I've added my twitter feed to my blog to the right there. You can follow me as @interiorlulu on twitter. I post random stuff about my life as well as craft related stuff too.
The gloves are coming along nicely. I have decided to make them a little longer on the hands, so am adding an extra pattern repeat. I'll be knitting another pair to be photographed with the pattern when I publish it.
One thing that's good about this pattern is that they can be made shorter if required. At the moment, I'm recommending 100g of DK, but if they are made much shorter on the arm, say 2 or 3 pattern repeats, I'd say you would be able to use 1 50g ball of DK weight yarn. A great stashbuster :)
Wednesday 19 May 2010
Sunday 16 May 2010
New beginnings
Ah yes, I did have a blog before, but neglected it in favour of knitting, jewellery making and partying. Now that I'm actually designing knitting patterns (more on that later), I decided that it was about time that I start afresh and start blogging again.
What have I been up to? Well, lots of knitting, a bit of dating, some jewellery making (I totally cocked up my first efforts with precious metal clay, but I will try again!) and going to gigs. I threw a knitted sheep at Adrian Edmonson.
She is called Flossy, bless her :) I can only hope that she is travelling with Adrian's band (The Bad Shepherds) as I type.
I'm currently working on a couple of things. I have a potential commission for a charm bracelet in the offing. I have plans to move my shop from etsy to folksy but I need to sort through what I have to put up and then get everything rephotographed; I'd like to say I'm being thorough, but if I'm honest, I'm procrastinating.
I am yarn dieting, because my stash is immense. For some reason I am excluding fibre from my diet (because it's not yarn yet!!), so have a kilo of undyed merino sat next to me, plus the goodies that I have from Babylonglegs to spin up into the yarn for a shrug. In my attempts at destashing, I have got a pair of socks on the needle (I always have a pair of socks on the go to be honest!), a shrug that's 70% done and won't take long to complete and a pair of gloves that I'm designing.
I never had myself down as a pattern designer, but I've always fancied the idea and after knitting myself some gloves, I decided to have a go myself. I am thoroughly enjoying the process. Even the stage where I've been trying to work out what looks good; knitting and reknitting the cable, deciding where to put bobbles, deciding on how many stitches round the gloves should be, trying out different yarns, etc. It's been a good challenge for me.
I'll have the pattern up as soon as I can. I want to make sure that the pattern comes out the way I intend it to, then I have to make sure that it makes sense to someone other than just me. Just to tease you, here's a sneak preview!
It's in dark yarn, so maybe not the best for photographing, plus it was taken on an iPhone camera but you get the idea. I should say that the yarn I chose (Rowan Purelife DK in Tannin) is lovely, but the dye is coming off on my fingers. Think I will knit a pair in a paler colour too.
I will sign off now so that I can continue to test knit (I have yet to reach the thumb gusset and am undecided on how to best approach it).
But yay! I'm back :)
What have I been up to? Well, lots of knitting, a bit of dating, some jewellery making (I totally cocked up my first efforts with precious metal clay, but I will try again!) and going to gigs. I threw a knitted sheep at Adrian Edmonson.
She is called Flossy, bless her :) I can only hope that she is travelling with Adrian's band (The Bad Shepherds) as I type.
I'm currently working on a couple of things. I have a potential commission for a charm bracelet in the offing. I have plans to move my shop from etsy to folksy but I need to sort through what I have to put up and then get everything rephotographed; I'd like to say I'm being thorough, but if I'm honest, I'm procrastinating.
I am yarn dieting, because my stash is immense. For some reason I am excluding fibre from my diet (because it's not yarn yet!!), so have a kilo of undyed merino sat next to me, plus the goodies that I have from Babylonglegs to spin up into the yarn for a shrug. In my attempts at destashing, I have got a pair of socks on the needle (I always have a pair of socks on the go to be honest!), a shrug that's 70% done and won't take long to complete and a pair of gloves that I'm designing.
I never had myself down as a pattern designer, but I've always fancied the idea and after knitting myself some gloves, I decided to have a go myself. I am thoroughly enjoying the process. Even the stage where I've been trying to work out what looks good; knitting and reknitting the cable, deciding where to put bobbles, deciding on how many stitches round the gloves should be, trying out different yarns, etc. It's been a good challenge for me.
I'll have the pattern up as soon as I can. I want to make sure that the pattern comes out the way I intend it to, then I have to make sure that it makes sense to someone other than just me. Just to tease you, here's a sneak preview!
It's in dark yarn, so maybe not the best for photographing, plus it was taken on an iPhone camera but you get the idea. I should say that the yarn I chose (Rowan Purelife DK in Tannin) is lovely, but the dye is coming off on my fingers. Think I will knit a pair in a paler colour too.
I will sign off now so that I can continue to test knit (I have yet to reach the thumb gusset and am undecided on how to best approach it).
But yay! I'm back :)
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