Well, after spending much time with laceweight, beads and charts I felt the need for a simple, quick project. Thanks to my recent invite to Ravelry I found just the right thing – Saartje’s Bootees (pdf 820KB).
Projects don’t get much easier or faster than these and they are so sweet. I can definitely see myself [...]
The special project I’ve been working on was a present for my mother’s birthday. It’s a lace and bead scarf, it’s proven difficult to photograph but here goes:
The scalloped border is based on a “peacock tail” pattern I found in an old Victorian pattern for cuffs. I threaded beads on my yarn so that each [...]
Life has been busy, knitting has been neglected except for one special project which had a tight deadline so all of my recent spare time has been spent working on it. In a few short months I’m planning a big change to my life structure which should see me able to spend much more time [...]
