Sack Hat
Written by Pamela on May 28, 2008 – 10:13 pm -My RSI has calmed down a little bit, although my shoulder is still frozen solid, so I thought I could do a little bit of knitting. Boy oh boy have I missed knitting this last couple of months. Anyway, I had a Debby Ware kit in my stash – the Sack Hat. It’s knitted in the round on a circular needle, so is a really easy knit. Although it’s a small project and was quick to finish, there’s no denying that it gave my RSI a tweak. Evidently, I still have an issue there, so it’s back to sewing or crochet for a while longer.
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Fannar
Written by Pamela on March 30, 2008 – 9:40 am -Some days I’m quite bright, other days I’m very stupid. Yesterday was one of my Very Stupid days. My RSI has been incredibly painful, but yesterday it didn’t feel too bad, so I decided I could finish Fannar. Fannar is a jumper I’m knitting for Macuwita Sni. It’s a pattern from Best of Lopi, using chunky Alafoss Lopi yarn. I started it at the beginning of the month and made good progress until my shoulder and arm flared up. It has been sitting on my coffee table ever since, staring balefully at me. It only needed a few hours work, so yesterday evening I picked it up and finished it. Here it is.
Okay, so it looks very nice, but even while I was knitting, I was thinking “Oh dear, my shoulder and arm really hurt”. Did I stop knitting? Nope, I carried on regardless, with the result that my RSI screamed blue murder all night and is agony today. See? Very very stupid.
So it’s back to hand sewing for the foreseeable future.
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Colwick Woods
Written by Pamela on March 9, 2008 – 8:51 am -Okay, so this is a bit off-topic, but I thought I’d share this strange sight from Colwick Woods this morning. This tree is on the edge of the field and we walk past it every day without really noticing it. Not this morning though:
Here’s a closer look at the grisly specimens:
Try as I might, I couldn’t get a decent picture of the view across the lakes, as I was aiming straight into the sun:
All that open space on one side, but move your camera slightly and you see how close you are to the city. On the right of this picture, you can see the edge of the race course, plus houses in Colwick and the Meadows leading towards the city centre:
Pip loves going to Colwick Woods – for her, it’s a new adventure every day.
Okay, better have a bit of craft content! I’ve finished another Baby Surprise Jacket for Macuwita Sni. Here it is straight off the needles:
Here it is finished:
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Pip’s Woolly
Written by Pamela on February 20, 2008 – 9:57 pm -Here she is, in all her toasty glory.
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Baby Surprise Jackets
Written by Pamela on February 16, 2008 – 6:35 pm -
At our last Stitched Up meeting, I was busy with a Baby Surprise Jacket. This is a famous pattern designed by Elizabeth Zimmerman. I think you can find it in a couple of her books – my copy is in The Opinionated Knitter. It’s a very curious, not to say weird, way of constructing a cardigan. It’s knitted all in one piece, with clever use of mitred increases and decreases to form the basic shape. Best of all, for those of us who hate seaming, there are only 2 short seams to sew at the end, across the top of the sleeves.
I used Brown Sheep Lambs Pride worsted weight yarn in two colours for my first jacket. This yarn is slightly thicker than the pattern envisages, so the jacket is big enough for a toddler. I needed 1 skein of each colour and it was only just enough! For my second jacket, I used Cascade 220 worsted weight yarn, again in 2 colours. This yarn is a little bit finer than Lamb’s Pride, so the jacket is smaller and I had a bit of yarn left over.
Both jackets are now on their way to the US, as part of the Macuwita Sni project.
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Fab doggy knit book
Written by Vicky on February 4, 2008 – 5:00 pm -
I saw this book on Etsy and almost didn’t believe it was real until I looked it up on Amazon.
Men Who Knit and the Dogs Who Love Them.
Hmmm…. don’t think this poor little fella has a lot of love for the chap who put that court jester style collar on him. The look on his face says it all!
Notice that the man is hiding his face.
There are loads of other cute doggy knit books on Amazon though that aren’t quite so alarming.
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Welcome to Stitched Up!
Written by Vicky on November 11, 2007 – 8:26 am -Welcome to Stitched Up!
This is the blog part of the Nottingham craft group ‘Stitched Up’ website.
Here we’ll post about our projects and the things we’ve been making at our craft group. We’ll also keep you up to date with any news or changes to our meeting time or place – so watch this space!
Stitched Up meets every Wednesday and you can find out more about where and when on our ‘About’ page.
If you’d like to join us then do come along. We’re a friendly bunch and really want to welcome new members to the group. It doesn’t matter how much craft experience you have or what your favourite type of craft is.
Get in touch with us if you’d like to know more.
We’ll look forward to hearing from you!
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