The special project I’ve been working on was a present for my mother’s birthday. It’s a lace and bead scarf, it’s proven difficult to photograph but here goes:
The scalloped border is based on a “peacock tail” pattern I found in an old Victorian pattern for cuffs. I threaded beads on my yarn so that each [...]
I’ve finished the Marguerite Baby Cardigan that I started a while ago.
I’m not quite as taken by the yarn as I was initially - it’s static cling really annoyed me after a while. It’s easy to get sick of knitting three stitches then having to pause to remove your hair/cat fur/thread/etc. from the work. I [...]
Remember this?
Well it seems its ambition was to become these:
Not pretty are they. DH seems to like them, but he’s not hard to please. He sees their practical side and their appearance is no issue in his mind. Granted they will be very warm and my old pair of gloves are ready to be retired, [...]
