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!

It's Finished - Four Seasons Lace Shawl

Well, I finally finished The Four Seasons Lace Shawl, trying to write up the pattern is a different story altogether, eyes are so sore concentrating!

 Spring, Estonian stitch, Lily of the Valley

 Summer - Dayflower

Autumn - Interlocking Cherry Leaves

 Winter - Christmas trees

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.

New Shawl - Field Of Flowers

Have just finished a new shawl, am really pleased with it, am calling it Field of Flowers, unless I can think of anything better. It starts with small flowers, then progresses to flowers with 1 set of leaves, then 2 sets of leaves & then finally the edging is the flower, 2 sets of leaves & a stem. Think it would lovely with a bead in the middle of each flower & maybe going down the stem. Will have to have a go knitting one like that. But for now I've got to write the pattern up, that'll take me long enough! And then I need to make some stock for Percy House in Cockermouth as sold quite a lot before Christmas & am running very low.

Will post some pictures when I've taken them!

Happy New Year! Happy New Scarf!

Just because I have been posting doesn't mean I haven't been busy over Christmas & the New Year.

I've been working on a new scarf pattern for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. It has 4 different diamond patterns with a diamond edging grafted on later.

The 1st is a small diamond pattern

which becomes a larger diamond pattern

then turns into a diamond chain

it then has a central diamond pattern & you reverse back in pattern sequence, ending with a diamond pattern edging which is grafted on afterwards.

the diamond edging
It also has a border of faoggting, just to frame the patterns.

Next is a shawl & another scarf pattern....oh an exhibiton at Rheged....

I won a Cup at The Loweswater Show!

Well, am very surprised & delighted that I won a cup for the "best exhibit in knitting". I also won 3 firsts & 2 seconds! All for my knitting, sewing & drink-making capabilities, nothing at all for baking & jam/jelly/chutney - that really does sum me up! Would far rather be making things than cooking!

This is the shawl that won first in the double knitting category & "Best Exhibit in Knitting".

Then I won first in the 3/4 ply category with another shawl, unfortunately the socks I knitted for my husband didn't win anything - he's now allowed to wear them!

And in the knitted scarf category I won first prize for my curly-wurly scarf, which I designed myself, so am very chuffed about that!

These were all the entries in just the knitting & sewing categories! This was my cushion that came second, in the "home made cushion" category & then finally my elderflower cordial came second in the "summer drink in a jug" category.

I'm not even going to bother putting pictures of my jam/jelly/chutneys as they've been deemed "ungraded"! Must try better for next year, shame about my cheese scones, as I thought they turned out were rather nice

There the ones on the far left - look nice don't they? Think maybe they weren't big enough....

Anyway, it was a sunny, warm if windy day & thankfully the Show went ahead after being cancelled for the last 2 years because of wet weather. Looking forward to 2011!

Could do without the Morris Dancers though..........

Busy, busy, busy

Another shawl, using Orenburg designs

This shows the shape better but not the colour of the wool.And another arty shot....

Some wrist warmers, again using Shetland designs,

This has some lace with cable

Then some crochet.....some lace collars, which I haven't blocked yet

and a crocheted bag with lots of left-over yarn

Woolfest

Well, had the busiest 3 days of my year.

Thursday, I went on a lace knitting course by Galina Khmeleva at Higham Hall, which was good for techniques such as grafting to pieces of live knitting together, must try it out before I forget it!

Then Friday & Saturday was Woolfest, we think we had about 4,000 people come & visit, which was amazing & there were people from all over the UK & abroad as well, quite a few Americans, Estonians, Scandinavians & they're just the ones I met. So we're all exhausted but exhilarated, will post some pics when have them.

Going for a lie down........

Oh bought some yarn too, so maybe I'll have a play with that first!