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June 2, 2022 · 3:55 pm

Covid Project

Maria Doll

I have Covid (as does Miss P and Miss A), so we are all locked-down for 7 days. I haven’t felt too bad, and now I just feel very tired.

I decided I needed a Covid project, but it had to be something I already had because I can’t leave the house (and anything I ordered online would take a while to arrive).

Mr H suggested one of the kits that came with a magazine I bought in Bussleton (I think it was a Simply Knitting magazine).

So I have been working on a Maria doll. It’s knit flat and then seamed, so that will be a test for me. I have her head, arms and clothes to go. My plan is to knit everything, block everything and then seam everything.

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February 4, 2022 · 2:09 pm

Finished Object – Socks

Finished Socks

I finished my Christmas socks! They’re short socks for wearing in summer (it was 39 degrees yesterday!).

The yarn is from Daffodil Road – in the Poinsettia colour-way.

I used my usual needles (Knit Pro Zings – I really like these needles)

The sock is just a rib, heel flap and gusset and a foot. I used Kate Atherley’s toe construction.

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January 17, 2022 · 6:01 pm

Update – Mid Jan 2022

From Left to Right – Log Moderne Blanket, Christmas Sock, Halloween Cat Cross Stitch

I have been working on a few of my projects. Miss P’s blanket is progressing (slowly), I switched to Knit Pro Zing needles and it has been much nicer.

I am on to the second sock of my Christmas socks, turned the heel, so now it’s just the gusset, the foot and the toe (I am maybe a third of the way through)

And finally my Halloween Cat cross stitch is very close to being finished – I just need to finish off the last cat and do the back stitching (there’s not much of that – whiskers and mouth).

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January 10, 2022 · 9:05 pm

Christmas Sock

Christmas Sock

I have finished one Christmas sock, which I started sometime in December (didn’t write down the date I started).

It’s a short sock, just a cuff and foot and I tried to make the cuff a bit more interesting using a twisted stitch.

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November 24, 2021 · 6:16 pm

I knitted a Chicken

Chicken

The yarn for Miss P’s blanket hasn’t arrived yet and I finished my socks, so I needed a new project. I remembered I bought the yarn last year for these little toys. The pattern is from Esther Joy Knits – called Fowl Friends.

The first one was definitely a learning opportunity and there are some things I will change next time.

  • Use a different cast on (I used a long tail cast on, but I think a cable one would be better).
  • I would knit the overall straps after I had stuff the doll and stitched the arms and legs.

I am knitting the duck now, each one takes about 6 hours from start to finish.

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September 19, 2021 · 5:26 pm

Log Cabin Blanket

Log Cabin Blanket Progress

I am working on the borders. I started with a long side. I am going to run out of yarn though, so I have ordered another ball. The dye lot will be different, so I thought I would do the two shorter sides in the new yarn and if there is an obvious difference it might look planned.

The yarn company (Bendigo Woollen Mills) is super busy (all those people knitting in lock down), so it might take a while to get to me.

If I finish the second long border and the new yarn hasn’t arrived, I can always weave the ends in.

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August 1, 2021 · 6:01 pm

Log Cabin Blanket

Log Moderne Progress

I am still working on Miss A’s blanket – her birthday has come and gone and still I am knitting. This is the only thing I am working on right now. I am onto the last two squares (knit simultaneously with an intarsia twist in the middle). Then there is the border to work on.

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November 12, 2020 · 6:12 pm

November Sock Progress

November Sock Knitting Progress

My sock is progressing. There is a 1×1 twisted rib and now I am using the leg pattern from Helen Stewart’s Vapour socks.

Yarn is from Louie and Lola and is Merino, Silk and Yak in the dusty rose colour way. I’m using 2.25mm needles.

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October 12, 2020 · 2:22 pm

October Socks

October Socks

I have started work on my very originally named ‘October Socks’.

The yarn is a malabrigo, but I can’t remember the name and I have lost the label (maybe Diana or Arco Iris).

Japanese Knitting Stitches Book

For the leg and foot I am using a stitch pattern from Japanese Knitting Stitches – it has a 9 stitch repeat. It is hard to see in my images but there is a knot stitch and then a 1 stitch cable (alternating between right and left).

To fit the stitch pattern, I cast on 63 and did a rib that would flow into the pattern (K2, P3, K2, P2).

I learnt how to do the cable without a cable needle, by firstly using a cable needle and observing what was happening. This is an easy to memorise pattern and the sock is flowing easily.

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January 9, 2020 · 4:09 pm

Heart Socks

Heart Socks

I am keen to improve my knitting skills and colour work always looks so lovely. These socks are from the Boost Your Knitting book. I was intrigued by the idea of intarsia in the round.

It came together quite well – I am disappointed about the reverse side. Despite my best efforts there is a noticeable ‘join’. It is on the inside of your leg (when you are wearing the socks).

The issue of the join is that you are making one stitch out of two, so it is always going to have more yarn than a normal stitch and it just stands out.

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