Months just sorta were there 1 minute and gone the next and before I knew it I hadn't blogged in around 6 months.
What have I been up to I hear you say. Well let me show you.
Let me take you through the photos.
- Top left was a pair of everyday vanilla socks, which my mum ended up with.
- Top middle was a cowl that my friend nabbed of me. It was very like one she had for years which is no longer really fixable, because she has stitched up the holes so much.
- Top right. I knitted a lacey cabled baby cardigan. I didn't knit it for any reason, just because I loved the pattern, plus I had the yarn in my stash.
- Middle left is my WIP. Isn't it just the loveliest colour. It is going to be a cardigan for myself. I got the pattern out of a knitting magazine I bought recently.
- Middle photo is me with my wee man Reilly (my cat). Also I'm wearing my eternal spring lacey socks. I knitted the toe and cuff in some beautiful blue motley yarn I've had in my stash for so long. The purple-pink is sock yarn I bought from a local second hand shop. Here's the link for the pattern Eternal Spring Socks
- Bottom middle is another pair of Hermione everyday socks. The yarn came in the same bundle as the purle-pink sock yarn. It is one of those yarns that knits up to look fair isle. When knitting theses I made the cuff to tight for my legs. I had to rip out the cuff and knit it up again using a stretchy bind off (which I found on YouTube). It worked perfectly. Here's the link for the pattern Hermione Everyday Socks. I have put a blog post up about these socks before. I loved them I really wanted to knit another pair. I've also inserted the video for the stretchy bind off because it was so helpful to me. I think this would only work if you were knitting socks toe-up. But because I had to rip my cuff out and knit it up again, I was able to use this bind off. I haven't knitted socks toe-up, but I will one day.
- Bottom left is my hubby wearing a hat I knitted him for the winter. He loved it. But unfortunately we were on the bus to Enniskillen and guess what, he left it behind. Never mind these things happen, He did manage to get some wear out of it. I think it looked rather fetching on him.
- The last photo is of my wearing my pussyhat project. https://www.pussyhatproject.com As far as I'm aware all the marches are over (unfortunately I didn't get on any - but I felt like I had done my bit by knitting the hat and wearing it for a while.) My mum now has the hat. What she is doing with it I do not know lol.
The Pussyhat Project aims to:
- Provide the people of the Women's March on Washington D.C (and around the world) a means to make a unique collective visual statement which will help activists be better heard.
- Provide people who cannot physically be on the marches a way to represent themselves and support women's rights
The more we are seen, the more we are heard. Let's come tougher to support women's rights in a creative and impactful way.
So as you can see I always find time to knit. Even if it is only half an hour before bed while watching telly,
Cheerio till next time
p.s I promise the next time won't be so long.
p.s I promise the next time won't be so long.
