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What a su-purl-ative Saturday!

16 Wed Dec 2015

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The second Saturday of the month is when the Inner City group of the Knitters’ Guild NSW meets. This month’s meeting was a little different as Lyn and I were convening the meeting for the first time. Having expressed an interest in the position prior to the AGM, we found ourselves nominated by default since many members have already done a stint and were happy for someone else to take a turn. The Inner City group has about 80 members but many are unable to attend every month so we were probably only speaking in front of about 30 odd knitters and crocheters. We don’t just get together to socialise over our knitting and crochet. The Guild’s constitution states that the object of the Guild is to

  • encourage and maintain high standards in design and techniques
  • provide a forum for the exchange and provision of information
  • provide the opportunity for education in the craft

With these aims in mind, we had a bit of a brainstorm and came up with suggestions for talks and skills/techniques development for the coming year. We also collected lots of other excellent suggestions from members and now have the task of putting together an interesting and varied programme for 2016.

After the Guild meeting the knitting fun continued…

The Thursday night knitting group traditionally goes for afternoon tea in December. So we hopped on a train and travelled down to Circular Quay to enjoy a delightful tea at the Sir Stamford Hotel.  Not having knitted enough already, we were working away on our projects before we’d even had a sip of bubbly!

red yarn skein

There were fourteen of us and we were seated around one large table in a private room which was great for chatting. Thanks to Kelly, the organiser, there was some lovely Christmas fun and games with ‘guess the yardage’ of an anonymous skein, a lucky draw, and a Secret Santa Skein Swap. Here’s the lovely yarn I came home with.

This is a hand-dyed skein from Hawthorne Cottage Yarns. It’s a 4-ply wool/nylon blend that feels sturdy enough for some great socks. But the reds are so stunning that perhaps it should be a little something for around a neck? Choices, choices!

Whilst having tea, we even came up with a more appropriate name for our Thursday group. We’re easier to find now on Ravelry – we’re the Sydney CBD Knitters. So if you’re ever in Sydney on a Thursday evening, come on by!

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I’m so excited

16 Mon Nov 2015

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Australian, Christmas, Craft, gift, hand-dyed, knitting, occasion

…but I have to hide it!

I’m currently working on several lovely projects.

  • I have charts, linen fabric, gold needles and hand-dyed threads.
  • I have patterns, local yarn, DPNs and circular needles.

I’m not making any Christmas surprises so there won’t be any sharing until after the occasions and that will be well into the new year.

However, I can show you this Australian-dyed yarnball of grey yarn

Once the item’s dry, I’ll be able to share some photos and a truly heart-stopping moment! More soon…

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FO Friday – Man Sock

19 Fri Sep 2014

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Yep, that’s right: sock.

Singular.

One sock.

I had forgotten just how looooong man socks are. This one is a Time Traveller Sock by Liz Sedmak. It’s a combination of 4×1 and 2×1 ribbing and I adjusted the sequences to match my 72 stitch sock. The flatter 4×1 sections are placed centrally front and back with more of the narrower 2×1 ribs at the sides. This should make for a neat fit, too. It They will be a Christmas present so there’s no trying on.

dark blue ribbed sock

Last week was filled with adjusting packing lists and switching items from ship to air and back. The removal company came on the Friday morning and took it all away. If everything goes according to plan, Mr Soknitsome will get the air freight at the end of next week and the sea shipment will arrive just after I get to Sydney. We’ve done this packing/moving malarkey several times before so we know what’s what. Having said that, I sat down one evening this week and thought “Hello…you were supposed to go!”

grey candle with knitting texture

 

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Knitting for Others – the final projects of 2013

31 Tue Dec 2013

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Christmas, family, friends, gift, knitting, loop, Ravelry, Rowan, shawls, socks

There wasn’t much Christmas knitting done here at all: just a new pair of socks for each of my daughters.

Pair of wine red textured socks

A touch of class

Pair of purple-grey socks

Pinot Noir

However, I did make a couple of loops for other presents: one for my mother and one for a very good knitting friend. I adapted a classic pattern, Cheryl Niamath’s Wisp (of which there are 4795 projects on Ravelry to date!). I used fine silk and mohair blends including Rowan’s Kidsilk Haze Glamour, which is strung with sequins.

Pale blue lace cowl

Heaven

Teal lace cowl

Looped

The most challenging project was the Auf Wiedersehen shawl I made for a friend who has now returned to the US. As well as being part of the same international community (with a knitting group) she was my neighbour and we sometimes got together just to knit and chat. It was lovely and I miss her.

This shawl is Judy Marples’ Vigneto Shawl and I loved knitting it. It’s slightly asymmetrical but very straightforward to knit. You can vary the proportions of vines to leaves. The leaf part really comes into its own once the shawl is blocked.

blue lace asymmetrical shawl

Auf Wiedersehen

Wishing everyone all the best for 2014!

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FO Friday!

08 Fri Nov 2013

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wine red textured socks

I’m finally done! Christmas can come!

These were part of my first foray into Socktober and are now finally finished. Admittedly, I did not focus on them single-mindedly. They were an easy knit and so useful when I wanted to chat at the same time. The pattern is very straightforward – one round knit, one round in pattern. They won’t even be much of a surprise either – the daughter who gets these for Christmas chose the yarn and the pattern but they will (hopefully) be worn!

For those interested the  pattern is here on Ravelry.

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