Hello!

Yes, we're still meeting every Weds at the Golden Cross, 7-9pm - I just don't remember to post to the blog very often. See a recent make - three attempts to get a half-decent neck and I'm done! :)

And another, this was done on a machine:

Lots of ends to weave in but fun colours! Come along and say hi!

FO: Handkerchief hem skirt

I spent a good chunk of last week knitting this on my machine, it drapes beautifully. I hope to debut it on Wednesday at the club. I also knitted two shawls which might become a poncho or another skirt, I haven't decided yet... I've been doing a lot of dressmaking lately as carpal tunnel has scuppered my handknitting :(

FO: Lucy cardigan

After spending over 4 hours fringing this, I finished this on Thursday night, would've worn it earlier but it wasn't dry. The yarn (Patons wool blend aran) was rather rough when knitted, but softened up a treat. My new favourite cardigan. Literally had just enough to finish the fringe, and luckily I accidentally bought an extra ball of the wine coloured yarn because I needed it.

FO: Autumn Sweater

This was knitted at T7 on the midgauge knitting machine, King Cole Twist Aran, a yarn I picked up at the NEC in 2015 (suspect it might be discontinued). Garter stitch bands and lace hearts worked by hand on the machine. I need to either get a garter bar, or knit that bit by hand next time. It was very tedious! There are bits where the yarn was less marled and more a plain colour, hence single colour stripes, which was a bit annoying. I have quite a bit of this left to knit up. Debating whether to add fringe to the hem and neck - it was the original plan, but perhaps it's too much?

FO: Baby cardigan

I'm going to start posting some of my projects here, just to prove to people that we are still alive and kicking! I'm also going to prod the other members to do the same if I can, haha!


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Didn't do the bands quite right. Buttons now added.

Lizard Ridge!!

Just needs some crochet now!

Lizard Ridge progress

Yep, I need one more ball to make it into a proper square... This is laid out over our king size bed. Most of the pieces need steaming, too, which is the next job I suppose!

A WIP and some FOs

Wendy G's work-in-progress - a lovely entrelac

Mandy's gnome, sitting on Jane's MK reversible hat.

2007 programme - amendment

Date	Workshop	Name	Location
07/02/2007	Needle Felting	Kellie	Liquid Bar
07/03/2007	Colour Knitting	Thalia	Liquid Bar
04/04/2007	Stitch Markers	Kellie	Liquid Bar
02/05/2007	Crochet for beginners	Jane/Kellie	Liquid Bar
05/09/2007	Hand Spinning	Kellie	Liquid Bar
03/10/2007	Machine Knitting	Jane	Minster Road
07/11/2007	Sock Knitting	Jane/Kellie	Liquid Bar
05/12/2007	Miniature Knitting	Catherine	Liquid Bar

Swapping the machine-knitting for the spinning, because I will be elsewhere that week in September! Will update the spreadsheet on Yahoo tomorrow, because my copy of Excel is playing silly devils tonight...

Anybody up for another de-stash night?!

I see I've already been beaten twice for the first post of 2007, never mind, if you can't beat 'em eh?! Though I could be sneaky and change the time on this, hehehehehe...

Finally had time to be creative this holiday and I'm back to work tomorrow. Feh! This is the wide lizard ridge experiment, with the blobs centred on 40-20-0-20-40 and 50-30-10-10-30-50 respectively. Interesting, but not as "blobby" as the small pieces (see below). I'm guessing the pattern below is a multiple of 8 stitches plus 3, but I would have to test the theory. Maybe tomorrow.

It's almost a historic record of some of my yarn stash, this - from the bottom: Rowan biggy print, Mercia dusky-pink aran, some ends of Noro Kureyon, blue boucle from NEC, multi-colour DK from Helen (rockmetosleep), black boucle from NEC, snowflake DK leftover from first year MK submission, pale pink DK from Wendy G and some dishcloth cotton as waste yarn.

Another Lizard Ridge square, my favourite colourway so far I think - no, can't remember which shade no it was, sorry. Did have grand plans to label them up and all, but it went by the wayside very quickly.

The chunky hoody for my niece. Did most of this whilst watching "Braveheart". The pattern calls for superchunky - this was two strands of aran, and still it's a bit holey. Hoping it'll look better when sewn up, which I plan to do tonight.

Last minute xmas projects, LR progress, more media

This is the blanket I completed on 23rd December - a last minute present for the Cog's dad, who has ME, and gets cold. It's full needle rib, the entire length of the chunky machine bed and I used up a few oddments to make it. Mental note - FNR on the chunky gauge should be kept to no thicker than 4ply. It was ruddy hard work!


One skein scarf, crocheted from the "Happy Hooker" book. Alas, I failed to compare the length required with the length I had, so had to skimp a bit - lost a row of trebles, and cheated on the bobbly edge somewhat. Just made it by the skin of my teeth!

Lizard Ridge squares - the progress so far! Aren't they purdy?!

Crocheted ipod case, also from the "Happy Hooker" book. Alas, it fits the old ipod and is a little too big for the nano. Now he's opened it I can measure up, and make a smaller version. Anybody need an ipod cover, with integral belt loop?! :)

I got some cool presents this year - one being The Knitter's Handbook by Montse Stanley. Who knew there were 10 odd cast-on methods? I only knew there were 2! Funnily enough I'd bid on this book on Ebay before xmas, and missed out by 50p. I dunno how the Cog (my other half) knew I was lusting after this book!

Kellie was on BBC CWR last night talking about the Coventry Knit-Wits, and we were featured in the Coventry Evening Telegraph yesterday - I knew they'd pick a week when I wouldn't be able to get hold of a copy (having been in Rugby all week!)

See y'all on Wednesday 3rd!