Lately I’ve been revisiting my stash of vintage and reproduction vintage sewing patterns, and the associated stash of fabric to go with it. First up is Simplicity 3833. This is a reproduction o...
At the start of last month, I took a work trip to Amsterdam and the Hague. During the cold snap that gripped much of Northern Europe over that first week of February. The things I noted during that ...
So, it’s been a while since I updated which means it’s time for a brief flurry of activity. First things first. I finally got around to putting the animal face charts from the blanket sq...
So, I’ve joined a Movember team as a (grits teeth) mo-sista. It’s not a work team, but does involve some people I work with. I’m on board to offer support to the others’ fund...
We’re in need of a bit of a laugh at work at the moment. My boss keeps saying that people are asking for the moon on a stick. Now, in fine Lee and Herring style, we can give it to them. But n...
Yesterday, we took a trip to the seaside to visit Jenny and meet the baby. It’s been far too long since the six of us were all together in one place and it was a great day. There was an excess ...
I recently found that the lightweight cardigan I had been knitting had a couple of moth holes in it. Well, I found out where the little buggers had been living. This coat, I should explain, is an ol...
We had our monthly far north London knitting group this afternoon and I made good progress on finishing the short row shaping on the Fred Perry inspired top I have been knitting on and off since June...
So, a while ago I blogged this about my experiments with pleating. Here’s the end results. It’s actually been sitting in a pile of almost completed projects, waiting for buttons, for abo...
A few weeks ago, as I looked out of the 341 bus window on the way to work, I saw something interesting – a new haberdashery? opening soon? So, I took a trip down to Ray-Stitch this morning (it&...
As the sun has finally come out, my thoughts have turned to summery knitting. My thoughts were lightweight, cool fabrics, something very simply shaped but with small interesting details (I realised ...
This is My Little War Pony. Some say he’s a squeezy stress toy in a felt tin hat and saddle. Some say he’s a prototype educational toy designed to educate pre-school children in the pligh...
These are not my work – they were made by my sister for my niece’s birthday. She has a small line in making fine cupcakes and decorative cakes for very lucky people in the Coventry area ...
Last year, I designed a pattern for a knitted version of human chromosome number one. The two chromosomes made from that pattern are now sitting in the Who Am I gallery in the Science Museum, demons...
So, I thought I wanted to make the Geodesic cardigan. After a couple of false starts, it turns out I didn’t want to make it at all. I wanted to make something similar – I love those sli...
My old phone was slowly dying. So, it was time for a new one and I succumbed to both a contract and a smartphone. Not an Iphone. It was never going to be an iphone. I wouldn’t try to persuade ...
So, I had the idea for a knitted dress a while ago and had a cone of Yeomans 4 ply merino stashed away. And I’ve found that I like a lot of the slightly sheer drapey knits that are around at t...
It’s meant to look like a character from the film Cars, but I ask you – Headlamp eyes or very large nipples?
A little while ago, I found out that a knitting friend is expecting her first baby. So, an idea for some new bootees came to my mind. I’m not going to reveal any precise details yet but they ...
Back in November, I posted my pattern for toy soldier Christmas decorations. Very shortly afterward, I was contacted by Lilibet on Ravelry, who had made some soldiers from the pattern. These are her...
I finally got around, just before Christmas, to making the variation on the Burberrish Cowl that I had visualised in my head. My hair is naturally very, very thick. Having had it cut in October into...
Back a couple of months ago, I had a couple of large projects on the go. One was the pleated wrap top which I have blogged about before, the other a dress length variation of the Folded pullover, b...
Is it too early for Christmas decorations? Last year, I was part of Knit The City and took part in the Nutcracker Knitmare Before Christmas piece. As the Nutcracker features Christmas presents which ...
I can’t take full credit for the pattern here. Someone else designed the original cable pattern and the lovely garment you shall see at the end of this post was made by the friend who initiall...
I was away in Whitstable for the weekend from Friday to Sunday. It’s a weekend trip that I’ve done a couple of times before with some knitting friends. We hire a gorgeous cottage overlo...
If you were to speak to my boyfriend, he would tell you of his conviction that I am trying to stab him to death very slowly. You see, I have never really used a pincushion. The pins and needles stay...
Many knitters have a tendency towards startitis. For me, it seems ingrained. I have an entire canvas shelf unit full of WIPs. And it has now extended towards the patterns I’ve been writing. ...
I’ve been a bit fixated of late with sheer knits. You know the sort – they take the lace principle of a skinny yarn knit on slightly too fat needles but are done in a plain stocking stitc...
This is a little number I designed for the Stitch and Bitch London Knit Crawl in 2009. The size of moustache produced will be dictated by your yarn and hook choice. My DK and 4mm needle produced a m...
Apologies for the tweeness of the post title. One of the fantastic things about Ravelry is the constant developments. One of the recent ones has been the recategorisation of all the patterns. This h...
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