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Stranded red/blue socks

jaynee — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:12:23 +0000

I made Dylan a pair of socks with left over regia. I did a stranded effect with the yarn.

Rainbow pullover

jaynee — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:56:39 +0000

I have finally got round to getting photos of my rainbow pullover. I used the Top down raglan sweater generator pattern and the BFL I spun and dyed with kool-aid. For the pattern I used multiples of k8, p4.

Urbanista hat

jaynee — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:21:50 +0000

I saw the Urbanista hat on Ravelry and wanted to give it a try. I can honestly say it was the most difficult thing I have ever knitted. I had to restart 4 or 5 times as I couldn’t get the hang of it.

I was reading too much into the pattern instead of just following it. I thought the 6 pieces had to be done separately and then grafted together at first. It was only after I finished the first piece that I realised they didn’t.

Once I had done the second piece I found it quite easy to do.

I did mine so that it was stocking stitch on the right side instead of reverse stocking stitch.

I learned a lot from that pattern including wraps and turns and a crochet cast on.

DH loves it and Dylan wants me to make him one too.

First pea harvest

jaynee — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:14:07 +0000

I have been growing some peas in the back yard and have just had my first batch. I don’t think I have ever eaten peas that I had to take out of the pods. They tasted scrummy.

Dylan made his Dad laugh when he came in to him wearing his fingerless gloves, sandals and a hat.

Anniversary wash cloth

jaynee — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:05:52 +0000

I somehow managed to forget my own wedding anniversary, I only found out at 9.30pm the night before. I had to find a project to knit DH quickly and ended up with the Darrel Waltrip knitted washcloth . I used some Lidl Colorado cotton out of my stash.

DH loved it thank goodness.

Spinning my rainbow BFL

jaynee — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:55:30 +0000

I have spun my first lot of Rainbow BFL and am quite pleased how it’s come out. I wasn’t sure about it at first as some parts are plied with the opposite side of the colour wheel which I didn’t want but now the first ball is done it’s growing on me.

It weighed 84.3g.

I am going to make myself a cardigan I think.

Handspun cardigan

jaynee — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:12:26 +0000

I have been knitting a cardigan for Dylan using some BFL that I dyed with Kool-aid. I am really pleased with it although I think I will have to make the sleeves a bit longer or it won’t fit him for long.

Rainbow BFL

jaynee — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:02:30 +0000

I ordered some more BFL from World of Wool which came yesterday. I wanted to make a rainbow coloured roving with it. I used koolaid I bought from DT Craft and Design.

I did exactly the same thing that I did with my first attempt at dyeing.

I have got 4 or 5 more batches of this to dye.

The Kool-aid colours I used were as follows:

red………. strawberry

orange.….orange

yellow…..pina. pineapple

green……lemon-lime

blue……..berry blue

purple….grape

DH’s mojos

jaynee — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:50:00 +0000

I have been meaning to update this blog for ages but am only just getting round to it. DH’s pc has broken and he’s ordered a new one from Dell. Talk about incompetence .. the saga requires a blog post all to its self. So he’s had to use my pc in the meantime.

I finished these mojos a few weeks ago. I cast on 80 stitches and did them exactly the same as the other pair. The yarn was Schachenmayr nomotta Regia Multi Effekt Colour.

Cabled cardigan

jaynee — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:09:44 +0000

I have finally finished my cabled cardigan. I used the cables off the Central Park Hoodie but used the Top down raglan pullover generator for the size.

The yarn is some very cheap acrylic with 20% wool which cost £5 for 800 grammes.

I will probably wear this cardigan a lot around the house as it fits well and cost little.