Oh, my updating fail; let me show you it.
Close up on the two-stranded necklace made at a class at the Make Lounge. It’s a mix of green and cream with copper fixings. The class was taught by Juju Vail and was fantastic, I learnt a lot and I look forward to taking further classes with Juju – also I can not recommend the Make Lounge enough if you’re in London! They’ve got a shiny new place now and the range of classes has expanded to match and I can see a lot of my spare cash heading their way in the future.
Just off the needles, a pair of Nukins in Fyberspates sock yarn from my stash. I really like this pattern and can see it appearing a lot in the future because it’s ideal for commuting!
I do have to do some repairs on them though as it looks like I didn’t pick up a YO near the end but a wee bit of darning and it’ll be fine!
In the mean time, I’m swatching for Julia Trice’s Honeymoon camisole, in an attempt to make a dent in my stash/knit something other than socks, so hopefully there’ll be posts about that soon.
And as the weather is finally turning sunny, I plan to try my hand at some yarn dying with the kool aid I’ve been stockpiling – I have a balcony that is just waiting to be used as a drying rack!
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So between us, mum and I have almost finished the blanket.
Things that I discovered:
Mum and I pick up stitches differently.
It’s easy to get turned around when something is garter stitch.
Any time you start making something as a present, between the time it takes you to buy the wall and knit juuuuust enough that you’ve really started, someone else will have bought them the same thing in the mean time.
Blankets never end up being the same size as you intended.
This last one was actually a conscious decision. Mum and I decided that instead of being about 5×5 squares, it should be 5×7.5. Ack! Especially since it needs to be pretty much done by tomorrow, since mum and dad are flying over to visit the grandparents. We’re aiming for something that can go around her shoulders, rather than a lap blanket (and that, as a lovingly hand-crafted -just look at all the mistakes! Those really make it unique- it will be be appreciated even though she got given a (fleece) one just recently).
What you can’t really see in these pictures is that the light hits it pretty directionally, so it looks pretty cool from an angle. What you can see are the missing spots in the middle and on the side — those empty triangles on the edges that I need to fill in before they fly off. I’ve done four of eight since Sunday, so it should be possible as long as my wrists don’t give out.
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