For Fox Sake Sweater

A graphic yolk sweater for our Fox mad friend Sharon! By Maxim Cyr Started: 21st September 2020 Finished: 13th December 2020 Pattern Link: https://boutiquelesgarcons.com/products/for-fox-sake?variant=35164243394728 Yarn Used: West Wool Tandem, DK John Arbon Textiles Paint By Numbers, DK (for the orange) Main colour approx. 985 metres Contrast colour 1 (blue) approx. 20p metres Contrast colour 2Continue reading “For Fox Sake Sweater”

Marled Mania Sweater

West Knits Marled Mania Sweater A super colourful West Knits sweater! Started: 9th May 2020 Finished: 31st May 2020 Pattern Link: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/marled-mania-sweater (please note, Ravelry only link) Yarn Used: Colourful Creativity Smooth Sock yarn – main colours c. 1000 yards Filcolana Arwetta Classic – contrast colours I c. 900 yards, II c. 460 yards Colourway:Continue reading “Marled Mania Sweater”

All the bubbles…

My last post was in January… where has the time gone? It’s April 2020 and like most of the World we’re in lockdown. Not only is this the best way to stay safe it also means I’m getting lots of extra hours of crafting done – more on that in future blogs. Today’s post isContinue reading “All the bubbles…”

New projects, lots of planning!

2020 started with a click of the needles and another new cast-on! So on top of the six projects I started over the Christmas break I now have another item on the needles – and there are another eight to come too. I spent some time over the last week looking through patterns for projectsContinue reading “New projects, lots of planning!”

It’s been three weeks since my last blog…

…but I’ve still been knitting! Week 16 – 15th to 21st April Projects cast-on = 0 Projects finished = 0 Days knit = 3 Hours knitting = 6 hours Week 17 – 22nd to 28th April Projects cast-on = 1 Projects finished = 1 Days knit = 5 Hours knitting = hours Week 18 –Continue reading “It’s been three weeks since my last blog…”

April week 15

The curse of the garter stitch returns Week 15 – 8th to 14th April Projects cast-on = 0 Projects finished = 0 Days knit = 7 Hours knitting = 22 hours Nothing new was started this week and sadly nothing has been finished either… but I’ve made great progress on my new scarf AND I’veContinue reading “April week 15”

March week 11 and 12

Life got in the way… I missed a week of blogging… I was out all day last Sunday so had planned to blog on Monday, but then that became Tuesday, which became Wednesday… (you get the picture!) so sit back and read this weeks bumper edition! Week 11 – 11th to 17th March Projects cast-onContinue reading “March week 11 and 12”