Monthly Archives: October 2011
Flags Ahoy
Fuck it, I just lost an entire post, thanks a million WordPress. Here was the gist. 1. New FO! Baby cardi for L’s baby over at aranbrew.com. 2. Nice pattern but I’d incorporate the button band if doing again. 3. … Continue reading
Kerry Stripalong
A while ago now, one of the brighter sparks of the Dublin knitting community had an idea. We are all avid readers of the Needled blog by Kate Davies (now called Textisles), we’d even done a huge O w l … Continue reading
Summer Of My Zara Cardi
Last xmas my mother came to Dublin to do some xmas shopping. The streets were covered in snow and ice (I fell. I was ok. It was just on the slippy path.) and we took refuge in the ILAC shopping … Continue reading
Swamp Lace
I actually finished this a year ago! Jaysus! Really didn’t realise time fly with this. And it only took a month or so to knit, if that. Major procrastination. Although it wasn’t really procrastination of blogging that was happening, it … Continue reading
Earning My (Go Faster) Stripes
It’s nice to make baby things that aren’t hats/ booties/ cardigans sometimes. I went looking on Ravelry for a pattern that was a little different, and found these. The yardage wasn’t crazy, and I loved the idea of making little … Continue reading
Orange You Warm Now
Two years ago I knit a cowl in orangey Miski yarn for someone. They ‘washed’ it. Two years later I was sufficiently recovered from seeing my lace work smushed into felted oblivion to remake them something. This is that something. (I think … Continue reading
Three Times A Bootie
I may not have blogged over the summer, but I sure kept knitting, and took photos of all of it! There was a hyoooge folder of pictures to deal with but I filled up on the coffee and tackled it … Continue reading
Who Lives Here?
Who lives here? Knock knock! Not just one house, but a terrace of them. Two houses makes a terrace, right? Ta-dah! An FO. Doing the ‘Self-Stitched 2011′ challenge (where you wear something handmade every day) has made me realise how … Continue reading
Tea & Sympathy
Some time ago, I was at teaandcakes‘ house, helping her organise her stash. (Love organising stash. LOVE.) After we had decluttered the bits she knew she would never knit with, and sorted everything by weight, there were all these little baby-skeins … Continue reading
Test Crocheter/s Wanted
This is the front… … and this is the back! And this is the pair. Wanted: test crocheter/s! If you need some retro funk in your autumn wardrobe, would you like to test crochet the ‘Woodstock Mittens’? Please excuse the … Continue reading
