YPF - Confession time!

So when I say I'm on a stashalong, I obviously don't understand the theory behind it!
Posh Emily - Shadow
Posh Emily - Majestic

Posh Sophia 4ply - Copse

Posh Sophia 4ply - Woodpecker. This is much more vibrant than the picture shows.

Posh Lucia Sock club for August - Dunes

I am going back in my cupboard on Sunday.

To brighten your day

Nasturtium Socks.

Posh Yarn Emily Kerpow! What a colour.

Cornish Scallops Socks, the start of. This is linked on the side panel of Jane's blog

Posh Yarn Lucia Serendipity. I liked in the skein then in the cake and now as a sock, that's the sign of a good yarn.

And as this seems popular at the moment. I appear to be in good company.

Which Hogwarts house will you be sorted into?

Your in-depth results are:

Hufflepuff - 14

Ravenclaw - 11

Slytherin - 9

Gryffindor - 8

What does your weekend hold?

05:30 Saturday - very dewy outside, still and beautiful.

Our decorating is complete, only 5 months! So I should be doing exciting things like dusting BUT I will be spending most of today in the company of some good authors. Nigella and Green and Blacks.

With some top ingredients, Divine Dark Chocolate. Yes it will all be used.

And this, no prizes but guess if you like.

Then, I shall be curling up with this and a glass of something. Not corporation pop.

And continuing with the knitting of this lovely.

Enjoy your weekend.

Wollmeise Yarn

This is some loveliness I managed to sneak in before my stashalong, although it wasn't delivered til after it started.

Lace in Tiefer See. 1740 yards 300g and 27 Euros. Destined to be a Shoalwater shawl.

Sample set of approx 40 mini skeins. 21 Euros. All individually labelled.

Absolutely gorgeous yarn and service you couldn't fault in any way.

All from Wollmeise

Resolutions revisited

So we are over halfway through the year and I thought it time to review these.

1) losing weight - I'm sure on the hottest days this may have happened, just not measurable!

Now for the more realistic ones

2) Take more exercise - Pilates classes start 4th January. - Summer break but I have been going religiously and happen to quite like Pilates. Much more sensible than Aerobics!

3) Knitting wise: Knit some Lace and clear some of the sock yarn stash (one day I may admit to how much I have in stock!). A bit of mischief, encourage my very strict SIL to knit more than one thing at a time. - Can't have everything. I have knit lace, my lovely SIL with the very bad back has admitted to having more than 1 project on the go, xx. Sock yarn stash, I now realise how unrealistic that was.

4) Learn to crochet - volunteer already secured. - When we find the time and it involves aforementioned SIL.

5) Improve my card making skills, the people I encouraged are better than me now. - Knitting has taken over although I do send handmade cards to the ones who appreciate then, rather like knitting.

6) Reduce my Christmas present list. Especially the biscuit buyers. - Biggest success although not in the nicest circumstances, least said.

7) Make more time to enjoy friends. - The good ones are always there for you

8) Try to post more often on this blog. - I've done better than I expected, probably bored a few of you and let my husband know more than is good for him. Have made a few "blog" friends though which made it worth the effort. I am always surprised by the power of the Internet.

9) Join a Knitalong and hopefully a swap. - 2 knitalongs and 1 swap.

Overall not bad for someone who doesn't usually do resolutions.

Sock it to me - July 2007

Finally, 3 pairs.

Jaywalkers in Regia Bamboo

Colinette Jitterbug label pattern, colour Velvet Bilberry.
Diamond Lace Socks in Hobbledehoy Merino.

We tried

Went to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last night.

Suffered.
30 minutes of adverts.

People eating their dinner in the cinema, what makes them do it? Can you tell I'm not impressed.

Watched.
Approximately 1 hour of the film before the POWER CUT........it was good what we saw!

On the knitting front I have been a bit flighty.

Mystery Stole3 to the end of clue4.

Knit 2 Together Luxe Neckwarmer in Hipknits Chunky Cashmere. Very, Very fast knit even in 70 degree heat!

I had to have it!

From here.

Its just me......does that have you worried?

The Weekend

Pattern: Vog On

Yarn: Piece of Beauty Sock Yarn.

Colour: Seat by the Fire.

Very, Very quick to knit. I did this one on 2 train journeys with a few hours added for good measure.

Over the weekend I managed a trip to the Wensleydale Longwool Sheepshop.......oh dear. Will save me carrying it home from Ally Pally though. 200g of sock wool and 200g of Aran I had my eye on them at Harrogate Knitting and Stitching show but ran out of cash.

AND my Mum, in her attempt to reclaim her house, had found this.....obviously mine.

7 skeins of Rowan California Cotton in Sage.

First instalment

I'll leave you with these. Have a lovely, dry, weekend one and all.

Well I think they're nice!



.Heel Detail.

Yarn: Hobbledehoy Merino Sock. I have my eye on some more.
Colour: Mazurka
Pattern: Diamond Lace (found on Ravelry)

Monsters from the Deep - Part 1

For some strange reason, possibly a visit to my mums, I dug out one of the monsters from the bottom of the bag. I was hopeful of getting it finished to take North this weekend but alas it will be finished by the end of next week instead. Very, very lazy I know but she likes to be kept busy and if it waited for me it would be another year!

What it should and hopefully look like and the in progress version. Have I mentioned how I hate Ribbing!!

The next monster is Moss stitch which I dislike even more. The project after that is this
More Ribbing......but no sleeves this time.

All with a smattering of Christmas knits and socks thrown in between of course. Less than 22 weeks to go.

Todays Stars

I have added a Flickr button to the side if you really want to see ALL the yarn I have!

Of course digging all these out means I want to start more things but it also means I have noticed the lack of Posh Eva in my stash. Roll on October.

08:30 - The Owl still hasn't delivered a certain book, Amazon told me it was getting ready for dispatch on Tuesday! Enjoy, those of you who read children's books like me.

Proof

As if it were needed!


Ravelry has forced my to dig everything out, nice to re-visit some purchases. It does emphasise the need for the stash along! 27 yarns listed today and that does not cover The Yarn Yard or worse still Posh.

Faster Faster.

16:45 - 88 entries now.

Including

PY Emily = 5

PY Eva = 2

PY Lucia = 12

PY Saskia = 1

PY Sophia 2ply = 1

PY Sophia 4ply = 8

PY Sophia 8ply = 4

PY Tamara =1

And I still love all of them, this has got to be an addiction!

More Focus might help!

1 Jaywalker finished, see earlier post.
1 Jitterbug basic sock in Velvet Bilberry, finished.

AND the Hobbledehoy yarn from a few months ago was shouting very loud. Gorgeous yarn and the colours are just me. Thanks to Ravelry, told you it would be dangerous, I found this Diamond Lace pattern. This is how far I got on my train journeys today.

I get an awful lot of sock knitting done on the train, very portable especially with these. One currently holds the yarn for all the above and the current project on the needles along with various notions. I seem to have been noticed a bit recently, a lady sitting next to me the other week was fascinated with what I was doing and admitted she got stuck with Casting off. Yesterday what I would say was a teenager, but I am getting old, said she had trouble with 2 needles. Good job I was only using 3 at the time. Its certainly better than everyone sitting ignoring each other.


Another holds this. Mystery Stole 3 end of clue 2. I love the colour, thankfully, and the beads don't look that bad either. Its just not very photogenic.

So I really do need to get going and finish something. Its going to be a busy weekend.

Suprise. No Chocolate or Duck Egg...

But no Black either, phew.

The supposed Duck Egg. A very, very nice Emerald destined to be either Spring Things or Kiri.
This is the ColdSpring Mill 1.99 per skein bargain. It did felt slightly, I have a pair of these mittens in mind.
This was my Kool-Aid attempt, not really me. so it became this.
Very similar to the Jitterbug I am knitting with at the moment, perfect for sensible work socks!

I enjoyed the experience once the mask came off!

Secret Santa update and Dyeing

One for my Secret Santa, progress on the Regia Bamboo Jaywalker. This is lovely wool to knit with and a ball just makes 1 sock, so little wastage.

This afternoon I am trying out Acid dyeing, wasn't very successful with Kool-Aid at least for my bright tastes. In my mind I am going to do a delicate duck egg blue with Chocolate Brown so hold this thought in your mind for when you see the black yarn that may result. I am no artist, once in art at senior school I was unable to replicate the previous weeks colour so I just painted the whole sheet black. Doesn't bode well! On the plus side the sun is out.