Jelly Roll Blanket

Another blanket that I started up during May and it's another scrappy blanket made of leftovers and it's so much fun to knit this one. The picture is showing the wrong side of it and here underneath is the front. No seeming just attache as you go. Brilliant.

 

The pattern can be bought via Ravelry. 

September Socks

 

September Socks (Socks with faked Cables)

These socks have a long history with me because I started way back in 2011 or thereabout and I was a new knitter then after a long pause from 1987 when I just had started to learn it back in 1985 with mums help. So when I put this to the side and left it for some time I could not see where in the pattern I was because I was not experienced enough at that time, so I ripped it all up and left it to that, but I had deiced to use this yarn for That sock in the future and that future was now in 2021.

I'm so pleased with them and the pattern is so easy to knit and it looks nice and I managed to make them to match. There will be more socks in this pattern.

If you want to give these a go then you'll find the pattern here at Ravelry.
The pattern is in Swedish and English by Helene Wallin

Yarn Used: Fingering weight
Needle: 2.50 mm

Started: 18th of April 2021

Finished: 28th  of May 2021

Pattern: Sockor med falska flätor / Faux Cables Socks

Designer: Helene Wallin

Granny Stripe Blanket

 

I wanted to crochet this blanket for so many years now that I have forgotten for how long and I never got around to start because there was always something else on the go but now I had so many leftovers from sock knitting and blanket knitting that the time was right. The pattern is free and it's from the Attic24 and the very talented Lucy has made this for us all to make. I chained 300 and the yarn is fingering and the hook I use is 2.50.

This will take the time it takes because I use scraps/leftovers from other projects and I'm in no hurry.

It's on the floor next to my chair and as soon as I have some leftovers from something it goes straight into the blanket.

Bits And Bobs Cowl

 

This knit was a real struggle for me. I never thought I would be able to make it but I didn't give up and I tried at least 15 times before I got the hang of it and managed to finish it. I never thought knits and purls could be so hard and this is the Fishermans' Rib and held with 2 strands of yarn. One was the main one and it was Cascade Yarns Heritage white and the rest was leftovers from sock knitting and shawl knitting.

I have to say that I'm glad that I finished it because it's so soft and squishy and I might make another one in the future, now that I know how to knit it, but I'm not in a hurry.

Yarn used: Fingering weight

Needle: 4.00 mm

Started: 28th of Mars 2021

Finished: 2nd of May 2021

Pattern: Bits and Bobs Cowl

Designer: Kay F Jones

Time to Dye again!

 It was time to dye another colour and this time it was time for the pink-orange version and I was really pleased over how it turned out.

Drying in the sun and this time I dyed 2x50gr as well as 1x100gr. The 2x 50gr is for socks

1st Hand-dyed Yarn

 Finally! I have for some years now (since 2017) wanted to try out to dye my own yarn and now it finally happened. I was very nervous at first but it was so much fun and I want to do more now. I'm a big fan, follower, and patreon of the Bakery Bears Podcast and have been following them from the start, and Kay who is the dyer of the duo (Dan & Kay) has dyed up so many beautiful colourways through the years and I have bought some and won others. Now she has a dying show that's a part of being a patreon can get access to, where she shows her ways of dying some of her beautiful colourways and it's this that got me starting this year. If you want to find out more about this Duo, then jump over to their Webpage for full information and the history of their work with the Podcast.

So here's a few photos of my first ever hand-dyed yarn.

This was so much fun to do but it does take time and planning and I loved every minute of it and will do this again. Planning to make a pinky peachy one next time.

The 2nd Moondust

 

I never showed the second Moondust efter it had been blocked, so here it is!

It didn't turn out as good as I was hoping for and that's probably because of some reason this one turned out to be longer than my first one. The yarn is the same, just another colour, and I used the same size needles but it still turned out longer. I must have knitted this one looser.

Here's my first one, check the size difference between them!

So I might rip it all out or just leave it for a bit and see how I feel about it later.