The main pic on today’s post is a poppy brooch I knitted a couple of years ago. Last week I saw the lovely display of knitted poppies on the railings outside my mum’s care home to which Mum contributed about four, but I wasn’t able to get a photo of that without including lots of cars in the car park behind so I will just share this single poppy here.
I had hoped to be able to show you my finished 4ply version of What Do Points Make? all blocked and gorgeous today, but life has got in the way a little this week and so it’s still waiting to be blocked, let alone have its little side seams sewn or the ends woven in. Maybe next week!
My moebius workshop was a lot of fun last week. There were two brave souls trying out this new-to-them technique and they both cracked it! Their knitting is that edged with cream.
There are some evening workshops this month as well:
- 19th November, 6.30-8.30pm, £25, Introduction to Two-Colour Brioche Knitting
- 26th November, 6.30-8.30pm, £25, Introduction to Lace Knitting
Both these workshops are being held at Shaz’s Shabby Chic in Buckley and tickets are available via TicketSource (booking is essential!).
This morning I’ve been deciding which samples and patterns to take with me to Stollen & Wolle at RiverKnits on November 16th. It’s a process that gets harder the more designs I have out in the world as there is a limited number I can bring with me. Fortunately if there is something specific someone wants that I don’t have with me I can sell it to them and then either drop a digital copy in their Ravelry library (if they have one) or send it to them.
The large crochet granny square in shades of green is growing and I will show you the progress on that next week.
I’ve been making another sample of my new Prime Cowl in Poldale DK from Town End Yarns. It’s really soft and it’s the yarn I use in some of my kits (Bryn Brioche Cowl and Twisted). I’m very pleased with how this combination of colours is working out – you might even see some kits appear next year!
It’s knitted top down and inside out so what you’re looking at as you knit (left) is a bit different from how it looks when it’s finished and turned the right way out (centre and right)!
Prime Cowl is not online yet – that’s another job I still need to do, but I will get it up as soon as I can.
Take care all and I’ll hopefully be able to tell you that I’ve caught up with myself a bit next week! K x