This saves a small amount of time… If one is using a new-to-you yarn and knitting up a tension square, and you see that the tension is not yet quite right… Don’t unravel what you have knitted so far; just…
Tag: knitting
Peppercorn cardigan
I have knitted a cardigan. The pattern is Jo Sharp’s “Tweed Coat” available as a free downloadable pattern here and the yarn is Jo Sharp Silkroad DK Tweed in Peppercorn (col 425) which I bought during the 30% off closing…
On mittens, and making time for sewing
Rootling around in my winter woollies; I realised that I had never devoted a post before now to these mittens. I knitted them yonks ago: probably when the children were really tiny, and probably using leftovers from one or another…
Mustard cable-knit cowl
As those clear and cold as crystal winter mornings descend upon us, and the desire to swathe oneself in warm and cosy woolies; I have finished knitting a neck-warmer thingamy-bob. I used Rowan belle organic dk, in shade 00010. This…
Sapote cotton cardigan
Oh g’day peeps! May I present to you my latest completed knitting project… This is another version of the Jo Sharp Fitted Cardigan. I have knitted this pattern before, my first version is here. I really loved that knitted lace…
Calico cotton cardigan
The good news: I’ve knitted a cardigan! I bought this perfectly lovely ivory cotton yarn at the beginning of last spring, and started this cardigan when I had finished the garter stitch jacket. I can be a pretty quick knitter…
Iceberg garter-stitch jacket
With impeccable timing I have finished a toasty warm little knitted jacket. Yeaah, just in time for these really hot hot summer days ahead, hehe… I’m a bit sad about having to pack it away for a while, but that’s my own…
Old things…
… this will be the very last of my “old things” posts. I promise. I’ve done a mammoth sort-through of the photos and I think this is it! (heaves a sigh of relief…) Firstly, since this is the only garment…
