FO ~ Hhat
I finished this before the winter cold set in. It's a "warm hat" for a little friend of mine and it was worn all winter.
Pattern: I knew what I wanted and I couldn't find a pattern, so I made it up as I went along.
Yarn:
Shepherd Colour 4 Me (
Ravelry link). Colours: #4988 (blue) & #4989 (variegated blues & green). Yarn held double (1 strand of each) throughout.
Needles: 6mm (body of the hat & 5.5mm for the earflaps and i-cord.
Thoughts: A quick and fun knit. My little friend loved it and wore it all winter, which is about the best endorsement possible.
Labels: 2008, Aussie yarns, Colour 4 Me, FO, gift, hat
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FO ~ Socks #2/2008
Pattern: My own
Yarn: Patonyle by
Patons (
on Ravelry) in colourway #4306 (multi-blues)
Needles: 2.5mm & 2.25mm DPNs
Comments: Patonyle, how I love thee! It's beautifully soft and it washes and wears brilliantly. Some of the colourways left a lot to be desired, but I LOVE this one. Sadly (very sadly) Patonyle is discontinued now (much to the chagrin of many Aussie sock knitters!).
Labels: 2008, Aussie yarns, FO, Patonyle, sock yarn, socks
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FO ~ Socks #15/2007
J and I finally worked out what kind of socks I was going to knit her for her birthday. She requested "sockettes" and didn't mind what pattern I used.
Here's what I came up with...
Yarn:
Cleckheaton Cocoon, colour #0003
Pattern: My own. I had J take some measurements and I went from there. After I'd finished the heel, I decided I wanted some kind of lace detail. So I browsed a bunch of books before I decided on "Crosshatch Lace" from
More Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch (
Ravelry link), so I used 3 repeats of the lace pattern, centered on the top of the foot.
Needles: 2.5mm DPNs
Thoughts: They were a fun knit. I stressed about whether they'd fit, but as you can see, they fit beautifully!
Labels: 2007, Aussie yarns, Cleckheaton, Cocoon, FO, gift, sock book, socks
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Sockapalooza ~ Socks #11/2007
My
Sockapalooza pal
Holly has
received her socks!
*Be sure to check out
Holly's pictures as they show the lace pattern better than my photo does*
I started out knitting
Wyvern socks, but realised the 'scales' weren't showing too clearly with the colour of the yarn... so I flipped through some books for ideas, and came across "Padded Footlets" in
Favorite Socks. A bit of tweaking and designing later, and voila... my first pair of toe-up socks (finally OzKnitter's knitted toe-up socks, I hear some of you exclaim)!
The yarn is
Elizabeth 100% Superwash Merino from
Live2Knit in the "Smoke" colourway. It's lovely and soft, a dream to knit with (it 'takes' frogging well too).
They fit and Holly loves them, so I'm delighted.
Labels: Aussie yarns, Favorite Socks, Live2Knit, Sockapalooza, socks, swaps, toe-ups, Wyvern
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Australia Day 2007
Happy Australia Day! (
See Google's special Australia Day logo)
In honour of the occasion, and since this is a knitting blog, I thought I'd share some Aussie knitting-related sites/products.
Yarns
The Knittery ~ online store with gorgeous handpainted yarns, Jo Sharp yarns and more
Live 2 Knit ~ online store with beautiful handpainted yarns as well as "blank" yarns you can dye yourself
That Spinning Place ~ handpainted yarns and roving
Rainbow Wools ~ range of dyed and undyed yarns
Nundle Woollen Mill ~ range of Aussie yarn (made in Nundle)
Andromeda Alpacas ~ yarns & fleece
Jo Sharp ~ luxury yarns and patterns
Patons ~ Australian yarn & patterns including
Patonyle (sock yarn)
Cleckheaton ~ Aussie yarns & patterns
Ecoyarns ~ handdyed organic yarns
Wendy Dennis ~ Handspinning wool (polwarth wool)
Spin 'N' Knit Fibre Design ~ yarn, tops and fleeces
Knitting by Zen ~ hand dyed yarn and beaded stitch markers
Yarnivorous ~ handdyed yarns (free postage offer, until Jan 31)
MagazinesYARN Magazine ~ Australia's newest (and best, in my opinion) knitting magazine
PodcastsSticks & String ~ podcast by David Reidy, an Aussie knitter
Note: This is a selection of sites from my bookmarks. Some I've purchased from, some I haven't.
Labels: Aussie yarns, Australian, Yarn Magazine, yarns
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