And now for something completely different!

Yes - it's a sock. A mini sock to be precise. I went to a workshop yesterday and learnt the basics of sock knitting by making this one. Now for something bigger....

Hey presto

Here is the finished "Sake and Soba" sweater.
As we have had a good lot of snow the last few days it seems like a good time to have it finished. Actually it was all that staying at home by the fire that helped to get it finished.

Comfort Blanket

The Granny Square blanket is now finished and ready to be delivered. We joined the squares and made the border from tutorials on

http://attic24.typepad.com - thanks to Lucy

Round and round

I've almost completed 2 pattern repeats. With the circular needle it is hard to stop!

And now for something old...

I started this, the Sake and Soba sweater from the book "Japanese Inspired Knits" almost a year ago. I didn't get very far, as you can see, because I couldn't make sense of the pattern. I contacted the publisher and it took quite a while to get a response and I moved on to other projects. It turned out there was an error in the charts.

Anyway - it's winter here now, and time to get on with it.

I'm trying to restrain myself from buying more wool for my next planned project until this is complete....or almost complete.

Now that I've picked it up again, and worked out where I was up to, I am enjoying it - the cable and patterns have me keen to finish each row to see it develop.

A case for my uke

I've been going to ukulele classes - and carrying my ukulele in it's cardboard box didn't seem very cool - so I raided my stash and came up with some quilted fabric and ...

...now it can be cosy

But wait...there's more

5 down - 3 to go. I'm getting the feeling it's time to move on to something else....

Mitts, mitts and more mitts

Well I made 4 pairs of the above mitts but gave some away before I could photograph them altogether.

Now I'm making more out of a TouchYarns yarn - it is 60% Merino, 30% Possum and 10% Nylon. The possum should make them really cosy for the colder times of winter - which is almost here - so I'm making them as fast as I can

...and next

I've made these mitts before - but this time I am using the Lion Brand Magic Stripes in Jellybean. It is the same yarn that Dotty used in the original pattern "A Mittful of Jellybeans" on Ravelry. The yarn had been discontinued but I managed to get it from someone's stash. The plan is to make 4 pairs for gifts for friends - very handy now that we are heading into winter

Rosie models her new pullover

Finito

The pullover for Rosie is finished. I'll try to get it modelled by her to see how it looks.

Progress

The granny square blanket: adding a border in the main colour to each square

and also knitting a child's sweater. It is a pattern from Lang Yarns (#4). I found the brochure in the market in Seoul last year. Getting the Lang yarn (Omega)was too expensive for the postage - so I've opted for Berocco Comfort DK - which is 50% nylon and 50% acrylic. It has a very soft feel - so far so good...

Finished another project

This is the Alpaca Boucle jumper - pattern and yarn from Touchyarns.

It is nice and long, warm and soft against the skin.

But for winter I'm going to need a scarf for my neck.

It feels good to finish something and now I can move on to the myriad of other projects I want to tackle

It's been awhile

Well - it has been awhile because I was in India - doing mosaic tile work.

You can read about it on my other blog if interested

http://wreninkorea.blogspot.com

While away I did get to make some granny squares. My sister and I are making a blanket for a friend affected by the Christchurch earthquakes.

And since getting back I have been working on the Boucle Jumper. Almost finished the second sleeve - which will leave the front to be done.

Boucle jumper/sweater

I've now finished the back of the boucle jumper. It's been a bit slow going as I had to finish my other wip. The boucle is a pain to knit with but the end result is soft.