So, my The Knitter magazine was waiting for me on the door mat when I got home this evening - I don't know why but it seems just so much more exciting to have this delivered than buying it straight from WH Smith's or somewhere. I have yet to open it and start reading through all the wonderful info, as I felt a blog was necessary (and long overdue).
I have recently cast on two new projects. The first one is called Bamburg by Judy Furlong, a pair of red and black gauntlet style gloves that I'm making for Lewis' mum for her birthday on January 7th, and the
second is a pair of Monkey socks by the infamous Cookie A, which are for the December KAL. This is the first time I've taken part in a KAL and I'm very excited! I think it's a great concept as it encourages you to try new patterns that you may not have had the courage to try, along with knowing that a fair few other people are also attempting the same challenge. It's like a virtual knitting group, as you can post pictures part way through and ask all sorts of ridiculous questions without feeling stupid! I cast on the Monkey socks using a skein of Persephone by Yarn D'amour in colourway Saucy...[que photo which was already saved on my comp] which I bought at the UK Ravelry day in Coventry earlier this year:
I've done the first 6 rounds of twisted rib and am loving how the colours are coming out!
I know it's going to be a challenge to finish the Monkey socks AND the Bamburg gloves all in about a month, but I figure with the Christmas holidays coming up I'll have plenty of time in amongst shopping and wrapping up presents to get these finished. Although I do have my doubts sometimes as it tends to take me about 2 weeks to finish one sock (on average) so I'll have to get some serious knitting commitment going!
The Bamburg gloves are so far proving to be the most complicated project I've ever tried - it starts with the wristband which looks like a twisted rope. This was my first attempt at an icord and I reckon I did a fairly ok job at it (after ripping back the first one which was on back to front). The pattern looks quite clever as you pick up stitches using the wristband and start knitting the hand part of the glove from there. So you don't have any skinny cast on or cast off edge, ingenious!
I'm also quite excited about making these gloves because I'm the first person on Ravelry to have posted the project - it was published in last month's The Knitter (issue #12).
Ooh! In other news, this was quite cool I think - I posted a thread on Ravelry asking how many beads approximately you would get in 100g of size SB7 embroidery beads. When know one replied (which is odd) I thought there was no way of knowing. Now the reason I was asking about the beads is because I've spied another project called Aida Scarf and Gloves (also by Judy Furlong) which are absolutely gorgeous! I want to make the gloves as a new challenge: my first beading project, and I wanted to know how many 15g pots to buy. Guess who personal messaged me on Ravelry this morning...Judy Furlong herself! It's so cool that these designers are people you can actually communicate with, avoiding the whole celebrity hassle (as they are celebrities of the knitting world). Anyway, I thought that was really cool, and am eager to complete both projects and let her know how clever her patterns are.
Wow, this blog has extended much further than I originally intended, maybe because I've been holding back all those blogs that 'required' a photo! ha!
Anyway, will post more often I promise:)
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