all my ends and left overs of mixed yarns to make a Spray Sample for my art.
So much for my two major maximum rule(knits), on the go at any time!......... I like end results and I like starting the next so my projects flow. I know where to leave things and when to come back! If it's not working(it don't happen often;-) but if so I'am happy to frog it! Flog it!
(whatever the "Bitch N Stitch" phrase)
So what's occurring! I guess to put the rains on stop blogging and get finishing.........
6) I forgot my Aeroplane knit and take off in a flood of snow/slightly nervous, but also with the piece of mind that any country to take off in Snow(from a run wise prospective)
Sweden is a good one.
That also need's unpicking, as it was in blue and white. Not my colours and honestly not really sure where I was going.;-)

Big knit

Yes it's me!, in my big head phones....... they work fantastically in drowning out the family noise. I am not keen on picture's of my self but it is just so you can see how big the needles actually are. And just how tricky they are to use!, So here's me casting off.
It's going to be called "So 2007" as its my recycled clothes from last year, hence the obvious title.
The idea is, for it to be a wall hanging. I picture a white room, blank walls and this textile hanging on the main wall. I am going to crochet the top edge so that I can thread a curtain pole though it, to mount it on the wall.

This week I have been mostly!

It's the 2ND week of January and life is starting to get back to normal and so this weeks tram,train trip I have been making a Nightie the cute baby doll type.
Pub has a kinky dept called Ooup's and this was inspired by their range. Peacock coloured variation, I have used Ribbon, ladder type and blue and green acrylic yarns the broach was given to me by my Friend taken from a £1 Primark sale top and she hates bling and I'm a mag-pie for sparkle, perfect thanks Carmen.

My holiday knits (Xmas stress buster)

Handy tip
An excellent traveling knitter tip, I think I read this in the "Simply Knitting" mag that I subscribe too or else someone told me but any how I'll share it when flying obviously my little bag of tricks( Needle's, Scissors, Pins) has to go in my suit case. And sometime when I fly I just like to knit samples etc nothing major but they knit up quick and ending is a pain without my scissors so this idea food pack sealer comes in very handy. Especially using that ladder type of yarn as it just drops of the needles. It is a handy tip that will come in very useful for future flying.

Knit twist- it's a scarf with a difference, whilst in England I decided to practice on the round needles the type that are joined with a piece of plastic string. Two attempts before and they just seemed to twist slightly and not a neat knitting on a round is meant to be!

Third time lucky NOT! as it twisted so much that I couldn't undo it! I really need a lesson in how to use these as I'm obviously doing it completely wrong.

The crochet flowers (rounds) was just a last minute thing to use up the left over yarn.

The Knitted recycling on my Super sized needles has grown some.......

K is for knitting

This FACT featured in the "Daily mail" that I read on the flight home from England, so Gospel!

It's good enough for the stars (It makes me giggle this as they always type JULIA Roberts!)

I recon if you Google a famous knitter ,then she will be the 1st hit?

It said "in" for 2008, pick up the sticks! and start to knit a great natural stress relief!

Happy knitty New Year 2008

Recycled old clothes, I have already got to the spring cleaning (Well Winter wardrobe DE-clutter) and so the yarn that i have made is the rag from my cut up and not fit for the charity shop clothes.
Well I guess they could have gone in those Green Humania bins, but I have this terrible habit!, "Of, Just one more wear syndrome" And it never actually gets to the charity shop. So it is a little drastic, but took no time at all to cut up and here whats knitted up so far.
And thats the 1st job of the New Year!
It given me a good inspirational idea, it looks like a blind (the kitchen bathroom type) But I figure that it as a print on a blind would be excellent for a kid's play room or bed room.