Tuesday 22 September 2015

Still trying to play 'catch up' with my crafty goings on . . . .

My crafting escapades are jogging along apace at the moment . . . . just don't seem to get the time to blog about any of them!  I still haven't shown my tweedie makes which will be added to the shop soon I hope.  I did, ahem, jump into another personal project as I was so pleased with my lace shawl that I wanted to try another one with some yarn I had in my stash for sock-knitting.  It never got used as it was quite fine and I couldn't really be bothered making socks on such small needles - lazybones!

Here's the second shawl blocking beside my ugly toes, hee hee! . . .


This is yet another very ornate shawl - almost Victorian in style, but a very fun knit.  Again I used only one ball of yarn which I think is part of the attraction!

A little close up . . . .


The lace opened up beautifully after blocking as you can see above.  I pinned out all the peaks individually - a bit back breaking but worth it in the end.  This one was called Haruni Shawl by Emily Ross - you can see it here.

I sort of  flew through this one in a week and a half - I just couldn't wait to see how it turned out :)

I'm now going to 'behave' and slow down a bit and concentrate on 'shop' things - I promise!

In between all that, youngest had a birthday . . . 


He's such a fun kid - all 14 years of him! (Not really 'Little S' anymore as I used to refer to him here!)

Here he is with 'Ji-ji' the cat on his birthday - she looks a little restless!
Well, must dash and NOT do any more crafty stuff until I get a bit more organised - who am I kidding, it's not going to happen!

Cheerio an Drasda :)
Alison x

4 comments:

Josie said...

Another stunning shawl and such a fabulous colour choice!

homemade@myplace said...

happy belated birthday to your "little" one!!!!! ;oD
Your shawl looks amazing and the colour is great!!!
happy week, xxxxx Ale

Gaia said...

Love the colour, the intricate design and your knitting !!!

fairislerona said...

Very nice dear, love the colour - your making me think about shawls! Xx