These did not start out life as bedsocks, but as proper socks deserving of wearing outside of the house. Now they look just awful and I’m a bit embarrassed to put them up here, but they are handmade by me…
Tag: Knitted
Old Gold socks
I think these are my favourite “me-made” socks (so far) I bought two balls of Grignasco Strong print yarn, 75% wool, made in Italy. Totally love these colours here. They make me think of an old Master oil painting, of…
Charcoal baggy beret
So I had a discussion with a few friends about the washing your-hair-on-every-third-day-instead-of-every-second experiment; and the general consensus is that you have to persist for at least six weeks in order for results to show (you can tell I’m a…
Blue cable socks
‘Nother pair o’ socks. These are made entirely of the Patonyle’s wool, but following the shrinkage disasters of the other socks made with this particular wool I’ve been a lot more careful in the laundering of this pair and they…
Spicey Rose chenille scarf
Here I’m in soccer Mum mode again… we lost… Not to worry, my scrummy scarf is to be talked about here today. I’ve possibly worn this before on the blog but not mentioned anything about its province, so today it…
Moody Blues socks
This is another pair of socks made from leftover wool (the stripe) and the plain blue Patonyle sock wool I bought to help eke out the leftovers… these socks have shrunk to the extent that only my daughter can wear…
Flowerpatch socks
Knitted to use up the leftovers of this colourful wool, and also using some Patonyle’s sock wool in airforce blue; the colours on these socks remind me of a springtime flower bed against a stormy blue sky. Such a pretty…
Ambrosial hoodie
Today I am wearing my newest cardigan, knitted last September. As is my usual bad habit I didn’t use a pattern but just made it up as I went along. This one has two different sized knitted-in pockets on the…
