Cherry Blossom toe-up sock

This is the first completed sock from my earlier post – one down, one to go. I’m really pleased with the way this yarn striped up and this photo doesn’t do the colours justice.

2ply Baby Shawl

Finally, the baby shawl in 2ply wool on 3mm needles. The pattern is an easy one so I can knit it without having to work from a chart or a pattern – also the fact that I’ve knit the same shawl about 5 times before helps!.

I have until the end of October to finish this for the new arrival!

More WIP

In an effort to shame myself into finishing something I thought I would post all my current work in progress – which are many!

A lot of these are only WIP because they need to be sewn up and finished and here I need to own up to the fact that I love knitting but hate sewing up so when I get to the end (or near the end) of knitting something I have a terrible habit of picking up a new knitting project and the poor half-finished article gets stuck in a bag behind the sofa.

The only time I sew something up as soon as I finish knitting is when I’m making something as a present for friends or family and I have a birthday or christmas deadline to hit.

So the current pile behind the sofa is shown in the following posts –

…. and in amongst all this lot I am knitting hats/scarves/gloves etc for my Breakthrough sale

Fingerless mitts

These were knitted in Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran from a pattern in the latest edition of knitty.com – “Fetching”. They are brilliant – the wool is wonderfully soft and a pair of gloves takes only one ball and knits up in a couple of hours. What could be more satisfying! Perfect for keeping wrists and hands warm and fingers free for…..well, knitting another pair perhaps?
This colour is shade 617 and is a lovely plummy shade. I love this wool as it comes in a huge variety of really lovely warm, autumn colours and is easy to knit and beautiful to wear.

Cashmerion Aran is 55% merino wool, 33% microfibre, 12% cashmere and knits on 5mm needles. These gloves are knit on 4mm needles however and so are a very solid fabric to keep out the chill.

I think I’ll be knitting a lot more of these before the winter is out.