I'm Back!

Well, it's been awhile...

We moved.

Then 2 weeks later I fell down the stairs. I broke 3 ribs, punctured a lung, broke my foot & fractured my skull. It took me over 6 months to get over it all & even then I couldn't knit as it was too painful. 

 But we went on holiday & I've got my mojo back!

7 Daisy Sequin Scarves, 2 Easy Peasy Lace Shawls 1 Curly Wurly....

Now I just need to find somewhere to sell them all near London!

Easy Peasy Lace Shawl

I knitted my Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy Lace Shawl in 2 ply lilac lambswool, with 2 beads on the picot edging, I was really pleased how this turned out, it's so lovely & soft & drapes wonderfully.

Loweswater Show 2011

Just got to see what I won at this year's Loweswater Show, which was at the beginning of September, but we were away, so our neighbour, Maud, who runs the Industrial section, put my things in for me.

I was amazed I got a 1st for my blackberry jelly, am quite chuffed with that, as usually don't do well in the cooking section. Then a 1st for a drawing of a fern, I did years ago.
Then a 1st for my Shetland Inspired scarf, knitted in a butterscotch mohair, it's gorgeous.
And another 1st for my easy peasy shawl in double knit, it has a metallic thread through it which catches the light.
A 2nd for an embroidered alphabet.
And last but not least a 3rd for a crocet article, which was a bag I made to keep my yarn stash in! Think I would have done better but I know I didn't finish off very well when I attached the flowers, I was in a rush to finish it & at the time I hadn't even thought about putting it into the show, would have tried a bit harder!

Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy Lace Shawl, with beads

I knitted it again in laceweight yarn, but this time added a bead into each of the picots, it's really pretty as it catches the light.
Does my bum look big in this? - Don't bothering answering, I know....

All the picots pinned out

Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy Lace Shawl in Double Knit

This is the same shawl, but knitted in a double knit weight yarn, it has a silver thread running through it, which catches the light. You can see the picots quite well.

Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy Lace Shawl

This is me trying to be arty!

And again!

But you get a better idea of what the shawl looks like from this one. It's a very easy pattern, taken from my Sampler Lace Shawl pattern, just using a combination of eyelet & stockinette then finishing off with a picot edging. The pattern for this will be in this years Woolfest programme.

This is it with the picots pinned out, blocking.