Chocolate

Yarn that is!

Nice and thick with fat needles.

Fortunately it is lovely to work with and grows very quickly.

A couple of cooler days this week had me looking for a jacket to wear while out in the evenings. The chocolate yarn, Moda Vera Alice, which has been languishing in the stash, is perfect and this pattern should do the job nicely.

Joining the FNSI - weekend edition here.

Thanks to Heidi for hosting. 

Hope all is going smoothly in your creative space.

Finishing touches

that's where I am up to this week.

The Reversible Wrap has been resting since October 2012. Last week it was retrieved from the warehouse and I was pleased to see that it was very close to finished. 

Only a little knitting left to do and then putting the pieces together.

I stitched part 2 to part 1, then completed the knitting on part 3 and have begun attaching this piece as well. Not too much longer for this one.

Yay, it will be keeping me warm real soon.

This week has mostly been about the free sole socks, which you have seen here recently.

See.. 

Now the knitting is done on these too and they just need threads woven in, there's not a lot of them, so I should be done with these by the end of the week.

Reading has mostly been about inspiration for a new project or two? 'The Complete book of Crochet Stitch Designs' by Linda Schapper and 'Colorwork for adventurous knitters' by Lori Ihnen. Lots of lovely designs to consider just need to decide which one to do first.

I did cast on the second red sock but haven't progressed further than the band.

Joining the yarn along again this week.

Hope your creative space filled with wonderful warm designs.

And Again...

another sock to match the other sock (and another Hat to keep a head toasty).

It's all about socks and hats here as we head towards winter, though you'd hardly know it with the summery weather we are currently experiencing.

There has been a little more crochet action here which has seen the completion of this colourful fluffy hat made from this blank grey piece I showed a couple of weeks ago.

Northern lights cone hat

All the hat making of late has left a small dent in the stash, especially in the novelty yarns, which is very nice as I always have difficulty deciding how to use them.

I started the second of the free sole socks yesterday and have now finished the instep ready to attach the sole.

The books are both from the library, picked up from the display stand based on the titles.

'The Healing Power of Coffee' by Cal Orey contains  a lot of research information as well as some interesting recipes for drinks, food and medicinal remedies. A good read for anyone who enjoys their coffee.

'The Age of Miracles' by Marianne Williamson offers insight into the middle years of life and how roles change in both family and society. Lots of thought provoking ideas in here for me.

Joining the Yarn along this week.

Wishing you sunshine and warmth in your creative space.

Winter warmers

Just getting ready.

Pretty flower garden hat to put some colour in a grey day.

Paula's garden hat

Warm Black Cherry ripple hat - just like a blanket for your head.

Black cherry ripple beanie

Two socks waiting for their partners.

Free sole sock by Anna Zilboorg and Two Horse Hitch by Anne Podlesak

It sure is fun working on socks that are constructed quite differently, yet serve almost the same purpose, only the green/purple ones are for me the red ones will be gifted just as soon as they are done.

Played some more with the hexagons I made on Friday, they did have a purpose. I am close to completing now. It is something that I have been wanting to try for quite awhile. Glad I finally got around to it. 

Granny Hexie bonnet

All of this yarn goodness has been stitched up from my extensive yarn stash, maybe soon I will see a blank space or two?

 Playing along with Linda and Ana and all the other stash busters.

Wishing you all a warm week.

FNWF - May

Not much to show here you might want to skip over and see what everyone else achieved.  

Three hexie motifs for a new project.

I got this far before I had to think about how it was going to go together and decided I should have been working on something else.

In my defence I did finish some of the started hooky projects earlier in the week.

I switched to reading at this point and made good progress on my latest book.

Today was more productive and the red sock from the previous post is almost done.

Hope your weekend includes time to create.

One up, one down

Socks that is

The red sock is knitted from the cuff down and I am on the foot, the purple and green sock is knitted from the toe up and I am on the leg.

I can't decide which of these two I like best so they are both getting some attention.

The green and purple sock is about learning a new technique and I really like the way they are coming together. 

The design begins again on the heel to go all the way up the back of the leg which is lovely.

SanJaun free sole sock by Anna Zilboorg

 This one has a deadline but I think they should both be completed by then so I'll just keep doing a bit of each.

Two Horse Hitch design by Anne Podlesak

 Wishing you cosy toes.

A weekend with the hook

Finding this lot of yarn in the bottom of a bag totally distracted me from all the started projects, doesn't take much! 

Inspired by the combination of colours and for the most part just making it up as I go along, though the flowers are the centre of a granny square I've made recently.

First up some pretty flowers,

add some green for foliage.

Starting again with a little ripple.

Lastly a boring grey canvas for some fun decorating.

Maybe this week I will focus on finishing rather than starting - this month has seen me start way more than I have finished!

Wishing you a week of finishing.