All set for Winter.

It's finished. I'm dead pleased with this. A really quick & satisfying knit. Used exactly 15 balls not 16 as per the pattern grrrrr! Just waiting for the cold weather to arrive, I'm sure it will soon!

Old Biddies Lace Scarf aka ARGOSY!

I was thrilled to get this finished & blocked. DH took one look & announced it looks like an old biddies lace scarf! Men, dontcha just love 'em? It's made me a bit conscious of it now, so I've not worn it yet!

It's done in Noro Silk Garden Lite shade 2014, same as the one in Knitty.

Hobbycraft

I've heard rumours that Hobbycraft is a great place to pick up an knitterly bargain. So, I drove the 10 miles into the unknown territory of Wolverhampton & guess what, barely a bargain in site. Just a few skeins of Rowanpun 4ply was all they had at what I'd call cheap (49p each). I managed to find a pattern for my dd (no mean feat when they were all piled up in no particular order I've honestly seen tidier knitting patterns at the charity shop, what a mess.) only to find it was just 49p too. "Were there any more you wanted" enquired the cashier. Yes loads, but how does anyone know they're 49p & which ones exactly are reduced, she had no idea.

Feeling brave, I headed into the city centre & had a mooch in Beatties, now this was more like it, but I was about a week too late for their sale. Loads of Rowan at half price. I figured that the limited colours left must be the dross of their range, so didn't bother. But I did get a pile of current Sirdar patterns that were just 5p.

Progrees is good on the Bigga jacket, collar done, not as bad as I was expecting. Can't wait to finish it & get onto the next thing. I'm a really strict knitter & refuse to start another project until the current one is completed.

Venturing into Blogland

Well, this a new thing for me. I read lots of blogs & thought I'd join the happy band of knitterly bloggers. I'll be mostly whittering on about knitting, current projects & stuff. I'll try to keep it updated.

I don't have a cat I'm afraid. If it's an unwritten blog rule, then I just broke it. I've toyed with the idea of getting one to photograph wrapped in my prjects as bloggers do, but I really don't 'do' pets, so I'll have to make do with dd's cuddly one!

I made these socks for myself straight after Christmas. Regia Sierra in shade Ethno. Xmas pressie off ds3. In fact I'm wearing them today. I also have glittens to match, there is a mitten top hidden under there somewhere.

I treated myself to some Noro silk garden lite & last week made Argosy from Knitty.com winter issue. It's all blocked & ready to wear/photograph.

The current project is a cabled jacket from Womans Weekly knitting & stitching special. One of the worst patterns I've ever worked from, badly worded, strange abbreviations. Started this on Thursday night & finished all the pieces by yesterday. Dreading the collar, 'cause the instructions for it are pants too! The weatherman says we're getting a cold spell later this week so I need to get it ready for snuggling up in.