• Free Patterns
    • 3 way neck warmer
    • A smidge of mohair
    • Asymmetric wrap
    • Bunny cowl
    • Flecks of colour
    • Garden stripes
    • lace cowl
    • Learn to knit mitts
    • Mohair wrap
    • Motorbike muffler
    • Mottled mohair scarf
    • Quick and Easy Shawly scarfy thing
    • Reversible cable scarf
    • Strawberry ripples
    • Summer lace stole
    • Tapered scarf
    • Textured cowl
    • Two colour cowl
  • Year of Lace

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Category Archives: fit

Mitts that fit

July 22, 2012

I have small hands.  I’ve made a few pairs of mitts over the years that have never fitted properly simply …

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My current WIP

April 22, 2012

Here’s an update on my current big project.  Way back in 2008 I bought 3 skeins of handpainted JJs Montage …

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My hem doesn’t hang straight.

April 21, 2012

I made a swing jacket and every time I put it on the sides hang longer than the middle of …

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A new top finished just in time for the warm weather

December 10, 2011

Its finished!  The Drop Stitch Lace tank has been completed with a few modifications. Knitted in the round.  This meant …

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Drop Stitch Lace tank

November 19, 2011

My current project is the Drop Stitch Lace Tank by Stephanie Japel.  I love the concept behind this top, the …

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Liesl – a quick knit in 3 takes.

October 27, 2011

I joined a Knit-along for Liesl.  I had some Aran weight cotton acrylic that would be good for summer and …

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Yoke finished

February 18, 2011

Tension being tighter gave me a perfect fit. Now for the adjustments to fit the rest of me.

The diet is working

January 10, 2011

I started a jumper 2 years ago and got to the armholes in April last year.  When I tried it …

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Sexy knits?

December 26, 2010

I’ve just been looking through the projects in “The official sexy knitters club” on Ravelry.  It got me thinking:  What …

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Swing jacket – the difference a few measurements can make

August 14, 2010

I made this to fit me which meant that the back is a Small and the front is an XL …

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Goals

April

1. Finish my Wurm

2. Get to the bust line on my v neck tunic

3. Weave a scarf that includes sari silk

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  • felt hat
  • pumpkin cowl
  • geometry
  • spicy spring
  • The safety scarf
  • Fi's scarf
  • Lace challenge 2 - bamboo triangle

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One of my books:

Victorian Lace TodayVictorian Lace Today by Jane Sowerby
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

An interesting look at lace knitting in 19th century London with patterns updated and translated into modern US lingo.

A lovely collection of shawls and scarves beautifully photographed.

I will be knitting more from this book.

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The same lace weight alpaca/silk is in all 3 scarves. Different textures, different colours, different results. #handmade #handknit

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