Oh I’ve been busy. Well, crafty busy. In terms of real life, clean the cobwebs from the ceiling and make sure you’ve done the hoovering, I’ve not been busy at all. Slovenly, in fact. But I’m on holidy so who cares? And like the prodigal daughter I have returned to my knitting these last few days and made a lace ribbon scarf,
for the Miss Marple swap. I was meant to post this today but it is currently blocking on the radiator but will, tomorrow, be winging it’s way to Finland. This is the first ever lace project that I’ve not messed up in some way, shape or form and I’m unfeasibly happy with it. I will be sorry to see it go but I have plans in mind for one of my own soon.
I also got into the spirit of the eighties this week and cast on two pairs of leg warmers. Our flat gets very cold during the day - we have landlord controlled heating - so these will come in very handy. It’s strange how even when it’s warm outside and old, high ceiling-ed flat is quite chilly. The pair I have finished are from One Skein and made using some yarn gifted to me by Mandy during Secret Pal 11,
The other pair are from Last Minute Knitted Gifts and are a lot more basic in that you cast on, K1 P1 to infinity and beyond and cast off. I’ll post when they are finished but I’m only half way through the first one at the moment so… I am magic looping them though. I used this great tutorial and as far as I am concerned now, this is the only way to knit in the round.
I’m off to eat chips and gravy and read some Agatha Christie x
I love the scarf! What yarn did you use? It’s a beautiful, orangey red (at least on my monitor). Veronik Avery is definitely my favorite designer, and now I’ll have to add that one to my queue as well. Glad you’re enjoying your break!
Thank you! It’s actually a little darker than it looks in the pictures and it’s just some generic 4-ply that my mum was given by a friend who had a yarn shop that closed down and I then stole! Veronik Avery’s designs are great, they’re just so wearable x