Shirley | July 22, 2008
I managed to knit up these two hats using some left-over yarn from one of my bigger projects.
They were both knitted on a circular needle. The green and white one is a Large and has a rolled brim. The smaller one is a Small and has about 4″ of rib at the [...]
Shirley | July 4, 2008
This is my latest FO.
It is a gents 42″ Aran Jumper.
I am hoping that I will be able to do some craft fairs this year, but I haven’t booked any yet as I don’t know if I will have either enough stock or transport to get me there.
My other half, David, has started his own [...]
Shirley | June 18, 2008
This is a 38″ Gents Aran Jumper. It took just under 800g of yarn to do.
Excuse the display, but I only have the one tailors dummy and it is female.
The jumper has patterns all over it. I don’t thing there is one bit that doesn’t have some sort of cable pattern or [...]
Shirley | June 15, 2008
I have been busy building a website for my other half who has just started up an offline business of his own, so I haven’t had much time to post to the blog. But I have been knitting.
A while ago I bought some Wendy Mistral Chunky yarn. I had hoped to [...]
Shirley | May 30, 2008
This is the first of 6 baby sets that I have to make for a customer. There will be another one the same pattern as this but the main colour will be white with pink as the contrast.
Pattern Details:-
Sirdar Sunshine Series 260 - This is an old pattern that belongs to my customer. [...]
Shirley | May 8, 2008
Hats and scarfs have always been very popular at the Craft Fairs and I like to have a lot of them in stock so there is no chance of running out of them.
I have knitted another old favourite again. The wine coloured hat is knitted in 25% Wool Aran. The rib is [...]
Shirley | April 30, 2008
Not one, but two of them.
I finally finished the first Kid Silk Haze Scarf, the dark one, and then decided to do another one.
The second one knitted up quicker than the first, but the pattern isn’t difficult and the lighter yarn helped too.
I have bought enough yarn to do another 3 of [...]
