How Much?

My daughter wanted a beret and has been looking in the shops. "How much?" says I, "I could make one for that...just look on Ravelry there are hundreds of patterns! Failing that my dear child, you could make one yourself."

So she took my advice, joined Ravelry, looked, dug out some acrylic yarn from my cupboard and cast on. She completed five inches of moss stitch (on size 8mm needles, superchunky yarn) and then realised it should have been knit in a round. I didn't have a circular needle big enough to finish it on so I tried to finish it flat. Unfortunately, the shaping went all out of control and she ended up with a beret with a rather peculiar point on the top!

We went back to the drawing board, frogged what she had done and I ended up casting on a completely different beret.

I started and finished said beret in one evening using a pattern that does exactly what it says "on the tin". It is a speedy cabled beret and it has made my daughter very, very happy!



Speedy Cabled Beret

(My Christmas suprise is nearly finished and ready for the end of month! Yay, go me! I also have a very sweet little friend to share with you...when I have completed his fourth leg!)...

Mittens for Teapots?

Yes, I have finished it and I love it! Every well dressed teapot should have one.



Pattern - Tea-Mitten

In the summer, a long time ago, when all the leaves on the trees were green, I made a Clapotis using Noro Silk Garden. I tried lots of different patterns to show the colours in the yarn the best way I could and I think this shows the changes in them beautifully.

It's a very Autumnal leafy coloured scarf and I adore it.



Here's a question for you now. What have pom-poms and left over sock yarn got in common?



Scarves of course! I was out for a wander in town this afternoon when this scarf jumped out at me as I walked past Accessorize. I pulled my daughter and Mum into the shop to have a good look at it and see how it was made. After taking mental notes, we left Accessorize knowing what my next big project was going to be...now has anyone got an empty cereal box and a compass by any chance?