I’ve had this gorgeous Mohair in my stash for a while,it was ideal to make this little wrap which measures approximately 40cm by 80cm, but is very soft and stretchy.
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Storm Cloud Shawlette
For this shawlette, I used Wendy Happy Yarn in the Taurus colourway, it’s bamboo with a little bit of nylon, very soft and lovely to knit with.
The pattern is from Ever Green Knits.
Sciurus
Spotted a pair of squirrels in the trees as we returned through Boultham Park this morning after a visit to the post office. Grey squirrels are hardly a rare sight, but seeing them always brightens your day.
There! Done it. And not one joke about nuts. Do I get a prize?
Posted by in nature notes
A nice bit of Flemish
If I ever feel the need to exercise my brain, all I have to do is write a blog post: choosing a category is always a much tougher challenge than I expect it to be. I refuse, though, to just throw everything in the pot marked ‘General’ or, worse, ‘Uncategorized’ (ugh!). True, a brick wall might not be everyone’s idea of architecture in the strictest sense, but at least the category is loose enough to be reusable if we ever find some ‘real’ architecture to put in it; something, for example like a garden shed or a bus stop.
Meanwhile, feel free to enjoy this fine example of Flemish garden wall bond, which we spotted this morning in Lincoln’s Boultham Park. (Ooh, I do like a nice bit o’ Flemish!)
Posted by in architecture
Brick Facecloth
Another facecloth for Chris, why buy them when I can knit one! This one was made in Sirdar Spree Marshmallow using the Brick Stitch Pattern, details of which I’ve included below the picture. Chris has a thing about bricks, it’s rare that we walk past a building without him commenting on whether it’s Flemish Bond or some other exotic style! And yes there is some pink, Chris likes pink, but not as much as he likes bricks!!
I cast on 40 stitches and knit 40 rows with the following pattern:
Brick Stitch
Multiple of 8
Rows 1 and 3: * P6, k2 *
Rows 2 and 4: * P2, k6 *
Rows 5 and 7: K2, * p2, k6 *, p2, k4
Rows 6 and 8: P4, * k2, p6 *, k2, p2
Posted by in craftwork, free Patterns, knitting
I-cords
If you fancy a change from the usual knitted I-cord, why not try a crocheted one . I don’t know why I didn’t think of this technique as an alternative to knitting. Maybe because I haven’t crocheted for a while.
Excuse me while I have a senior moment 