Knitting on Dartmoor
There was a wee project I didn’t admit to finishing on Tuesday, because I’ve grown wise to not declaring kits are finished until they really are ready – i.e. the packing is also ready and the little critter is up on the website shop. If only I could simply knit the creature, write the pattern, have it checked and the rest sort itself out!
Anyways, here’s another project I finished this week…
Hope you like him!
Project progress has been pretty good since I last posted a progress post a couple of weeks ago…
Having made a small miscalculation, I discovered I need to cut out 516 pieces for my quilt, not 480. But I still had them all cut out by yesterday evening…
Joining in again this week with Sunday Sevens, which was started by Nathalie at Threads and Bobbins.
Here in the UK, last week started with Mothers’ Day and cards and presents…
I’m always delighted when people share pics of what they’ve knitted from my kits or with my wool. I’m also very grateful that they’ve taken the time to share their pics. This week I’ve had two I can’t resist a blog post about.
First was this gorgeous shawl knitted in the Shetland/Ryeland blend…
… then there was a report of a sheep loose in New York 🙂
Several years ago LH was going to the market one Sunday morning when I asked him to get Mr Hicks a cheap fleece blanket. A couple of hours later he returned with this…
“My dog is NOT going to sleep on that!” said I, and I promptly shoved it at the back of a cupboard. Continue reading “A new craft goal – and it’s not knitting”
Joining in again this week with Sunday Sevens, which was started by Nathalie at Threads and Bobbins.
Weather-wise it’s been a bit of a mixed bag; a lot of rain, but also lots of sunshine. So the rivers are full, but on the whole dog walking has been very pleasant…
My knitting is ticking along quite nicely now that hubby is off, because I can leave the driving to him and get on with my knitting. Although this does mean working on knitting I could do with my eyes shut, because the local roads are so wiggly I’d be sick even from glancing down at it.
My main car project is the Good Vibrations Shawlette. I do the ruffles at home as they can be a little too fiddly when flying around corners and the boring garter stitch rows in the car… Continue reading “Progress Update”
