Ravelry mitten exchange 0ct 2009

Ravelry mitten Exchange Christmas parcel

January 2, 2010 at 11:14 pm | Posted in Knitting | 2 Comments
Tags: Christmas, mittens, neros knitters, Ravelry mitten exchange 0ct 2009, Yarn, ysolda teague

I was Jumping for joy this morning when i arrived at work to find a parcel under the desk with my name on the top of the address, I instantly new it was my Raverly Mitten Exchange package, and was so excited to open it to see my new mittens for the first time, I opened it up to find a new skein of wool, my new mittens, cocoa chocolate drink, ground coffee, Burts bee’s hand salve, wool wash, spiced chocolate, A snowman decoration ( my first ever decoration for a christmas tree) i now need one for next year , A pez candy dispenser of santa , some lotion, stitch markers and more… yes the list goes on

Happy times, Also managed to nearly finish the first of the pair of the cotton reel mittens today i just have abit of ribbing and the thumb and then i’m done, And onto the second!

It’s been a rather good day today And i’m looking forward to the first knitting group back since christmas! can’t wait to see everyone and see what knitting stuff they got for xmas.

Anyways i must carry on knitting i may even cast on something new tonight! I’m feeling crazily happy

See you soon xx

On with the exciting news

October 20, 2009 at 7:36 pm | Posted in Knitting, Spinning | 1 Comment
Tags: 1st book, handspun, Knitting, mittens, patterns, Ravelry mitten exchange 0ct 2009, Socks, Yarn

First bit of exciting news is i finished my mittens for the exchange and shall be posting them in a few days hopefully. I was doing the End paper Mitts which are fingerless but i had the patience to sit back and draw out a chart for a full mitten and they look great on I’m really pleased with the result.

Second bit of news is I’ve spun some more fiber for my hand spun sock which mean i can carry on knitting them whoop!!

And the third but best news is I’m Starting My own book with my own patterns for you all to enjoy. I’m hoping to give myself the year to design and create the patterns and then self publish it. I’m giving myself a good target of next December. And I’ve already planned my time for each pattern and making the book. I’ve already starting some beautiful socks using the laughing yaffle sock yarn i showed you in my last post.

It’s all down to the people i love spurring me on. I just think I’m ready and have enough knowledge to start something great with what i love to do. When i got depression a few years back i thought my creative career was suddenly over but it’s not it’s just the beginning i needed.

I just hope My fans will get bigger and My patterns can go on.

Anyways i better get back to work peeps no time to be wasted

xxx

I’ve got that mitten feeling!

October 7, 2009 at 3:08 pm | Posted in General ( day to day stuff), Knitting | Leave a comment
Tags: chunky, handdyed, handspun, mittens, patterns, Ravelry mitten exchange 0ct 2009, Scarf, skeins, tattoo's, Yarn

Not am i only knitting mittens for my exchange pal but I’ve recently downloaded a pattern for myself called the Swedish fish mitten by Spillyjane on Ravelry. It’s so cute and i’ve been looking at it for a long time now and treated myself too it. I haven’t started knitting it just yet as i have a few things on the go, which i need to finish first but the yarn is already purchased and ready to go for when i do.

In the post yesterday i finally go my new skein of sock yarn from laughingyaffle.com, the colour way is Ruby Riot which is a selection of reds and purples it beautiful and also smell really nice like flower fragrance soap or something just as nice.

I picked up my spindle again yesterday and today to carry on spinning the rest of my hand spun sock yarn, i figured that i really wanna finished my socks since it’s nearly winter and the yarn is so warm on my little toes lol!!

My Colinette point five scarf as turned out nice

And i knitted up some of my hand spun chunky yarns to see what they look like for when i make them for a project And i had some more of my moomin tattoo colour the photo’s really blurry though but i’ll show it anyways

Mitten Exchange joy

October 2, 2009 at 11:15 pm | Posted in General ( day to day stuff), Knitting | Leave a comment
Tags: dyes, Knitting, mittens, patterns, Ravelry mitten exchange 0ct 2009

I found out my info for my Ravelry mitten exchange and am greatly excited and have already started and I’m passed the ribbing on the cuff, so I’m full speed ahead into the colour work. I’ve decided to go with the end paper mitts on Ravelry but inside of them being fingerless I’m going to make it a full mitten. so it looks a bit different. the person I’m knitting for is from USA and she like autumn colours which is great i already had some yarn in mind ad went right out to by some the next day since i had my wage.

Just a sneaky peek for you i just hope my exchange buddy likes :/

I also dyed my hair and went dark so my hair looks a lot neater

more updates soon..