MonkeyFeet

Hmmm, it’s been a while hasn’t it. Well not a great lot has happened.

Firstly I made a jacket for my mini hotwater bottle.

It’s called Valentino. It just demonstrates my eagerness to avoid sewing up, or indeed weaving ends in. I started at the top and did a ribbed tube, then I used two mid-round invisible cast ons for each of the ’shoulders’. And then I proceeded with the fairisle, using four colours.

I’m very pleased with it, particularly as i only guessed how many stitches to use, and made up the fairisle as I went along.

At the bottom I did some ribbing, and a ribbed flap for the buttons and button holes.

I’ve also been spinning. This is BFL in Wild Flowers which I dyed myself.

It is two-ply and has really nice, long colour runs, with gradual changes. I made a bigger skein which I sold, and a smaller skein which I’ve kept. It’s about DK weight, so I’m going to make some pretty fingerless mittens with it!

I also made these fingerless mitts, in Tempo, in Wishful Thinking. They’re for some fingerless mitt kits that I made up for my LYS So these are the demo pair. I can’t wait to get them back so I can wear them, though they only used 30g so I could just knit myself another pair really.

I have spun this skein of cashmere/merino, which I got from Forest Fibres on eBay. It’s chunky and slubby, and very dreamy!

Oh, how geeky is this! I built (using thick card) a better shelving system, so that I could organise my stash by colour! How beautiful it looks!

I also spun this.. it’s pure mohair, again from Forest Fibres. It’s itchy as hell though. But it’s a beautiful shade of Jade! It’s DK weight again.

And I spun this, which was a mini batt that Daniela sent me (FeltStudioUK) with another order I made back in the summer. It’s gorgeous autumnal shades.

I finally finished my socks.. called Mr Brightside, they are done in Fantasia in the Citrus colourway. I really love them, though they are not for me, unfortunately.

This is a project I’ve just started. It’s on canvas, on a chunky frame, and it’s going to be an acrylic painting of my other half’s favourite Pokemon character that he uses.

As you can see here. I have since shortened his left (well his right, on our left) arm as it was a little elongated. Apart from that I think I’ve drawn him quite well. I’ve painted the basic background now, though I obviously have to do it while my other half is at work!

And finally, a new work in progress. It’s Karen’s Cornflower socks in my skein of Manyana in Harvest Gold. They’re knitting up a dream! The gold really suits Karen’s pattern.

Apart from that, I’m still plodding on with my doily, and the Manchester Yarn Collective have a stall at the Manchester arts centre tomorrow which I’m a little nervous about!