Noro Kureyon Sock
Following yesterday's woeful post, I'm delighted to tell you that the drugs kicked in during the afternoon and the first thing to return was my knitting mojo. (The second was my voice, but that wasn't quite so well received. I think the family preferred my silence.) My mum had the children, D was busy, and I certainly didn't feel up to ironing so there was little for me to do but sit quietly and get on with my shawl. I made good progress. With 14 rows to go until the border, I can't decide if it looks more like Liquorice Allsorts or messy handwriting....?
PATTERN: Color Affection (Ravelry notes)
YARNS: Lang Yarns Jawoll Superwash Sock in Midnight & Ecru
Noro Kureyon Sock in S102 (discontinued?)
NEEDLES: 4mm
With a little luck, this should take only a few more evenings, leaving time to plan for the Second Year of Projects which starts on July 1st! Oh and I seem to have ordered 1,600m of Drops Lace to knit Martina Behm's Nuvem over the summer so I'm going to be a very busy girl indeed. I blame this entirely on a friend who I should not be allowed to text or email after 9pm when my defences are low and I'm so very easily led! (If you follow the Facebook page and saw the ridiculous shall-I-shan't-I conversation some weeks ago, you'll know who I mean.)
Last Wednesday I was just starting The Book Thief. I'm now over half way and very much enjoying it considering it's set in Nazi Germany during WWII and is narrated by Death. I have found much humour as well as some wonderfully drawn characters between the (virtual) pages, particularly Liesel Meminger's foster parents and her best friend - although I can't help thinking there will not be a happy ending, especially for the Jewish man who is currently being being hidden in the basement of the main characters' home. There is a lot going on in this book but I'm trying to just enjoy it for what it is - a very readable story.
A few links to share before I go. Firstly did you see that Annie from Knitsofacto (yes, the same Annie who solved my asymmetrical YO issue) is arranging a Knitters' Retreat in March? I spoke to her about it and there are a few spaces left, so if you fancy a weekend away in a beautiful hotel, with great food, lovely company and LOTS of knitting there's still time to take a look at the preliminary details and contact Annie if you're interested. As it's Wednesday, here are the links to WIP Wednesday and the Yarn Along.
Have a great day!
xxx
Wednesday's Knits & Books
Following yesterday's woeful post, I'm delighted to tell you that the drugs kicked in during the afternoon and the first thing to return was my knitting mojo. (The second was my voice, but that wasn't quite so well received. I think the family preferred my silence.) My mum had the children, D was busy, and I certainly didn't feel up to ironing so there was little for me to do but sit quietly and get on with my shawl. I made good progress. With 14 rows to go until the border, I can't decide if it looks more like Liquorice Allsorts or messy handwriting....?
PATTERN: Color Affection (Ravelry notes)
YARNS: Lang Yarns Jawoll Superwash Sock in Midnight & Ecru
Noro Kureyon Sock in S102 (discontinued?)
NEEDLES: 4mm
With a little luck, this should take only a few more evenings, leaving time to plan for the Second Year of Projects which starts on July 1st! Oh and I seem to have ordered 1,600m of Drops Lace to knit Martina Behm's Nuvem over the summer so I'm going to be a very busy girl indeed. I blame this entirely on a friend who I should not be allowed to text or email after 9pm when my defences are low and I'm so very easily led! (If you follow the Facebook page and saw the ridiculous shall-I-shan't-I conversation some weeks ago, you'll know who I mean.)
Last Wednesday I was just starting The Book Thief. I'm now over half way and very much enjoying it considering it's set in Nazi Germany during WWII and is narrated by Death. I have found much humour as well as some wonderfully drawn characters between the (virtual) pages, particularly Liesel Meminger's foster parents and her best friend - although I can't help thinking there will not be a happy ending, especially for the Jewish man who is currently being being hidden in the basement of the main characters' home. There is a lot going on in this book but I'm trying to just enjoy it for what it is - a very readable story.
A few links to share before I go. Firstly did you see that Annie from Knitsofacto (yes, the same Annie who solved my asymmetrical YO issue) is arranging a Knitters' Retreat in March? I spoke to her about it and there are a few spaces left, so if you fancy a weekend away in a beautiful hotel, with great food, lovely company and LOTS of knitting there's still time to take a look at the preliminary details and contact Annie if you're interested. As it's Wednesday, here are the links to WIP Wednesday and the Yarn Along.
Have a great day!
xxx
Last night I reached the end of my ball of Noro and so the "Poodle" Scarf is done. In fact it's more of a scarf-ette. And it really needs blocking, but the wires I ordered aren't here yet so that will have to wait. I've genuinely been surprised by the amount of lovely comments about this as it's been progressing - I'm not entirely sure about it myself, which may well be due to it's current scrunched-up-ness.
If it looks nicer when blocked it'll be on it's way to someone as a little 'pick me up'. We shall see. Little Miss is currently wandering around with it across her tummy saying it looks like hers.
Here in it's poodle-like glory:
And on my grubby-faced pyjama'd model, because boys can also look great in pink!
The Yarn:
Noro Kureyon Sock in colourway S240 (possibly discontinued as I got it in the Noro Clearance at Stash).
The Pattern:
A few people asked for the pattern which is just a simple repeat of feather and fan/old shale so I'm sure you can find a proper pattern quite easily, but here's what I did from memory (I started this on holiday when I couldn't access my online patterns).
Using (multiple of 12) + 4 for your cast on (I used long tail cast-on and 64 stitches) continue as follows until desired length:
- Row 1: knit
- Row 2: k2, purl to last 2, k2
- Row 3: k2, (k2tog x2), *(yo, k1 x4) (k2tog x4), repeat from * until last 6 sts, (k2tog x2), k2
- Row 4: knit
EDIT: This scarf was used in my blocking tutorial which you can find here and you can find other patterns and 'recipes' here.
FO Friday 19/08/11 - The Poodle
Last night I reached the end of my ball of Noro and so the "Poodle" Scarf is done. In fact it's more of a scarf-ette. And it really needs blocking, but the wires I ordered aren't here yet so that will have to wait. I've genuinely been surprised by the amount of lovely comments about this as it's been progressing - I'm not entirely sure about it myself, which may well be due to it's current scrunched-up-ness.
If it looks nicer when blocked it'll be on it's way to someone as a little 'pick me up'. We shall see. Little Miss is currently wandering around with it across her tummy saying it looks like hers.
Here in it's poodle-like glory:
And on my grubby-faced pyjama'd model, because boys can also look great in pink!
The Yarn:
Noro Kureyon Sock in colourway S240 (possibly discontinued as I got it in the Noro Clearance at Stash).
The Pattern:
A few people asked for the pattern which is just a simple repeat of feather and fan/old shale so I'm sure you can find a proper pattern quite easily, but here's what I did from memory (I started this on holiday when I couldn't access my online patterns).
Using (multiple of 12) + 4 for your cast on (I used long tail cast-on and 64 stitches) continue as follows until desired length:
- Row 1: knit
- Row 2: k2, purl to last 2, k2
- Row 3: k2, (k2tog x2), *(yo, k1 x4) (k2tog x4), repeat from * until last 6 sts, (k2tog x2), k2
- Row 4: knit
EDIT: This scarf was used in my blocking tutorial which you can find here and you can find other patterns and 'recipes' here.
Happy Wednesday! Firstly I must say a huge thanks to everyone for the lovely anniversary wishes on Monday. I spent the afternoon at Fishers Farm with the kids as D was working in London - by the time he got home we only had a couple of hours together but we enjoyed a delicious Takeaway and a bottle of something bubbly. Not the perfect anniversary, but beggars (ie people with small kids, no babysitter and limited time) can't be choosers.
And so onto a little confession..... I am *whispers* a very nosy person. There, I said it. Peeking into other people's lives and having a rummage - even if it's just a visual one - is a favourite pass-time these days. This is one of the main reasons I follow lots of other blogs (and why I enjoy the posts via Tami's Amis where I get to see everyone's crafts too).
I LOVE to see all your pictures and to have a glimpse into so many different worlds - crafts, homes, families, surroundings, holiday destinations - ALL of it. So fascinating!
You can imagine how intrigued I have been this week as Britmums posted on Twitter to ask "What's in your handbag?". I've loved looking at the contents of other people's bags - all those hand sanitiser pumps, earbuds, purses.... So in the interests of fair play, here's mine:
Name: Sarah
Number of children: 2 (aged 2 and 5)
Date of photo: Wednesday 17th August 2011
Top row (L to R): Boden dust-cover pouch containing knitting (see below*),
Yellow vintage silk scarf (for any Hilda moments)
Vaseline Original (I prefer the Cocoa version but washed it in my jeans pocket and can't find a replacement anywhere)
"Ouch Pouch" containing arnica, plasters, paracetamol, mini nail clippers, etc
Bottom row: Bendy plastic straw
Louis Vuitton wallet
Nature Babycare wipes
(the only wipes I can tolerate and it's always only the last 1/4 of a pack in my bag)
Hand sanitiser
Small carton of juice
Tissues
Notepad and pen
Kindle
Missing: iPhone used to take the photo
*The knitting pouch contains my current Work in Progress - the Noro scarf that I've been twiddling with again this week. I managed another 8" or so last night but have been otherwise busy with another little gift that I can't show you yet ;)
This is looking more and more like a poodle with each photo, isn't it? Or someone with REALLY curly hair that has tried to brush it flat and slick it down. Do you know what I mean? Well I've ordered some blocking wires so hopefully it'll look different by the time it's finished. Which I am now trying to do before I start anything else - although My Boy's hat yarn was calling quite loudly from the table in the Cwtch and I've had to hide it away for the time-being.
I do hope you're having a lovely (and productive) week - as soon as the kids are abed I'll be perusing all the other WIP posts. Bye for now x
WIP Wednesday 17/08/11 & a confession
Happy Wednesday! Firstly I must say a huge thanks to everyone for the lovely anniversary wishes on Monday. I spent the afternoon at Fishers Farm with the kids as D was working in London - by the time he got home we only had a couple of hours together but we enjoyed a delicious Takeaway and a bottle of something bubbly. Not the perfect anniversary, but beggars (ie people with small kids, no babysitter and limited time) can't be choosers.
And so onto a little confession..... I am *whispers* a very nosy person. There, I said it. Peeking into other people's lives and having a rummage - even if it's just a visual one - is a favourite pass-time these days. This is one of the main reasons I follow lots of other blogs (and why I enjoy the posts via Tami's Amis where I get to see everyone's crafts too).
I LOVE to see all your pictures and to have a glimpse into so many different worlds - crafts, homes, families, surroundings, holiday destinations - ALL of it. So fascinating!
You can imagine how intrigued I have been this week as Britmums posted on Twitter to ask "What's in your handbag?". I've loved looking at the contents of other people's bags - all those hand sanitiser pumps, earbuds, purses.... So in the interests of fair play, here's mine:
Name: Sarah
Number of children: 2 (aged 2 and 5)
Date of photo: Wednesday 17th August 2011
Top row (L to R): Boden dust-cover pouch containing knitting (see below*),
Yellow vintage silk scarf (for any Hilda moments)
Vaseline Original (I prefer the Cocoa version but washed it in my jeans pocket and can't find a replacement anywhere)
"Ouch Pouch" containing arnica, plasters, paracetamol, mini nail clippers, etc
Bottom row: Bendy plastic straw
Louis Vuitton wallet
Nature Babycare wipes
(the only wipes I can tolerate and it's always only the last 1/4 of a pack in my bag)
Hand sanitiser
Small carton of juice
Tissues
Notepad and pen
Kindle
Missing: iPhone used to take the photo
*The knitting pouch contains my current Work in Progress - the Noro scarf that I've been twiddling with again this week. I managed another 8" or so last night but have been otherwise busy with another little gift that I can't show you yet ;)
This is looking more and more like a poodle with each photo, isn't it? Or someone with REALLY curly hair that has tried to brush it flat and slick it down. Do you know what I mean? Well I've ordered some blocking wires so hopefully it'll look different by the time it's finished. Which I am now trying to do before I start anything else - although My Boy's hat yarn was calling quite loudly from the table in the Cwtch and I've had to hide it away for the time-being.
I do hope you're having a lovely (and productive) week - as soon as the kids are abed I'll be perusing all the other WIP posts. Bye for now x
After finishing the YoP knit I brought away with us (more on that later) I found myself on holiday with a ball of Noro Kureyon Sock and needles but no access to my pattern library, which is stored online.
I will admit that at one point I considered asking someone to text me a pattern line by line - a kind of mystery text-along - but thought better of it. So it was left to memory.
The only pattern I could remember was the very first I knitted back in January to make my cowl.
It's been quite amusing to come back to this after a few months - it seemed a little complicated the first time around, and I didn't really understand the instructions, I just followed them blindly, but is the simplest pattern! It's not quite what I had in mind for this yarn, but I think it might make a pretty scarf for someone.
Sent from my iPhone on a wing and a prayer.
Back to basics!
After finishing the YoP knit I brought away with us (more on that later) I found myself on holiday with a ball of Noro Kureyon Sock and needles but no access to my pattern library, which is stored online.
I will admit that at one point I considered asking someone to text me a pattern line by line - a kind of mystery text-along - but thought better of it. So it was left to memory.
The only pattern I could remember was the very first I knitted back in January to make my cowl.
It's been quite amusing to come back to this after a few months - it seemed a little complicated the first time around, and I didn't really understand the instructions, I just followed them blindly, but is the simplest pattern! It's not quite what I had in mind for this yarn, but I think it might make a pretty scarf for someone.
Sent from my iPhone on a wing and a prayer.
It's been a manic weekend with TWO birthday parties yesterday followed a celebration of My Boy's 5th birthday with 22 other children, close family & friends and Magic Marty today!
We are all completely exhausted but it was worth it as he really did have a magical time and I think all the other children enjoyed it too. My family have driven back to Wales and the house is now back to some sort of order, albeit with an unbelievable amount of gifts - people are so incredibly generous.
For his actual birthday (Tuesday) he's asked to open his gifts from us when he gets home from school and to have his favourite "treat" - a Chinese takeaway :)
With all the organising, entertaining and catering, I haven't had time for much crafty-ness this week and my Year of Projects update is a little light as a result, but here goes!
I decided that my next project should be the Queenie's Lula Crochet Scarf. This week I bought the pattern, ordered the yarn and new hooks and started practicing the flowers while I waited for it to all arrive. They were looking cute and I thought of making something with them, but sadly the inconsistent Noro I was using just wasn't up to the job, and while I was tightening the centre of the third flower to sew in the end, the yarn snapped :(
But the positive news is that the pattern is great - really easy to follow and should be fine for a relative crochet novice such as myself.
The Natural Dye Studio yarn used in the pattern arrived yesterday and once it's been on the yarn winder I'll be ready to get started. Isn't it pretty? It's 100% British Blue Faced Leicester wool and feels gorgeous - it's going to make such a lovely scarf.
Three skeins of Araucania Aysen also arrived - it was bought to make a Hudson Hat or two for my YoP, but it's so delicious it may end up as something else *grin* I have used this yarn before in another colourway and it's just so wonderful - smooth, silky and incredibly beautiful. It was a total pleasure to knit so I'm quite excited to have more of it.
And that's just about it! Hopefully I have something to show you next week before we head off on our holiday, and in the meantime I'll be checking out the other YoP posts from this week.
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What a weekend!
It's been a manic weekend with TWO birthday parties yesterday followed a celebration of My Boy's 5th birthday with 22 other children, close family & friends and Magic Marty today!
We are all completely exhausted but it was worth it as he really did have a magical time and I think all the other children enjoyed it too. My family have driven back to Wales and the house is now back to some sort of order, albeit with an unbelievable amount of gifts - people are so incredibly generous.
For his actual birthday (Tuesday) he's asked to open his gifts from us when he gets home from school and to have his favourite "treat" - a Chinese takeaway :)
With all the organising, entertaining and catering, I haven't had time for much crafty-ness this week and my Year of Projects update is a little light as a result, but here goes!
I decided that my next project should be the Queenie's Lula Crochet Scarf. This week I bought the pattern, ordered the yarn and new hooks and started practicing the flowers while I waited for it to all arrive. They were looking cute and I thought of making something with them, but sadly the inconsistent Noro I was using just wasn't up to the job, and while I was tightening the centre of the third flower to sew in the end, the yarn snapped :(
But the positive news is that the pattern is great - really easy to follow and should be fine for a relative crochet novice such as myself.
The Natural Dye Studio yarn used in the pattern arrived yesterday and once it's been on the yarn winder I'll be ready to get started. Isn't it pretty? It's 100% British Blue Faced Leicester wool and feels gorgeous - it's going to make such a lovely scarf.
Three skeins of Araucania Aysen also arrived - it was bought to make a Hudson Hat or two for my YoP, but it's so delicious it may end up as something else *grin* I have used this yarn before in another colourway and it's just so wonderful - smooth, silky and incredibly beautiful. It was a total pleasure to knit so I'm quite excited to have more of it.
And that's just about it! Hopefully I have something to show you next week before we head off on our holiday, and in the meantime I'll be checking out the other YoP posts from this week.
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Hello and a happy Friday to you!
Guess what..... IT'S SUNNY!!!!!! I know! I couldn't believe it either, but it's been a glorious morning, and Little Miss and I headed off to Guildford as soon as My Boy was safely delivered to school.
We hadn't realised that it's the first of the nine-day Summer Festival Market and stalls were being set up along the (sunny) side of the street while we were there. I've been to the Festival several times and bought some really beautiful handcrafted items - from jewellery to leather goods, home-wares and clothes. We could see some fabulous things were being unpacked - in particular some very beautiful wooden bowls and stunning silverware *swoon*. (I'm actually REALLY glad the stalls were not all set up, as I was on strict instructions not to spend too much with three family birthdays, a party for My Boy's 5th, and our summer holiday all within the next few weeks.)
Thanks to the Cath Kidston sale we managed to come home with a few things - a new tablecloth, some matching fabric to make bunting for the dresser and Little Miss chose a small shopping basket.
And when she'd eventually finished smoothing every piece of fabric and checking out all the purses, she wanted to go to the coffee shop for cake. Bags and cake - I can't think where she gets it from *innocent look*.
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| A HUGE chocolate coin was far more tempting than pancakes! |
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| Noro Kureyon Sock Yarn - colour S240 |
At this point I should mention that in order to walk from the coffee shop to the car park, it's necessary to go right past my favourite yarn shop. It would have been VERY rude not to pop in and say hello, wouldn't it? So we called in and I restrained myself to only a single ball of my favourite yarn - just enough to make a nice little scarf or something while we're on holiday.
That's it on my beautiful Natural Linen Indio ring sling, which saved some tired little legs on the way back to the car - she had done so well considering Guildford town centre is essentially a steep hill with shops on it.
After the frantic Grannying of the last week, I took Wednesday and Thursday "off" from my crochet and I have nothing new to show you. Hopefully there will be something to show next Friday :)
Frivolous Friday
Hello and a happy Friday to you!
Guess what..... IT'S SUNNY!!!!!! I know! I couldn't believe it either, but it's been a glorious morning, and Little Miss and I headed off to Guildford as soon as My Boy was safely delivered to school.
We hadn't realised that it's the first of the nine-day Summer Festival Market and stalls were being set up along the (sunny) side of the street while we were there. I've been to the Festival several times and bought some really beautiful handcrafted items - from jewellery to leather goods, home-wares and clothes. We could see some fabulous things were being unpacked - in particular some very beautiful wooden bowls and stunning silverware *swoon*. (I'm actually REALLY glad the stalls were not all set up, as I was on strict instructions not to spend too much with three family birthdays, a party for My Boy's 5th, and our summer holiday all within the next few weeks.)
Thanks to the Cath Kidston sale we managed to come home with a few things - a new tablecloth, some matching fabric to make bunting for the dresser and Little Miss chose a small shopping basket.
And when she'd eventually finished smoothing every piece of fabric and checking out all the purses, she wanted to go to the coffee shop for cake. Bags and cake - I can't think where she gets it from *innocent look*.
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| A HUGE chocolate coin was far more tempting than pancakes! |
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| Noro Kureyon Sock Yarn - colour S240 |
At this point I should mention that in order to walk from the coffee shop to the car park, it's necessary to go right past my favourite yarn shop. It would have been VERY rude not to pop in and say hello, wouldn't it? So we called in and I restrained myself to only a single ball of my favourite yarn - just enough to make a nice little scarf or something while we're on holiday.
That's it on my beautiful Natural Linen Indio ring sling, which saved some tired little legs on the way back to the car - she had done so well considering Guildford town centre is essentially a steep hill with shops on it.
After the frantic Grannying of the last week, I took Wednesday and Thursday "off" from my crochet and I have nothing new to show you. Hopefully there will be something to show next Friday :)
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