Knitting

Chonky Pink Winter Set

A few months ago I wandered into town of a weekend, just to have a bit of a poke around the shops. …

Ice Cream Dreams

Part of my never-ending quest to get my stash to actually fit into the four boxes it’s supposed to. I’ve had a stash of multicoloured acrylic yarn lying around for years; so long I can barely remember the project I bought it for. …

Fisherman's Rib Jumper

Many years ago, when I was just getting into knitting, I disovered the joys of buying job lots of knitting patterns from eBay. …

Yoga Socks

You ever have one of those moments when you think you’ve had an incredible idea, a brand new thought, the first of its kind? …

'Ruby Thursday' Socks

I had a sudden urge for a pair of red socks, so I made it happen! I used the Ruby Thursday Wollmeise I had leftover from Margot, and a stitch pattern I’ve used before and really liked. …

Slipped Stitch Cropped Vest

This is knit from a pattern in the now defunct Knit.1 magazine, from the single copy of it I bought back when I decided I could save some money by knitting my own clothes (and before my tastes in yarn got ahead of my budget :joy:). …

'Volt' Lightning-Bolt Sweater

A couple of years ago now I went to the Knitting and Stitching Show at… the Olympia, I want to say? …

Huge Garter-Stitch Blanket

Literally just a huge garter stitch blanket with a couple of mixed batches of acrylic from LoveCrafts (LoveKnitting as it was then). …

'Waiting for Rain' Scarf/Shawl

I really liked the look of this pattern when I spotted it on Ravelry; the mixture of textured garter stitch with inset swoopy panels of lace looked fun and interesting. …

'Boardwalk Blouse' Top

Super-cute semi-cropped top with horizontal garter rib for texture. The colours on this don’t really work for me but it’s a nice shape! …

Margot Cap-Sleeve Top

This is a bottom-up, seamless tee with lace yoke and matching lace trim at bottom, and a keyhole detail at the back. …

'Bradway' Chunky Scarf

This is a really nice chunky triangular scarf in lovely light and fluffy wool. Gloriously warm and bouncy, and the textures of the different sections are particularly pleasing. …

Toe-Up 'Pucker' Socks

This was a really interesting and fun pattern to knit; it looks super-complicated but it’s actually not that bad once you get into the swing. …

Randi the Tiny Unicorn

Randi is a tiny unicorn who turned into our team mascot (our team name at the time being Research and Insight, hence RandI). I don’t remember why exactly but I was happy for it to happen. …

'Offhand' Gloves as Convertible Mittens

I had a mighty need for some convertible mittens, but most patterns just have a cut-off hand rather than the hobo-style partial fingers I prefer, so I adapted a full glove pattern to get what I wanted (that pattern being Offhand Gloves by Susan Iding. …

'Pluie' Intarsia Cardigan

This is a pattern I saw and immediately wanted to make; I bought the pattern and yarn, was thrilled throughout the making… …

'Murderpigs' Colourwork Cardigan

This was for the Redacted Renegade Games back in 2014. Old-school LSG will know but for background: Ravelry was going to run a community event where people compete in teams to make different types of projects, kind of like the [redacted] Games that happen every 4 years, and with a similar name. …