New Year, New Knitting

Now that the Christmas knitting is over, time for
some new knitting for a new arrival expected later
this year.

Debbie Bliss pattern, Cotton & bamboo wool.

Work in Progress

Currently knitting a sparkly shawl with some wool I bought on my last trip to Australia.

The wool is sprinkled with silver sequins which become part of the fabric as you knit.

very pretty to knit in the garden with the sun making the sequins sparkle.

Not sure who this will be for when it's finished but it's lots of fun to knit - maybe I'll just leave it on the sofa looking pretty.

Sunday in the garden

The first mint tea of the summer

Strawberries growing in baskets

Knitting in the sunshine

Perfect Sunday

Finished!

Found this lovely wool when I went

to hand in my sponsor money after

the sponsored knit a few weeks ago.

One skein knitted this lovely scarf

from Joelle Hoverson's Last Minute

Knitted Gifts book.

Lots of fun to knit and very quick.

Heading off at the weekend for a couple

of weeks driving round Georgia and

Florida (with hopefully some sunshine!)

and think this pattern will make great

holiday knitting!

The final square

Not the most exciting looking piece of knitting
but this was the final square I knitted in the
all night sponsored knit last week.
We knitted from 11.00pm till 7.00am and
between us made nearly 100 squares enough
for a blanket that will be auctioned to raise
more money.
The night was lots of fun with champagne and
birthday cake/ hot soup and breakfast as well
as good conversation to keep us all knitting!

Selfish Knitting

After months of making gifts January is time
to knit something for me! In view of the winter
weather this stripey scarf seems like a good idea
and is using up yarns from the stash mainly yarn
bought in Purl, Soho during my trip to New York
last year.
In the interests of unselfish knitting I've signed
up to do a sponsored knit for BLISS the charity
that helps tiny babies. We are going to knit through
the night from 11.00pm till 7.00am making
squares for a blanket that can also be given to the
charity.

More patchwork

This time patchwork of the knitted variety. I loved
knitting my patchwork blanket so much
have started another one. This one is
destined for my bed and so far restricted
to four colours. That could change- haven't
quite made up my mind yet.

Knitting New York

We have just returned from a few days
in New York. In Brooklyn we found a
whole street of parking meters clad in
knitted covers!

On the needles

Also found time for some knitting this week.
This is Rowan chunky wool which knits very
fast so hopefully be posting a finished picture
in the not too distant future.

Giant jigsaw

Started to put the blanket together
today - even this little section feels
cosy on my lap as I sew - should be
toasty when it's complete.

Finished!

All squares are now complete - just the
sewing up to do!

Lace-knit progress

Really fast and easy to knit. Pattern
in Last minute-knitted gifts by Joelle
Hoverson whose lovely shop in New
York we visited last May

45 and counting

Today has been spent knitting (in between
everything else that had to be done).
Another square for the sunset blanket
completed and a lace weight scarf started -
not enough to photograph yet!
Plus the first of some leg-warmers knitted
with wool from Anny Blatt in France nearly
complete.

Number 44!

Five more to go and time to start putting it all
together

Nearly there!

Another didn't quite get finished
for Christmas project!
43 squares out of 49 now finished!
Eventually this blanket should go
from sunrise to sunset.