Yet more Ysolda FOs!

It’s a sign that the clocks have gone back – I’m reduced to hoarding my FOs for a weekend when the light is good and Chris is around to take pictures! Today he got back from his birdwatching trip fairly early, so I pressganged him into a bit of photography.
First up are my Veyla gloves, [...]

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Cables and lace

At long, long last Vivian is finished!

Details, for those who have (understandably) forgotten since I cast on for this in, oh, January?
Pattern: Vivan by Ysolda Teague
Yarn: New Lanark Pure Wool Aran, colourway Bramble
Mods: My mods were the reason it took me so long to finish! I decided that the sleeves for the size 34 were [...]

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Finally, some FOs

My honeymoon sweater (which I finished knitting while on honeymoon!) was finished a couple of weeks ago, but I only just got round to getting photos this morning.

While I didn’t love knitting it, and I ended up ripping most of it out and adding a bunch of modifications, it’s turned out an immensely wearable sweater [...]

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More wedding crafting

Last winter I knit a small rose brooch (Ravelry link) from some leftover Fyberspates yarn. Mum loved it, and made me promise to knit several for use as buttonholes and corsages for the wedding. I’ve been working on them on and off for ages, and today I finally finished them:

There’s no particular code regarding purple [...]

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Packing? What packing?

I should be packing for the Big Move, but I’ve been procrastinating by uploading pictures of my latest FO.

Pattern: Liesl by Ysolda Teague
Yarn: Lousia Harding Grace Silk and Wool
I’m pretty pleased with this. My maths told me that, according to my stocking stitch swatch, I should be knitting a size 42 to end up with [...]

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Lace, lace and more lace

After over two months of knitting, here is the finished Print O’ the Wave:

Pattern: Print O’ the Wave by Eunny Jang
Yarn: Knitwitches 2-ply silk, colourway “Lush Seas”
It’s blocked beautifully and I am so pleased with it. You can’t see the full depth of colour in the photo, but it varies from deep purple through teal [...]

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Stop press!

About five minutes ago I grafted the final bit of the Print O’ the Wave border.
Yep, you read that right.  Print O’ the Wave is finished.
And even unblocked it is amazing. I can’t believe something so gorgeous came off my needles.
Now I just need to find a big enough bit of floor to block it…

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Ready for hillwalking

In only a week my sensible hat and mitts are finished!

Yarn: Rowan Pure Wool DK and Rowan Tapestry.
Pattern: Cairn by Ysolda Teague
I made the mitts an extra hexagon longer to counter the “drafty wrists” problem I get when driving in winter. I’m glad I did – I think they’d have been a tiny bit too [...]

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Roses

I finished Rose Red earlier in the week and I’ve been wearing it a lot.

Pattern: Rose Red by Ysolda Teague
Yarn: Fyberspates Scrumptious DK
Ravelled here
The colour is slightly more blue than the picture indicates. Happily, it perfectly matches my purple velvet scarf (although I’m very tempted to buy more of the yarn for some sort of [...]

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Tweedy beret

My parents live next door to a wonderful old lady called Florence. I’ve known her my whole life as Auntie Florrie (even though we’re not related) and she’s now in her 90s. She knits, and she was admiring my Baby Cables sweater at Christmas. She wears a lot of berets and tams, and I’ve been [...]

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