Short and Sweet Socks

 I have for some time now, years actually, wanted to learn to use magic loop and when my favourite pod caster woman Kay Jones of the Bakery Bears Pod-cast started a knitting university series, I jumped on it. I finally could learn this and I made a pair of socks with magic loop. After I had finished this I didn't hate Magic Loop as much as before but still prefer my DPNs.

Yarn used: Mayflower 1 Class
Needle: 2.25 mm
Started: 1st May 2020
Finished: 4th, June 2020
Pattern: n/a
Designer: Kay F Jones

Stitch I Time Blanket Finished!

 

This project has been so much fun to make that I couldn't stop working on it, and my husband really wanted it on his spare bed where he sleeps when he's working nights. Thing is that this one is just a lap blanket, and to fit the bed, I need to make it 4 x 7 blocks. So now I know what to make later on and I think I will try to use up some of my acrylic yarns for that instead of sock yarn.

The blocks on the blanket are;

January: Snow and Ice
February: Valentine
March: Spring
April: Easter
May: Valborg (Swedish Bonfire night) Bonfire and Fireworks
June: Midsummer (Swedish Midsummer celebration)
July: High Summer
August: End of summer
September: Harvest
October: Halloween
November: Stormy weather
December: Christmas

Yarn used: Fingering sock yarn
Needle: 3.00 mm
Started: 1st March, 2020
Finished: 18th May, 2020
Pattern: Stitch In Time
Designer: Kay F Jones

Stitch In Time cont....

Three more blocks are now made on this lovely Stitch In Time blanket by Kay F Jones and I have only three more to make and they seem to be the hardest to find colours fore but I'm waiting for an order to arrive any day now so I really hope that I can finish this one off.

Here are the three last ones just waiting to be finished.

Stitch In Time Blanket

 

At the moment I’m knitting on a blanket and the pattern is called Stitch In Time by Kay F Jones, and you can buy it on Ravelry.

Each block representing a month of the year and it’s harder than you think to find all the colours you need for each block but it’s a fantastic way to get all those leftover yarns from different projects.

I have managed to make 6 blocks and it’s now down to the last 6 but I now need colours I don’t have and it looks like its very hard to find as well, but I have a friend in my Facebook group who will be looking through her stash this weekend and try to help me out with the missing colours.

These are the ones I have made so far.

The Longbourn Shawl

When I saw this shawl for the first time I just fell in love with it on the spot and just had to knit it, it's the Longbourn by Kay F Jones.

Kay also dyed up the three sets of colours for this shawl for her Etsy shop, but they went in seconds, so she dyed up another batch that went just as fast so I had to find my yarn somewhere else.

The three colours where Blue, Pink and purple and I wanted the purple with the silvery grey border. The blue one is pictured above.

These were the colours that I brought for mine

Here they are caked up .

I really wanted a lighter purple but couldn't find any, so I also bought a darker silver/grey.

All I now need to do is to wash it and block it and I'm very pleased with it.

Yarn used: Cauldron of Colours "Betty Blue" & Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light "Moonstone"
Needled: 3.75 mm
Started: 22nd June 2018
Finished: 15 February 2020
Pattern: Longbourn
Designer: Kay F Jones

Twinkle & Dance Socks

Another pair of socks by Kay F Jones and they were part of a collection she made inspired by Harry Potter, and the collection is called "The Swish and Flick Collective". This collection holds 8 patterns and not all were socks.

The inspiration for these socks is from The Yule Ball and she wanted to capture the feeling of being stood in the Great Hall and the lace pattern depicts the windows that surround the Great Hall.  The twinkly stitch pattern that flows down from the windows and over the foot represents the magically frosted walls, and it was That! that made me use the silver thread in it.

Very pleased with them and a perfect fit.

The yarn was held with this thin tinsel silver thread by Gütermann.

Yarn used: Hobbii Happy Feet Solid  Colourway: 15 Gris
                   Mayflower 1 Class            Colourway: 2026
Needled: 2.5 mm
Started: 4 September 2019
Finished: 2 February 2020
Pattern: Twinkle & Dance
Designer: Kay F Jones

Finished Items on Ravelry

Finished items on Ravelry

I haven't been posting here for some time because I have been working with my main blog and that the program I'm normally using to post to all my blogs at the same time has not been working properly for some time, but I think that is sorted out now.

So here comes everything I have finished since last time I posted here and you will find everything on my page on Ravelry for a closer look.