Yarny Makes

I made this!

 Socks for Susan. Sounds like a song, or a dodgy novel set in Liverpool in 1950. Knitted in Kaffe Fassett Regia shade something-or-other, picked up cheap at the Hobbycraft Show in Glasgow in Oct 2012. Cool colours though :) Quickish finish, despite the allover ribbing, Recipient v happy with them, which is the best bit :D

 Made these for my daughter after she saw a pair I made for my niece. Liked this, quick knit, and the sparkly bits are well cool.

Knitted in JC Brett's Moonlight Sonata yarn, on 3.25mm needles, I think. Decent enough to knit with and gives very wearable and washable results. I like the long pattern repeat too.

Pattern - my own basic no-need-to-think simple design;  

• guesstimating no. stitches cast on and halving them for the heel flap.
• long rib. 
• Divide into thirds for the heel shaping, and decrease down to original no. stitches till foot about 1.5 inches below final length.  
• Dec each side. Kitchener closed. 

Works every time for me :)

 Random Crafty Stuff

Knitted hearts

Some wee Christmas decorations I made for my craft stall at the end of last year. I figured out a wee hear pattern and tested it on some sock yarn. I liked the design well enough, but it was missing something, so I hit my button collection and there it was!

They finished up at about 3.5-5 inches high depending on which yarn I used, and were stuffed with polyester, though nothing to stop someone refilling them with pot pourri.  

Crochet doodling, with pins on the back for fastening

These were for the same craft show, and came about when I was doodling about with some scrap yarn in front of the telly. Couldn't knit due to tennis elbow and needed something to keep me occupied! Crochet very easy on the elbows when it's done as small as this. The button box came to the rescue again. Turns out they are just the thing for decorating beanies :)

 Blurry self with blurry snood thanks to ancient camera and night-time bathroom lighting! Plain stocking stitch with rib at top and bottom, done in a long discontinued Rowan yarn (Chunky Print) which I love, this has been the MOST worn thing I have ever made.  I wear this almost every day since I made it iat the beg. Dec, I think, and even wear it in the house. I hate tight necklines, cannot stand polo necks, turtlenecks etc so this is nice and loose while still being warm. Again just made it up on the spot. Turns out I can't be bothered finding patterns for things when I can wing it.

Good grief! Can't believe I still have a picture of this. 
When we lived in NZ (we were there for about 15 months) one of my hubby's colleagues found out I knitted and asked for a jumper for her wee daughter. Said she liked hearts and stripes, so I obliged. No pattern (is there some sort of theme developing here?) so just took her measurements and got on with it. Some Fair Isle bits at the hems, the heart was stranded along the back - you can soooo tell - and the neckline is well dodgy but it still looks cute, I think. No complaints anyway :D

 The Brotherly Love Jumper

This was a jumper I made for my brother, a 6-plus footer with monkey arms,. Although not quite as monkey as I made them out to be - my reference was a measured top of his which, unknown to me, he always folded the sleeves up on cos they were too long, so you can imagine the flapping about as my hubby was sampling the garment! He insisted the sleeves were too long, I argued that they'd been measured correctly, then when my brother got it in the post he wondered why his hands were completely lost ... :D 
All sorted and re-knitted in the end, and it turned out really nicely. An actual pattern was followed this time, from Interweave Knits, again a few years ago, but a timeless style. 
Loved knitting this, the pattern made it just fly by. Yarn is an Aran thickness wool, with some Jaeger Shetland (Looooong discontinued!) for the contrast collar and hem.

I made this guy a jumper because he looked cold.