Knittering

So knitting is a granny sport, is it?  On jury service recently I took in my ongoing project - flowers for a Mothers' Day card – to make use of the time between sessions , and felt pretty daft when my scissors were confiscated after they showed up on the security X-ray.  Doh. But who needs scissors? I knitted on with my (bone) 5.5mm knitting sticks and foolishly queried at lunchtime why my needles were OK if my scissors weren’t?  They, too, were seized.  At the end of the day, and after some…Read more …

What do you give the man who has everything?  Top of his birthday list is always 'lemon meringue pie' and, along with several other of his female friends, I've usually obliged.  Over the years, irregular get togethers meant  inventive application, and Royal Mail has served us well with an LMP DIY kit, a box of meringues, a lemon (in a jiffy bag, of course), and a ransom note.  But with my renewed 'zest' for knitting, I hope I 'pipped' the rest to the post with this year's offering.Read more …

We all know someone who deserves the title and what better way to show them what you think of them than with a dish cloth or face cloth. This pattern, free thanks to Amy-Lynne of www.frogiezplace.blogspot.co.uk was my first shot at hero worship and was a satisfying and worthwhile project, judging by the response of my own particular superman. Using Debbie Bliss 100% cotton dk, this was a pleasure to work with and still looked fresh and new even after a couple of sessions of reworking several rows (I’m still learning).    …Read more …

My chicken and egg (or is that egg and chicken?) project is taking shape nicely.  Hens are more my thing than chicks, so my Easter project will be ‘eggs-eptional’. Who could resist a box of these best-dressed crème eggs?  Read more …

My February project was a toad dishcloth for my lovely old school friend's birthday. Why? Ode to the Toad Thanks to Shellie Wilson http://craftbits.com/project/dish-cloth-frog/Read more …

It was billed as a last-minute Valentine card and, as it did only take 20 minutes from start to finish, it lived up to its name. And how effective! Made my husband feel doubly-guilty to receive a handmade Valentine card when he only gave me...well, nothing!   With thanks to Kelly Jo Sweeney http://3bagsfullnz.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/last-minute-valentine.html  Read more …

With Christmas on the horizon, and a need to slake my thirst for woolly novelties, I remembered some natty Christmas puddings I’d seen, and after a knitting frenzy throughout December I wowed my family and friends with these little beauties. Each pud contains a foil-wrapped chocolate, and I used them as table place settings... ...and gave the above box as a gift.  Better than just any old box of sweets.  Roll on Easter.     Thanks to Tess Young at fibrefables.wordpress.comRead more …