Strawberry fields forever, part 2

Hey everyone!

Was so sick of essay writing last night I knitted my mum a straw berry hat.
It is a great pattern with a few mistakes that a more experienced knitter would be able to point out, but I changed the pattern anyway to suit what I wanted.

It is available on ravelry for free and I made it with 4.5mm circular needles! Found the pattern with the lovely help of Eleanor at Knit Nottingham. My favorite wool shop.

Hope Mum likes it
xXx

Owl Jumper

Hi Guys!!

I know its been a while since i've posted.

Here is my latest creation :) It is a pattern from Ravellry called Owl Jumper.

Hope  you like!

XxX

OWLS !

Over the past year the Knottingham Knitting Society at NTU have made loads of weird and wonderful creations - easy and more difficult, and it has been great fun knitting with them.

One of my favourite projects was little owls that have buttons for eyes. The pattern is very easy and is just increasing.

This is my cute little owl with buttons for eyes!

The pattern is available on Ravelry.

I'm going to make a group of them.

Off to revise again!

Night x

Stitch and Sew...

Evening!

I apologise for yesturday's short post. Revision is stressful, especially for law.

So today I thought I would look at something a bit different.

Cross stitch!

Now I know this is primarily a knitting blog, but as I know from experience knitters are crafty people in more than one way - most of us enjoy a cross stitch better now and then.

My most recent cross stitch pattern is one Sponsored By the Breast cancer charity, the Pink Ribbon Foundation. I found it in my local arts & crafts shop - and it was £2.25. BARGAIN!

Its a great patter of two shoes with a bow, and I have repeated the pattern in blue and I am currently stitching a yellow one for my room in my house next year.

This is a great website if you are a keen cross stitcher and wants to get into the cross stitching community.

http://www.cross-stitching.com/

Happy Crafting!

Xx

Short but Sweet

Evening knitters :)

My mum is just finishing a owl jumper from Ravelry.
 It's pink and my Nanna has gave me buttons her grandma had. So that's my great great grandmas buttons will be on my owl jumper.

I will post pictures when it is finished and links to where you can find it. Buy it is a pattern you have to pay for. Also it is in US sizes so for my mum, it was something to get her teeth into.

Sorry for the short blog post today. I have been revising for my Law exam - fingers crossed it goes well.

Till tomorrow
Good Night Xx

From Heart Bookmarks to Heart Coasters...

Evening all,

As I have left all my knitting needles at university I haven't been able to make the fingerless gloves I've been wanting to make.

  BUT I did find a really cute heart coaster pattern on Ravelry. It's fairly easy to make and knits up very fast.

  You will need 2.75mm needles.

  Here is my coaster, I didn't use the proper wool, but I think it looks just as nice with normal double knit.

The pattern is free and is provided by Megan Delorme 

It is available at 

https://www.ravelry.com/account/login

On another note, I have noticed recently how expensive wool has got.

At most independent wool stores a normal  ball of double knit can cost over £3.00, knitting is no longer a cheap hobby. - But then again has it ever?

Wool is available at a cheaper price at discount stores however I personally find the quality to be far from that of wool brought from solely wool selling shops.

Clothes handmade using wool brought from wool shops are still far cheaper than buying them from clothes shops. But it is safe to say the wool brought to make a jumper can be anything up to £20 in itself, but you get a damn good jumper for £20 wool.

Whatever the reason for the price rise, I urge people to support your local wool shop and not go to discount chain stores just because the wools cheap. Wool shops sell very good quality wool at a price that is going to ensure their presence on the high street - a difficult task in the double dip recession we are currently in.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL WOOL SHOP!

Xx

Casting away on a new adventure...

Lunchbreak!

Hi everyone, so yesturday I explained how you decrease and increased on your work. Today, the last of my run through of the basic knitting essentials is casting off. It is relatively simple, and means you can neatly take your work off the needle.

Casting off tutorial: 

So there you go, all the skills you need to complete basic knitting patterns. You can find a wide range of patterns on Ravelry at 

https://www.ravelry.com/account/login

Last night I attempted my first cable knit. I found the instructions on:

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/knitting-cables.html

It was a great start into the world of cable knitting, that I have been so keen to avoid for a while now.

But over the summer I am going to widen my knitting knowledge and attempt larger and more complex patterns so that I can make more.

  

This is how my attempt went:

So now that I have gave it ago, and it worked, I'm going to give it a go on some larger projects - so watch this space.

If you would like to put my cable attempt to shame then send your pictures of your cabled patterns to:

lauramariebennett@hotmail.co.uk

Have a great afternoon! X x