knitting lace

I have another WIP in the works, i decided to bring this WIP out which i started in January. I somehow had forgotten why i had retired this item, but after 3 rows of the YO and K2T i now remember why this has been retired for such a long time - my wrist is in pain! somehow i have made it to knit it for a whole meter long. The yarn is cotton, not soft but it is smooth so am sure i will not felt this one. I have decided that i will keep this for myself. I deserve it after all the pain in the wrist.

The repetitive lace, it is now getting borring

at this point the lace scarf/shawl is measuring about 1 m long

my long rainbow socks

in the last few weeks, i have knitted a total of 4 pairs of socks.

i dont like to swatch, i have knitted so many pairs of socks i have not needed to, but the last 3 attempts have let me down and made my hubby very happy. i have set out to knit socks for myself on the 3 occassions and they all turned out too big on me but perfect fit for HIM. so i decided not to undo the socks but rather give them to him although that were never the intention at the start of the casting on.

anyway, the knee high turned out great for me, so guess not all is lost!

knee high socks, 100 grams of wool for the pair

Dye jobs .......not too sure about vinegar and i-colours

So, i have decided to try dyeing wool roving! it worked so well until after pouring the colours.

After the 4 minutes in the microwave i noticed the blue ( yeah that is blue in the middle) was 'fixed' but the rest of the colours were runny. well i could only think this had something to do with the dyes i used. The blue is Jacquard and the rest are i-dye or i-colour. comes in a satch like vegetable seeds and says add salt or vinegar. It failed to say it doesnt work as good as the real jacquard dyes. I am not getting them i-dyes no more, no good value for money.

Anyway, decided to buy citric acid off ebay as it is not in TESCOs and see if it will work. I will post them photos of dried wool once some sunshine shoes up around here!

wool in vinegar

ready to go, notice i am wearing pink hand knitted socks! proud of my socks!

looks great here!

in the micro wave for 4 minutes! everything goes wrong from here...

mismatched socks....completed

I have yet another completed item........i also have a few ( more than 6) WIPs well hidden away. Why hide them you ask? well, i feel guilty of starting something new when i havent finished what is on the needles. I noticed that I have only 3 magic loop knitting needles, so i guesse that means i should only have 3 WIPS IF i dont buy no more loops! fingers crossed.

trying to weave in the ends, this is the only part of knitting i HATE

Almost completed, used left over yarns......they dont match at all but they will be warm!

decided to show you my paint job!

Hand knitted baby boy sweater.......WIP

ok, this is what I have been working on recently, a baby sweater for my god son,

Below are the photos,.......oh yeah, the wool is 62% new wool and something else which is not wool. I have already felted more than 5 items unintentionally, and when i want something to felt intentionally it doesnt work as well.....but all well, i love wool.

Here is the sleece detail, i like to increase using a YO

and here is the box next as my hubby calls it, he doesnt think boys should have to wear this kinda a neck shape!

and here is the beginning, i used less than 100g of yarn.