Eight-by-Six

Storm Dennis swept in this weekend and forced me to stay indoors all weekend. Not that I had any plans so it was lovely to spend most of the weekend knitting and I managed to knit one hat, amazing for me. I'm super chilled out today, its great what knitting can do for the mind and body. a stack of cable hats I think it was the Winters Rainbow had dye yarn by  SewHappyCreative  that helped me to knit the long brim in double quick time. Having a rainbow on your knitting needles is perfect in stormy weather. Teamed with another gorgeous medium husky pom pom from  CraftyFriendsUK  that's another design I'm going to knit again and again. Perfect for using that small amount of hand dye yarn with some Aran from your stash. my latest rainbow edition I used approx 50g of hand dye Winters Rainbow with approx 70g of Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran in Ecru (code 3001010).  my new yarn bowl I changed the pattern slightly on the last row opting for a...

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!

I'm currently working on two new crochet shawl designs using the most beautiful hand dye yarn from Sew Happy Creative (both gifted) but I have ordered more which I will pay for! That's the yarn in the second photo. I was gifted 3 mini skiens (20g each to test) and fell in love with them. You can buy yours here on Etsy . I prefer to buy the mini skiens as I find it less work especially winding the skiens as I always make a mess of the 100g ones! The vintage denim yarn in photo one was gifted for my birthday back in May and it was stashed away for a few months until I decided to cast on a new crochet shawl just before I went to Italy. The yarn is so soft and the colours are beautiful. Little flecks of turquoise amongst sandy colours so this is definitely a beachy themed shawl. I'm planning to add bobbles to represent stones, I have tried them and they look amazing in this colourway. I've almost finished a 100g skein so I've a little way to go, what with swapping pr...

I finished my hitchhikershawl in time to take to Lake Como with me. I made it using my gorgeous mini skiens (Christmas present) from the fabulous Sew Happy Creative  and I love the stellina glittery threads, so pretty but hard to capture. I used 8 mini skeins in total and Fiona was fabulous and hand dyed another batch when I requested an urgent suppyl! . . Pattern: Hitchhiker shawl (with eyelet rows added on row 8) Yarn: mini skeins @sewhappycreativ  Needles: KnitPro symfonie size 3.75mm leave a little glitter wherever you go  I've started another (like you do) this time using Sirdar Snuggly Pattercake in colourway 0761 its beautiful to knit with and feels like cotton wool. Very reasonably priced too for 150g you get 498m/545 yards of 70% acrylic 30% nylon that is machine washable at 40 degrees. I actually purchased mine to knit a baby blanket but so glad I didn't, its perfect for a Hitchhiker shawl because the colour changes are very soft and I lov...

One more sleep and it will be Granny Square Day 2019, here are some more designs I've been crocheting this week. One more to try tonight! solid granny square using hand dye  yarn by Sewhappycreativ motif 1 from the book Crochet Blocks using Scheepjes Stonewashed

I've been searching for ages for a simple yet stunning knitted shawl. I came across the Gryer shawl on an Instagram account last week and immediately bought the pattern. You can find the pattern link here  on Ravelry - I'm not advertising, I paid for my pattern but thought I'd share it because its great for all your knitters out there. love these speckles It all started with the yarn I purchased on Instagram from someone's yarn de-stash, oops. The colour is called Waterlilly. So I ordered the Evergreen colourway on Saturday and it arrived on Wednesday and I started using it last night. I decided on the Evergreen because after knitting the first section I noticed lots of flecks of green and purchased it hoping it would work. I shouldn't have been worried because it has worked beautifully. Evergreen