Denim

I am knitting two pairs of socks at the moment and these lovely blue pair of drops sock yarn are for my no.2.son who requested another pair. The pattern I'm using is from the lovely vogue book and is a standard rib - I need, however, to find a new pattern for the males in my family but I know that if I try and knit anything too fancy it will be rejected!
Definitely not rejected were the willowherb socks I knitted for my no.1.sons uni pal - this pattern was a delight to knit and according to my son went down well!  I like socks but my favourite knitting is garments.   My Dune is knitting nicely and I've reached the armhole shaping - I love this pattern and can't wait to wear it!  I have plans already for next garment but OTNs is Owls and Black which I must finish first!
Scarves and shawls are an attraction and at the moment I have a couple of each on the go. It's true to say my house is littered with knitting paraphernalia and I keep promising to sort it out but it never happens.   Lastly I have plans for one or two projects out of the last two editions of The Knitter magazine.   I shall need to live another 100ys to see me right!?

Dune from Echoes

I am enjoying knitting the lovely "Dune" from Kim Hargreaves' latest book - Echoes which as you can see is a lovely textured cardigan. It's knit in Rowan Denim which I bought some years back for a bargain £40 for 20 balls.
Say it quickly and it doesn't sound a lot does it?
Over the years I must have spent a small fortune on wool and fabric, haby and general notions but that's the thing with knitting you don't notice it under the mist of I MUST HAVE IT!

At a knit club one week were informed of a small stash of kidsilkhaze at bargain price was to be had - my knit pal, Sally, and I immediately grabbed a bag each while our friend sat and said "what about ME?"  But you said it wasn't your colour, we replied!  For that price it's my colour she came back with and so we shared!

Next time I'm going to photograph my recent purchases and demonstrate my new approach that of assigning a pattern to it!  Hurrah if it works, blast it if it doesn't I've bought it anyway!

Other projects OTNs include Owls and Black both of which are on my ravelry project pages and I will blog about them later too.

Drops sock yarn

The lovely Drops sock yarn that I bought in a recent sale.  In addition I bought some "sock rocket" needles too!  Both needles and yarn are lovely.

Some socks OTNs

Some socks OTNs include a pair - top - in blue for no.2.son using some bargain priced Drops sock yarn and below, a pair of Regia both of which are vintage rib pattern from the lovely Vogue book of socks.

Photo testing

 I am testing how to upload photos to my blog as I already have dozens to share I would rather use my iPad to update my blog but it's not very photo friendly!

What a long time!?

I can't believe how long it's been since I last blogged!  This time last year we were celebrating our eldest sons' graduation and in Australia!  And what have I done in the meantime?  Not much?  Well there had been some serious knitting and stashing and if you check out my projects page on ravelry you can see!
I shall try and remember to take photographs on my camera and share them!
My sons are still studying hard, dh is still unretired and working and I'm still managing to cling onto two days a week laughably called going out to work!
Knitting wise I have knitted the lovely Owligan and am knitting owls too by Kate Davies and have other projects OTNs eg Dune from latest Kim Hargreaves book - Echoes.
I will try and keep the blog going and keep you updated with knitting progress a bit more frequently!