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Monday, June 25, 2007

Glastonbury Project


As previously mentioned, I didn't get to do as much kniting at Glastonbury as I hoped but here is the progress so far on my socks. This is the straight laced pattern from Knitty and I am using Koigu that my SP from SP10 sent me. Its the first time I have tried knitting 2 socks at once using the 2 circular needles method. It seems to be going ok so far and at least I will banish the second sock syndrome by doing it this way.

Back from Glastonbury



Just arrived back from Glastonbury at 10am yesterday morning. We left after watching The Who on Sunday night as the camper van field was looking so bogged down that we thought we would never get out. We had to wait for a tractor to tow us out as the ground was so muddy but eventually got on our way about 2am. The weather was terrible all weekend - cold and wet which made the whole site very muddy. As a result, I didn't get to do half the things I wanted to as it took so long to walk between different areas. Maybe some year it will be bright sunshine at Glastonbury or is it just an urban myth that the festival can sometimes have good weather. The weather also meant that I didn't manage to get much knitting done as my hands were normally too preoccupied with trying to hold my umbrella so that I stayed dry. I did manage to get a little done before Shirley Bassey appeared on stage and also managed to do some on the journey down. This is me during a brief dry spell at the Pyramid stage waiting on the Bassey to arrive on stage.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

SP10

I sent off my 3rd and final parcel to my SP, Katja last week and she has just received it. Katja is from Finland and she has been an easy person to spoil. I've loved every second of this SP as usual.

Another Project

I've just started Straight Laced socks from Knitty with the Koigu that my SP sent for my first parcel in SP10. This is a takeaway project for when I am at Glastonbury. I've decided to try knitting both socks at the same time on 2 circulars to avoid the dreaded 2nd sock syndrome. I've just finished the rib and done a couple of rows of pattern to get me started. Photos on my return.

Friday, June 08, 2007

Debbie Bliss Entrelac baby blanket


Decided that I wasn't in the mood to frog back the sleeves just yet and didn't feel like finishing my socks either (which I haven't picked up in ages - think its because I know I will need to concentrate on two patterns at the one time and just don't feel ready to do that yet) so I have decided to start yet another project.

I bought a huge cone of Debbie Bliss baby cashmerino at Coldspring Mills a couple of years back when they were doing the 1p per gram promotion. Have used this to start the entrelac baby blanket by Debbie Bliss. I've never tried entrelac before and its a bit strange working on seperate bits of the blanket all the time. I wasn't sure it was going right as the pictures in the book don't show the full blanket but it seems to be working out ok. It's an easy to get used to pattern, bit of moss stitch and the odd cable - just what I need right now.

Sorrell Jumper


I thought that my sleeves of the Sorrell jumper was taking ages to knit and that I was using up all the wool I had left. Since the sleeves seemed a bit stretchy, I decided to wet one of them and see what the outcome was. As you can see from the picture, there is a huge difference in length - means I will need to frog back quite a bit but at least I know I will have enough yarn left to finish it now.