Charity Knitting
I had a big bag of yarn leftover from 5 blankets that I had crocheted over the past couple of years so I decided to use it up knitting beanies for a local organisation, Crafting […]
Category: Knitting
May socks
I have finished my May socks. These ones were for Hubby and he chose the yarn which is Naturally Gallipoli in shade 82455. The best thing about this yarn is a percentage of the sales […]
April Socks
My April socks are done, these ones are for my Dad and he has wide feet so I cast on 68 stitches instead of the usual 60 for these ones. I used some yarn I […]
March Socks
My March socks are done and dusted (finished on the 28th) and I have worn them once already. This pair is knitted with West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4 ply in the colourway Pheasant from their […]
February Socks
I have finished my February socks with one day to spare. I knitted these ones for hubby and they ended up having different toes. I made the first one too short so I unpicked it […]
Sock Knitting Challenge
I have decided not to buy any new yarn or fabric this year until I have used up what I have in my stash. I have set myself a challenge to knit 12 pairs of […]
Hand knitted socks
4 years ago I decided that I was going to knit myself a pair of socks. Fast forward 3 years to Lockdown 1.0 and the half a sock that was languishing in my WIP pile […]
Christmas gifts / Crochet / Handmade / Knitting / Lockdown Covid 19 / recycling / Sewing
Christmas Crafting
Now that Christmas is done and dusted for another year, I thought I would share with you some of the gifts I made. Most of these were made while we were under lockdown in April/May […]
Me made wardrobe
As well as adding to my wardrobe with thrifted items last year, I also did some sewing and knitting to give it a boost as well. I had a bit of time under our first […]
Scrap blanket revisited
Hello from Lockdown here in Wellington! The weather is awful here today so I thought I would give you an update on my scrap blanket which I first posted about back in March 2017. I […]