Eight-by-Six

There's nothing more satisfying than knitting the last cable decrease on a Christmas gift. I mainly use Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran for winter hats, and this baby pink is just beautiful and has a vintage vibe to it. I buy mine from Love Crafts and they have good offers on throughout the year. The pattern I use is one designed by Debbie herself, it was free on her web site a few years ago and is so easy to follow with horn cable stitch (or antler cables). Its the perfect choice for hand made Christmas gifts. I'm currently knitting three for my nieces (Meg, Beth and Grace) as they are spending Christmas day with their mum and new dad (my husbands twin brother) You may remember we attended their beautiful wedding in Lake Como in September. The colours I've chosen are Baby Pink (603), Oatmeal (27) and Biege (102) they look so gorgeous when paired with the pom poms I buy from the lovely CraftyFriendsUK . I buy from Catherine because her pom poms are consistently exc...

You might remember this post from about ten days ago, well I've now finished my 4th granny tee and I'm currently finishing off my fifth one this week that I stared last year (oops). Indigo Blue came about when I took delivery of my Scheepjes Skies mini skien box (heavy/aran) and I'm in love with this yarn! I was sitting watching a film when I had the sudden urge to crochet another Granny Tee by Sarah (aka annaboos house) The mini skeins are perfect and I ended up using two boxes plus a larger 100g skein for the sleeves and joining. It has amazing drape and the colours are a subtle shift of indigo that is going to look fabulous over a white t shirt with jeans and flip flops. Perfect partnership and so bang on trend for the tie dye look that's about for festivals for this summer.  The total cost was around GBP35 not including delivery and I think for a custom made jumper that's not a bad price. I measured it as I added rows then I added side slits to my g...

I'm whizzing along the long rows and I've just finished the 5th colour. I really love how the colours I've chosen work so well together. Sometimes you choose colours and then when you knit them together they don't work as you had expected. On this occasion it has worked just as I wanted it to and the back is just as pretty. Last night I started to add the final colour and then its finished! I don't want to finish it because its been so much fun to knit but I have my next Gryer shawl already planned, I just need to purchase the yarn this week. When this is finished it will be perfect for our holiday on the Broads later this month along with my rectangular granny blanket that I'm finishing next week. More about that in a separate post soon and don't forget you can follow my progress on my Instagram account. Gryer shawl knitted in Scheepjes Stonewashed Smokey Quartz, Amazonite, yellow Jasper, Crystal Quartz and Rose Quartz pretty pink tulips from...

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