I am very proud of myself for knitting the above items. I have never knitted with two colours and was very pleased and surprised with the results. I knitted them for friends and I had positive feedback from them. Thank you.

Coatigan

I made this for my niece. I actually finished it today. I am so pleased with it. It looks lovely in purple. I had knitted one previously in red and as much as I liked the red one I do prefer the purple one.

This blanket is the same design as the baby blue blanket.

Baby blue blanket

Lovely baby blanket. Perfect gift for a newborn.

cold and wet today

Well, what a weekend it has been. I started my weekend by doing my housework including ironing followed by going to lunch with a dear friend. That was great. We had a fabulous lunch, a good chat and a lot of laughing was had. It is so good to laugh. I came home and had a relaxing bath and chilled for the rest of the evening. Not a knitting needle and yarn in sight. :-) Today, I had a short lie in and decided I would have breakfast in bed and watch a movie: Think like a man. Great movie. I really didn't want to get out of bed but I finally did. I will be doing some knitting at some point today. Winter warmers are very popular at the moment.  Beanie hats and cabled thick scarves have been very popular.

Right! I am going to wrap up in my lovely knitted blanket (a wedding gift from friends) with a nice cup of green tea. xx

Lovely mittens. Perfect for those cold and wintry days.

This is a lovely red cabled chunky combined hat and scarf that I made for myself. It is knitted with merino chunky yarn, it is soft,warm and lovely on the skin. I love it.

Hats that were made last weekend. First two are beanie hats for men and the last one is a slouchy beret for women.

I knitted this scarf for a friend's sister who loves it. She said it is 'amazing'. I have to say I am very pleased with it. It is the first scarf that I have knitted without a pattern. This scarf is knitted up with an alpaca and wool mix yarn. It is soft and lovely on the skin. The colour is charcoal. It took about 12hours to knit. I love knitting. I am still very passionate about this skill and it always pleases me when someone receives my knitted item is pleased and appreciates the time and effort that has gone into making it as well as the actual item.

Happy New Year. I wish you all good health, happiness and prosperity for 2013. I hope it will be a good year. There are so many things I want to do and I hope I will be able tho achieve it all by the end of the year.

Slouchy beret and headband

The headband was knitted in an Aran weight yarn. Simple knit and was also a gift for a friend who loves these type of accessories.

This was a very quick knit. The person who received this hat was very pleased with it.

It is a chunky beret. Colour: chocolate brown.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year. I cannot believe it is 2012 already.

I am a little excited about this year as I have a lot of lovely projects lined up to knit for myself but I am hoping that this year I will be able to knit them all. The projects include knitting a few hats, another chunky scarf, a poncho and a chunky cardigan. Oh! Of course, a shawl as well.

Wish me luck.

I would like to share my latest project that I completed just before the end of 2011.



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Cold and dark evenings

Well,it is that time of year. THE clocks will go back in a few days and Winter not be far behind. So out comes the gloves, hats and scarves. Must not forget to add cowls and snoods to the list of winter warmers. I spent some of day sorting through my stash of yarn and I have searched for patterns that I could uise with the stash I have available.

At the moment, I am knitting a poncho. It is looking lovely. I will post a picture when I have finished it.

Here is a picture of it so far.

Latest Projects

Fabilicious Scarf

Knitted this scarf this afternoon using Patons Fab big Chunky Yarn. The patern is not very clear on here but the stitch used is similar to single rib. The colour is blue.

Skinny cable scarf

Knitted this yesterday. Took about 5hrs to knit. Sucha lovely and easy pattern to follow. Knitted with Poppy Red Aran yarn.

It has been a long time since I have visited my blog but I am back. I have been busy knitting a ladybird and an afghan. Will post a picture of the afghan later.

Let me know what you think of the ladybird.

January Knitting projects

Well! Knitting was slow for me in January due to not having time to knit. Work and visiting friends took priority. I knitted a few little things. I made a small toy dog for a knitting swap I was involved in and a balaclava. Yes, I made another one. The first I made back in Decemeber was in a burgundy colour. The second one was knitted with a tweedy like DK yarn. It was nice to knit with but slow. It took longer to knit this one than the first one.It looks lovely though. Will post a picture soon.

Winter Holiday

Well! It has been a very cold December which has been good for my knitting needles in the first half of the month. I have been knitting hats, scarves, mittens, gloves and neck ponchoes. Then I got a very bad cold that lasted ten days. Not nice when you are stuck indoors and BORED. I am feeling much better now and looking forward to new year.

I wish you all the best for coming year.

A winter warmer for Sue.