If you follow my social media posts you will know that I drew a winner for a free pair of weekend tickets for the Christmas Wool Show on Saturday and the lucky winner was Barbara. She is very pleased and looking forward to the show. Are you coming to the Christmas Wool Show? It’s at the National Conference Centre, just off Junction 6 of the M42 and is next door to the Motorcycle Museum.
I’ve made up 18 kits using the new Bukom DK from Weku Yarn; 9 of Twisted and 9 of Bryn, with 3 kits in each of the 3 colourways for each design. I’ve even worked out how it’s all going to fit in the car! I’ve also knitted a large Twisted using the cream and Burnt Orange, partly as the small sample used slightly more than the old Poldale DK did (26g rather than 23g) so I wanted to make sure you can make a large one with 50g of each colour. Result – you can! There is just a little left over.
Because of the small quantity of leftovers, I’ve added a little note in with the kits and to the patterns that if your tension is looser than that stated in the pattern, and you are starting to run short of yarn when you get to the garter stitch border, simply miss out the last three rounds and cast off with the light colour. It’ll just mean the border doesn’t have a stripe and is a little narrower.
I took pictures of the new natural/single colour of Tiffany on Sunday morning while the weather was behaving and I love how it’s come out. I used 222g of McIntosh’s BFL 4ply in My Innocence. This new sample of Tiffany and the original rainbow version knitted using 12 mini skeins from RiverKnits will both be with me at the Christmas Wool Show at the weekend.
I have two workshops scheduled at Ewe Felty Thing on Saturday 5th December – Introduction to Two-Colour Brioche Knitting 10.30am-12.30pm, Stranded Knitting 1.30pm-3.30pm. If you want to come, please book a place by contacting the shop soon as the shop will only run each workshop if a minimum of four people have booked!
Workshops and tickets for next year’s shows are also available! I need to update my website, but in the meantime, this is what I’m doing in the first part of the year:
North West Winter Wool Show (Blackpool), 20-21st February. Workshops: Introduction to Two-Colour Brioche (Sat 20th Feb, 1.30-3.30pm), Stacked Stitches (Sun 21st Feb, 1.30-3.30pm). Book workshop places by emailing me. Remember you can get a code for a free knitting or crochet pattern when you buy an advance ticket for the show!
TexStyle (Manchester), 5-6th March (Yes, that’s Friday-Saturday). Workshop: Stacked Stitches (Sat 6th March, 11am-1pm). Book workshops on the show website.
Spring Into Wool (Leeds), 3-4th April. No workshop
Wonderwool Wales (Builth Wells), 24-25th April, Workshops: Stacked Stitches, both days, 1-3pm. Book workshops on the show website.
I’m also taking part in the Fasten Off Yarnalong again this year! This is a great event with 77 participating designers, and covers knitting, crochet, Tunisian crochet and loom knitting. There is a 25% discount off selected patterns from all designers between 20th November (that’s in 10 days!) and 3rd December and there will be games (the bingo is great!), interviews with participating designers and stitch and chat events throughout the Yarnalong. Have a look at their website for all the different ways you can join in.
I’ve been busy with my knitting needles again this week (as well as knitting the large Twisted in less than 24 hours!):
Gingerbread is growing. I think the slip stitch pattern is the right length now. The next thing to do is to double check all the maths for the next part of the pattern!
Gwen is growing. I’ve cast on the sleeves and begun the central lace triangle which is where all the shaping in this top occurs!
The pink gnome is nearly finished. I just need to add the dried lentils to weight it properly, finish the stuffing and knit the last few rounds of the base. The beard has been made and I need to knit the nose and attach them both. Pics to follow later on this one!
I also need to mend Sue’s mitts! I can’t find any of the grey yarn I used for the main colour, but I have found the dark red, so the top ribbing is going to be replaced with all dark red yarn I think.
What have you been up to this week? Did you do a little happy dance when you saw the news on Wednesday? (I did!). I hope you get to do something that makes you happy this week. Take care, K x