Tuesday 24 April 2012

On My Knitting Needles - April



This is what I've got on my knitting needles at the moment. It's a waistcoat for Marmee. It's gorgeous. I'm quite in love with it, so I'll have to make myself one next! Check it out on Ravelry.  I had some gauge issues with this one, so I'm glad to have made it past the swatch!

Do you like my stitch markers? They are super luxe. A treat to myself from HeyButtons on Etsy. I do love them, they are semi precious stones! You can see one of the Lepidolite ones which are purple. But I also have green Dragons Blood Jasper (with red lines running through it!) and red Crab Fire Agate. Don't they have the most amazing names? I often thread a few on a very long silver chain and wear them as a necklace :)



I've been learning to knit lace (more about that below) and the little lace leaves have been ideal to get my confidence up. I think I have done enough repeats to have memorised how to knit a leaf now. Yay!




Back to the real lace project! This is the progress on the lace for Mimi's hat. It's taking shape. I must admit I'm finding such fine lace hard going though. I only manage about 4 rows and then I go cross eyed! I love the results so I will persevere.


I would like to incorporate some feathers, but not sure how right now... By the way, the hat base is from SquirlGirl Millinery Supplies on Etsy. 



 Half way done! Yummy.

Have you linked up to the latest Etsy Stock Take yet? There is a give away this week as well, you can win a craft book: Beaded Jewellery!

6 comments:

  1. Nice job...I have no idea how to knit. I do however know how to crochet:)

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    1. Cheers! I'm working on crochet too, but right now knitting is my muse :)

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  2. Thanks for pointing me in the direction of your projects :) Both look fantastic, I love the hat particularly! Good idea to do a simpler lace repeat for confidence, I might just have to take your advice on that one ;)

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    1. I would love to see how you get on with lace, you have learnt so many amazing new techniques so fast, I find it very inspiring ;)

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  3. You're doing great! This is how I got started too, leafs are perfect for practise. Now that you've been bitten by the Lace virus, you will be knitting lace for ever ! hahahaha.

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    1. Haha! I did enjoy the big chunky leaves a lot, but the silk lace is proving more of a pain... Oh well, you live and learn... :)

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