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2 January 2009
New Year knitting
A couple of progress pics....
Aum eye pillow and one Slither armwarmer, both free patterns, the former from Knotions and the latter, Knitty.
The eye pillow needs its inner casing made, and Slither number one needs its partner, and hundreds of buttons sewn on. But I like them!
Aum is knitted with one ball of RYC Bamboo Soft in a beautiful silvery grey.
Slither with Rowan Pure Wool Aran in black, and also some RYC Cashsoft Aran in Bud and Bluet.
Aum eye pillow by Susan Dittrich
Slither by Veronica O'Neill
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1 January 2009
Happy New Year!
we at gkk would like to wish all of our readers health and happiness for 2009. Leave behind that which is bad and embrace that which is good.
Oh and Happy Knitting in 2009!
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28 December 2008
Lace rib cowl
Knitted using the Purl Bee pattern Cashmere Cowl No 2 - Lace Rib, which is available for free. I cast on fewer stitches (168) and used one skein of Colinette Jitterbug in the Salty Dog colourway. I LOVE this deep petrolly blue. The finished cowl is 17 inches circumference, and 9 inhces deep. Plenty to keep me warm and snuggly and quite stretchy too. I am very pleased with it.
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27 December 2008
Christmas vodka gimp?
I keep looking at this Christmas gimp suited bottle of vodka. Christmassy no doubt, but it is a bit weird isn't it?
Good present nonetheless. But weirdly compulsive staring material....
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24 December 2008
Beth's fish hat
Well, I made Ben his requested scarf,and I can't give one without the other, so I decided to make the Fish Hat from Winter 2008 Knitty. I had several bits and pieces of Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece, and these colours seemed perfect for a Christmas present: Cherry Moon, New Age Teal and Antique Lace. Knitted on 4mm dpns. Such a fun pattern to knit! I used buttons for the eyes rather than appliqued felt as suggested in the pattern, and I picked up the wraps round the mouth shaping, after trying it without (as the pattern suggests) and not liking the outcome.
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22 December 2008
Stars...
La sigh... the photos of my christmas hat knitting frenzy have been 'reformated' from the camera by DJ Mikey, so instead I give you....
Some stars! Or snowflakes, if you prefer. Made using this 3D snowflake tutorial, they are very easy and very effective, whether you use plain white, coloured or hologramatic paper. I made 8 medium sized ones and one MASSIVE one as decorations for my 40th birthday party, and ended up running craft tutorials on how to make them. Not easy fuelled by Sangria and Moscow Mules, let me tell you...
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From today ....
... The days get longer!!!!!! Wooooooohooooooo!!!!!!!You have NO idea what this means to me.
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19 December 2008
Ben's stripey scarf
My cousin's little boy asked me recently at a family get together if I would knit him a red and blue scarf. How could I resist a five year old asking for handknits?
Knitted using two balls of Patons Diploma Gold superwash DK, which is usefully able to be tumble dried. I used shades 6139 and 6169, lovely rich deep red (Cherry) and a slatey blue (Airforce). I cast on 38 stitches and used a 1x1 rib on 5.5mm needles for the whole scarf, making for very neat colour changes. I broke into the second ball of each colour to make some opulent fringing, which I hope he is going to love! My mother suggested going up a few needle sizes to what the ball band suggested, both to make knitting ribbed stripes go faster, and also to make the fabric more floppy. Worked a treat! She was right in that a 1x1 rib fabric on the suggested needles would have made a stiffer fabric which would have not been scarf like at all.
Finished dimensions: 4.5 inches wide x 58 inches (excluding a 4 inch fringe each end). Which should be perfect for a five year old.
Quite good illness knitting. No concentration required.
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16 December 2008
Boo
Sorry for not blogging. I have been overworked and have cold. Not doing much of anything right now, apart from a few knitting things I have been too lazy/tired to write about. And my cold symptoms. If you follow me on Twitter you will be sick of those by now I would think. For the record: my nose is chapped, red and sore and I keep wanting to fall asleep. Not long to go before I can collapse properly. Illness sucks. Bigtime.Posted by glittrgirl at 09:44 AM | Permalink
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