Plum Done!

What a great day, loved the Royal Wedding and all the best to them both :)

While watching all the goings on from 8 this morning, happily finished my cardi

Added length to the body and sleeves and love it!

Haven't gotten the next lot of work through.. so quickly casted on for something else for me.. more on that, when there is more to show!

Have a super weekend.. till next time x

Plum Fun

Not had much for me to blog about, been a whirl of sample knitting for others, a mini break means time for me!

First up I chain plied the Wildcraft Prunus EWB from previous post

 

I got 168 yards from 100 grams and will make a lovely felted bag

Then what to knit for me, luckily Chic Knits released a new Pattern Vonica and just my sort of pattern, seamless and worked top down and in DK weight yarn.. I choose Sidar Denim Tweed in the colour way Plum Duff, love this yarn, soft and squishy.. with the right balance of wool, cotton and acrylic to make it a easy care garment.

Very clever design to have the neck band incorporated while working the fronts pieces.

The fronts are worked first round the neck, then back sts picked up from them.

I started each piece with a new ball of yarn and left them attached.. which left yarn ready for joining for body and in the right place for picking up sts for the sleeves.

I worked the body, till that yarn ended, then put sts on hold and worked sleeves..till their yarn ended.
Sleeves now on hold and back to finish body!

I hope to get body done today, hopefully lol then to decided if to do sleeves as pattern or full length, which is more likely as I do like a long sleeve ;)

Till next time x

March FO's

Some how Feb slipped by in a haze of knitting for Anni, great fun as it was with a gorgeous new yarn.. more to follow when the patterns are published.. you can get a little view of two I did in this blog post by Anni.
I did one in cream and a blue mix.. love how Artesano dyed this yarn, although cream seemed an odd choice (their choice) it looked lovely knitted up!

I did start Damson for my Mum, was meant to be a Christmas pressie, but first yarn went missing in the snow! I spotted that Great British yarns sells Knit pick yarns, so ordered Blue Violet which seemed apt as my Gran loved growing African Violets.. Took Damson with me to the Spin a Yarn knit morning last week (had a lovely time catching up with Anni and the other lovely ladies) then got the urge to continue and finish

Didn't have enough yarn to do the loopy bit on the edge, but love the simple lines of this shawlette.. will give it to Mum for Mothers Day in April.

My sister Pam, admired my felted bags and had a rummage through my handspun and choose this one

Hand dyed, hand spun Shetland, named Shayla, which was knitted then felted

Finished size 6.5in.. was different making this one as she had a size in mind.. now she has to come over and see if it her phone and bits fit in there... could always check with Taryl as he has the same phone.. that just occured to me lol

Also had a little time to spin.. some gorgeous fibre from Wildcraft
Prunus EWB ( English Wool Blend) lovely to spin and will let it rest to chain ply it

Now to find something to do, while waiting for patterns to arrive.. then its a busy ole time ahead!

A Supreme Shawlette

Squeezing in one last FO for this month, a gorgeous shawlette knitted last week for Anni  to be part of  her Easy Lace e-book, due in April-ish

She very kindly sent me photos for me to use here

Knitted in Supreme Sock Yarn which is gorgeous and the pattern a joy to work.