My New Lace Hearts Fingerless Gloves |
3 sizes: Small, Medium and Large |
Close-up of the Hearts Design: I love this! |
My New Lace Hearts Fingerless Gloves |
3 sizes: Small, Medium and Large |
Close-up of the Hearts Design: I love this! |
My summer top is now finished and I can't wait to get the weather to wear it ☺.
Knitted Summer Top Waiting for Warm Weather |
I am pretty happy with how it turned out, especially since as usual I wasn't strictly following the exact knitting pattern: Since my gauge was smaller than the pattern instructions for the width only, I was following the instructions for a size larger than my own, but sticking to my own size for the height measurements.
In my last post I explained how I was a bit tight on the turquoise yarn so I was thinking of maybe having to add a different colour stripe: well I chickened out as I was too close to finishing it by the time I ran out! Luckily I found a store that still had the same yarn (Amazon was going to charge me over £10.00 for shipping only, probably blaming Brexit for that even though I found it elsewhere still in the UK at a similar price for the yarn but only about £5.00 for shipping).
Of course now I have more leftover of my 4-ply bamboo cotton yarn, I now have a nearly full ball in 4 different colours so I'll try and find a stripy knitting or crochet top pattern, or maybe a few pairs of summer socks...π
Back to my top: when I put it on it feels great, I had never knitted with 4-ply bamboo cotton before (I usually knit using DK or worsted yarn), I am very happy with the drape and how it feels warm and cool at the same time. I could knit myself another one, maybe with short sleeves and stripes to use up more of that amazing bamboo cotton leftover yarn π.
The bottom of my top π€ͺ. |
Pocket Shawl Wrong Side Out |
I should be ashamed of myself, a whole 5 years without a single blog post π³.
A lot has happened in that time, a few life changes, all good, but these have kept me busy, so now I've adapted to those changes I'm back, hoping I can keep up with Sophie's Knit Stuff blog.
During the last 5 years, I've studied hard and passed my Accounting Technician course, got a part-time job, found love π, moved on from the part-time job to a full-time job, which is my excuse for neglecting this blog, as I have less time for knitting and other crafts, let alone for blogging!
Well except for today: I am home since I have to wait for my daughter's (hopefully negative) Covid test resultπ·. And since I'm stuck at home, I'm catching up on:
1. My long neglected blog π Sophie's Knit Stuff;
2. Finishing my sewing machine cover;
My Brand New Sewing Machine Cover |
3. Finishing up my latest knitting pattern:
Already all knitted up but now I need to work on the less fun parts of designing knitting patterns, i.e. add pictures, proofread and translate the pattern in French, find the correct keywords in order to get the views (and hopefully the sales π°). I promise I will post an update here when it's all done.
That's all for now folks! I need to keep a little to talk about next time so watch this space for more updates, you can all still follow me on my Facebook Page, Instagram, Twitter, and of course Etsy.