Openwork Eyelet Scarf

So I finished the first of many projects using my Marriner DK Yarn. It's the Openwork Eyelet Scarf by Raveler Jennifer Pace of Pipp's Purses. Once it was finished I gave it to my friend Katie, who writes Andromeda's Beauty Blog.

This took just four days to complete. The pattern is deceptively simple, but looks gorgeous.

I haven't decided what my next project will be, but I have plenty of colours to choose from, so hopefully I'll have something up in the next week or so.

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Seeded Hand Warmers - Part One

Ok, so this is part one, purely because I have so far only managed to knit one out of the pair lol! The pattern I used is by Purl Avenue, and the reason it is taking so long, is that this pattern is for knitting in the round.

I do not own a set of circular needles or DPNs, so I had to adjust some of the patterning for straight needles. This, obviously took me a while, as well as a few restarts when it didn't work out quite as I'd hoped.

I do plan on finishing the other handwarmer, but I also ended up with a large amount of Marriner DK Yarn in a mix of colours after an order mix up, so, there's going to be a lot of things over the next while. Eventually I will get to these again, but for now, I'm working on a new scarf in hot pink!

More soon.

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Summer Shimmer Scarf

Finally finished my second scarf. It's the Summer Shimmer Scarf from Raveler Purl Soho.

Also my first attempt at blocking a project. Not the best I can imagine, but not bad for a first try. I'm thinking of giving this as a gift to a friend of mine, who has been lovely to me.

This was knitted using Rico Design Creative Galaxy DK using 5mm straight needles. The knitting pattern created a lovely zig zag pattern in the yarn.

My next project is a pair of fingerless mittens, also planned as a gift using a new style (to me at least) of King Cole yarn.

Pictures soon

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Beginnings

Well I've been knitting a lot over the past few months, I plan on putting up pictures of completed projects, as well as linking the patterns. I am no where near creating my own patterns, so unless I become extra creative, all the projects I work on will be patterns from other people.

The most recent site I have been using to find patterns is ravelry.com as there is a huge range of patterns and other knitters that range from the simple and quick, to the complicated and, for me anyways, utterly terrifying. I also receive a daily email from allfreeknitting.com, with a selection of new and popular patterns.

So my most recent finished knit, was a scarf pattern from a Raveler called Turvid. It's called the One Row Lace Scarf, and was super simple and quick to complete. I used Stylecraft Twilight DK yarn, in Ruby, and 5.5mm needles.

Once it was finished I linked the ends with a twist, and because it's nice and stretchy, it is currently being used as a neck warmer!

My current pattern is by Raveler PurlSoho, called the Summer Shimmer Scarf, again, it's fairly simple (although I did have a few false starts to begin with), and hopefully will be finished soon.