Eight-by-Six

After knitting my latest hat I noticed that a few of the colours reminded me of Earl Grey and Marmalade. Chatting away to my insta buddy (aka sewhappycreative ) she said oh that's lovely and off she went to produce just this colour! She then sent me the first dye batch on Saturday and I decided to knit another blackberry stitch beanie (my all time favourite knitting pattern). I love the colour and the texture its just right for this beautiful yarm. Earl grey and Marmalade blackberry beanie I knit mine on 5mm KnitPro symfonie short tips, these are so lovely and its a quick knit. Don't let those blackberries fool you into thinking its difficult. Once you get into the rhythm they are easy and knit up in no time at all. You can find the Blackberry Stitch pattern here  My normal yarn for this pattern would be Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran and you can buy it here  (its on special) But why not contact Fiona and try her gorgeous hand dye yarn. Happy Knitting!

My latest blackberry stitch beanie is available to buy from my Etsy shop I've hand knitted this using Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran. Its beautifully soft, keeps you warm without itchy scratchy yarn! Pop over to my shop to see this and my other knitted autumn makes  My Etsy shop mustard makes

I'm still here, just some bad news on the 10th October knocked me for six. My dad has cancer (again) this time its stage 4 and lots of chemo has started, so I went a little quiet to reflect on this and my family and life in general - like you do when you get such bad news. Anyway as my dad wouldn't want me to dwell on bad stuff, he is such a fighter, I am filling my life with colour and knitting (I'm off the crochet briefly, I always find myself knitting at this time of year for gifts and just comfort in front of the TV watching I'm a Celebrity (its now finished :-( Knitting at this time of year is addictive, isn't it? I've found a new passion, the Trendy Chale, you will see this on Pinterest and regularly on Instagram (as you know I post almost every day now and have over 770 followers, not sure how that happened but it s a comfort to know that people enjoy my work and pictures). Anyway this is just a brief pop by to say hello and to show you some of my cur...