October 2004 Archives

Another week passes - they seem to go so quickly. Quicker than I can knit.

However I am making good progress on my "WIPS"!

The "Sailing Sock" is into the foot having turned the heel earlier in the week.

Sailing Sock

These are looking like they are going to fit me well. I have been wearing my opal socks I knitted earlier in the year a lot lately and they are so comfy to wear I am sure it must be knowing they are handmade - it makes such a difference.

York is doing grand - only the 2 sleeves left to knit which I plan to do this week.

My colinette coat is still missing its fur trim although this is coming along well - sorry folks I know there are a few of you waiting to see this. I hope it is worth the wait.

I plan to have both these garments finished by 5th November so that they can keep David and I warm at the Bonfire Party. Perhaps I should finish that scarf aswell - it may be a chilly evening.

I am still tempted by this

Karis in Rowan Kidsilk Haze

I went upstairs and looked at the yarn I purchased for this earlier this evening - I needed to remind myself how soft it is...

Happy Knitting.

A couple of weeks ago I posted about my assistant, Jennie, being taken by all my knitting adventures and deciding she wants to take it up.

So one evening we took over my kitchen to get Jennie started but what she omitted to tell me was that actually she could knit - she just needed a gentle reminder about her knits and her purls. Once we had covered that Jennie was away and is knitting herself a jumper in a bramble stitch pattern.

We plan to make sure we leave the office on time at least one night a week and take ourselves off down to Starbucks where we have a Venti Skinny Cappuccino and sit and knit for an hour.

Jennies boyfriend, David, is off on a trip to the North Pole early 2005 and my aim is to get Jennie to knit him a pair of socks for his trip. I have the pattern, the yarn and the needles all ready.

I shall take my once named Step Out In Style Socks with me tomorrow which I am renaming my sailing socks! I love the colour of the Lorna's Laces, it is Wisteria but it just doesn't work with the pattern for the Step Out In Style Socks so I am doing stocking stitch instead.

All the other projects I have on the go at the moment have gotten a bit big to travel around and we all know how portable socks are.

Just to show you where I am I bring you SAILING SOCK......

Sailing Sock

Thank-you all so much for your kind comments on my comfy cosy fur trimmed coat. I have sure had lots of fun knitting this and the loops have been especially fun.

Fur trimmed sleeves

I must now start to knit the fur trim for the body and then I shall be able to wear this little one just like Froggy over at Froggy Knits who was "flouncing" around in her

Flounce Trimmed Jacket

which she finished very recently. This jacket is from the same pattern leaflet as my coat and is also knitted in Colinette Point Five.

Please try to make time for your knitting over the week-end and have fun.

David and I have been married for 10 years back in April and David has reminded me several times that he is still waiting for a jumper knitted by his wife. I have knitted him socks and a scarf but it is a jumper he really really would like.

Back in February (yes it was that long ago) I started a jumper in Jaeger 4 ply - mad or what and have been knitting it on and off since. I have knitted this jumper in various places over the summer including the top of York Minster after climbing 403 steps, a steam train between York and Scarborough and also on the walls of Scarborough castle.

Scarborough Castle

I have the sewing up to do and then the neck but the sad thing is I am not sure it will be big enough, therefore so as to not disappoint I have been knitting

York

This design is taken from Jane Ellison's new book Noro Knits.I have used Noro Kureyon shade 55 and I had 20 balls of this shade of Kureyon so in theory there should be enough to make a his and hers for us both but I am not banking on that until David's is finished. I am knitting the extra large size and have made it longer than the pattern says to. The pattern is basically 2 x 2 rib and is knitted on 5mm needles and it seems to be knitting up really quickly. In just over a week and a half I have done this much

York WIP

but then I guess for a period of this I was not working, I was still resting whilst recovering from my operation. That changed this week and I returned to work sort of part-time. I set out on Monday to do 10 - 4 - I have managed the 10 part of the day but have not been leaving at 4. My yarn piles have not been disappearing so quickly as the previous 4 weeks but I am still making good progress.

The nights are drawing in and the temperatures cooling so I shall be turning to my yarn to keep me warm!

Talking of keeping warm I received a present earlier in the week from Rowanette Jill Richards. I was unable to make it to Ally Pally this year so Jill kindly sent me a little something from the show.

Koigu - P212

Jill also sent a pattern to make a Frill Bill Scarf using the Koigu. I am looking forward to knitting with the Koigu as the reports I have heard are that it is just gorgeous to knit with.

Happy Knitting.

All the pieces for my Comfy Cosy Fur Trimmed Coat are knitted. The back and the fronts have been sewn together using mattress stitch and I am now working on the "FUR" trim.

This is what the trim for one of the sleeves looks like.

Sleeve "FUR" Trim

This is the first time I have made loops but they seem to be coming out ok. I have started the trim for the second sleeve and then it is on to the Body "Fur" Trim and that will be some long trim.

The days are getting colder so I should get lots of wear from this "comfy cosy coat".

Happy Knitting.

Well the day started off dry so after having a bite to eat David and I had a walk along the canal and in to the park.

I was wearing Lockwood so David took the opportunity of a photo for the site.

Lockwood

It is such a warm jumper and now that we are in October one needs their woolly jumpers.

This week has been quite productive in various ways. I had 2 visits to the physio and each time I go I get more mobile so it is worth it. Productivity does of course include the knitting and I am well on my way with the colinette coat having finished the back and both fronts and half a sleeve. I do think the fur trim is going to take a while though as it is needed along the bottom of the back, up and down both fronts and round the back of the neck.

Here is a close up of the back - I just love the colours. The pieces are quite big so I will probably wait until they are sewn together before photographing again.

texture of colinette comfy cosy coat

I should certainly make a start on the trim this week.

I then need to start thinking about what next....

Tomorrow I get to teach a new knitter. Whilst I have been off my assistant, Jennie, has been to visit me at home several times and seen my knitting in progress and loved it so much she took herself off in to Winchester yesterday bought a knitting pattern and some yarn and is coming round tomorrow to get started.

The last friend I taught gave up after 6 months so I hope Jennie stays with it.

Jennie is South African and her family run several craft shops back home so they will be chuffed to bits that she is finally having a go at a craft.

So we have another new knitter joining us.

Happy Knitting.