Will I ever stop with the puns? Probably not!
I was going to wait until I’d finished the second instalment on both Woollywormhead hats, but hat A is taking me longer than I’d thought! I have to post the following warning
I got a light slap on the wrists for sharing photos of the brims in Ravelry groups so I thought if you’re of a sensitive nature and don’t want to be spoilt, consider yourself forewarned!
They always say the essence of good comedy is timing. So it is when you’re chronically ill (that’s what I meant in last post by “chronic” not, as I learnt from Sil, a smoker of pot!).
I accepted a 20-item wholesale order from the new yarn shop in Manchester, Purl City, and I came down with this weird sore throat/aching limbs/cold thing. Typical.
Anyway, you’d think that being able to do nothing but watch TV and surf the internets would leave me plenty of time to knit. Ha!
I’ve not been totally ideal, but I’ve not had much concentration or stamina (things needed for crafting)
Watershed progress - bad photo!
Watershed from a few rows back but showing the pattern a bit better
I have been doing planning though.
Woollywormhead’s now-annual Mystery Hat KAL kicks off on the 1st of November and I’ve pulled yarn out of my stash to knit both variations she’s offering
L: Some Assembly Required in Raspberry Desert Rose Tonal R: King Cole Moods
The pink yarn on the left is for Pattern A (the slightly more intricate of the two) and the red is for Pattern B. I used the red yarn for last year’s Mystery KAL and I have enough left for this year!
I’ve also been trying to decide what to make a Shoru shawl/scarf out of. [Ravelry link]
Choices for Shoru scarf
Both are Mean Girls Yarn Club, one from the first incarnation and one from the second. I just can’t seem to make up my mind…
The shawl/scarf is knit side-to-side so you can use every yard of your yarn by increasing to the centre using the first half of your yarn and then decrease from the centre using the remainder of the yarn.
Of course, I’ve promised myself I will finish my Cerisara cardigan, my mum’s chenille cardigan and my entrelac wrist-warmers before starting anything else but …. it’s only a hat/scarf… right?
Want to see why? http://folksy.com/shops/dyedinthewool
I’m slowly catching up on my blog-reading but sadly I’ve not yet worked out a way to sew, read and comment all at the same time!
KNITTING!!!
Amy runs up to Knitting and gives it a hug.
How have you been? I’ve missed you!
Coldharbour Twist hat
This is a Coldharbour Twist hat (by Woollywormhead) for my mum in Sublime Organic Cotton DK. I’m really liking how the texture’s coming out in the yarn and it’s not too hard on the old hands, either.
I’m on to the crown decreases so chances are the next time you see this it will be a finished object!
I got some chunky-weight yarn to make some mittens for my mum and myself (my own pattern which I’ll release at some point!). Guess which colour I’m having!
Chunky yarn for mittens
I also got some lovely fabric and a versatile blouse pattern (with multiple cup sizes – useful!)
Nice, no? Image is "flipped" because I took it with my Macbook camera.
And just the fabric:
Paisley fabric
Not totally sure of the fibre content but it feels like a polycotton blend (polyester for certain because it’s got that “sheen” to it)
I actually bought these items in person from an actual shop because I was in Manchester to meet up with some fellow knitters. I had a lovely 6 hours of knitting, chatting and shopping but of course I’m now absolutely shattered! I’m planning on resting for the next few days if at all possible.
And finally…
Thank you for the well wishes towards my grandmother. At one point we really were preparing for the worst but she’s pretty stubborn and is actually making progress (regaining movement and senses on her left side). Obviously, she will never be “better” but anything that means she is more comfortable is good.
It’s almost as if you don’t love me anymore…
Oh, poor neglected blog.
What have I been doing?
MAhoosive munster-crochet blanket
Semi-secret sewing
and the only knitting I've done in about a month
Please note that they only way I managed to get photos was to use my Macbook’s built-in camera. Lazy Amy is lazy.
A quite note on personal stuff; I was doing really well health-wise and I managed to go into The Big City twice in a month (including meeting up with some of my imaginary internet friends) plus start sewing some stuff for The Thing. So of course I’d over done it (SURPRISE!) and had a dip in my health. And then my paternal grandmother had another stroke and was admitted to hospital and to be honest I was preparing for the worst earlier in the week but she does seem to be doing very well. And then I had another attack of vertigo yesterday.
And that’s where I’m up to.
