So just a little tease:
The pinky thingy is already finished, just waiting for some last touch-ups.
Blue thingy is going to be finished in next few days, it's on the top of my list!
We are going on holiday in few days so I spent last few days looking for the right projects to take with me. Nothing too elaborate, nothing too boring, nothing too heavy (have to think about the baggade allowance!).
As I still have not made any cardigan for me (long and boring story, ugh), I decided just to go for the first one that I find interesting. It doesn't have to be special or the "best cardigan ever". I'm over that now. It has to be nice and it has to be made from 4ply wool because I found the greatest bargin a knitter could imagine the other week - I bought 9 balls of 4ply pure new wool in a charity shop :-) It cost me 8 pounds. Wow, right? Just wow :-)
So anyway, first I was going to knit up some socks but what would I do with the other 8 balls? So I decided to look for something bigger than socks - a cardigan.
Do you want to know what I found?
Look!
Yes, it's going to be Manu by Kate Davies from Needled.
I don't know if I told you but not only I like to knit, I also love reading about knitting. The history, the different techniques, I love to read about the yarn, where it came from, well, I love to read just about everything that has anything to do with knitting. I'm simply fascinated by this craft. One day I'll tell you about all the books that I have here :-)
So anyway, Kate is just amazing. Not only she is a great designer, she is a writer as well! I'm actually going to print out her posts and take them with me to read while we travel.
Yeah, I'm a knitting geek.
So I already swatched for Manu, I will cast on before we leave and by the time we are back I'm hoping to have something to show you.
And welcome to all the new readers, I know I'm not updating this place often enough but hopefully it will change. But now I'm off to start packing.
Are those going to be some cute toys?
ReplyDeleteYes they are :-) Sophie and Elijah by Ysolda (don't think my friend reads the comments but she definitely looks at the pictures that's why I can't show them properly)
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