I've been enjoying knitting my new yarn. Thank you Steph! I can't remember what fibres its made out of, although I can remember Steph said it had some cashmere in, and it does feel soft.

When I knit with a multi-coloured yarn, I'm always looking forward to the next colour, as they usually don't take long to reach. However with this yarn the colours are really far apart and I've yet to reach the next one. The blocks of colour are a semi solid anyway and are a pleasure to knit, so I'm not really desperate to see the next one. I'm thinking more about, 'I wonder how big I can make it before the next colour comes in'. Well, whenever the next colour comes in, I'll be ready for it!

On a non knitting topic, I went to the Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival yesterday. It's something that happens about twice a year and is fantastic for Huddersfield. It takes place in front of the train station and has about 70+ stalls. It's a great showcase of the variety of food and drink businesses in the area and is also a great gathering place for us locals! I truly recommend it if you happen to be in Huddersfield when it happens.

Bad Blogger!

I haven’t written a blog post since April. There is no excuse. I am a bad blogger.

So what has happened?

I made this baby cardigan…

Peter Pan Pattern using Sweetheart Yarn

And this bear…

My mum bought me the kit to make him from last year's Knitting and Stitching Show (Harrogate)

We expanded the workshop for better knitting classes…

Door removed, now for the door frame!

Now the whole wall is coming down!

After spending two days sanding the floor, now for the varnish.

I made this costume for my husband’s band The Pretty Machine…

(They have been dressing in Santa outfits for a few years now and wanted a slight change!)

We had to test the fur round the T-shirt on the model!

This was taken after they had played in their new stuff

I crocheted this pear from Knit Now Magazine…

I made it using BFL Aran

Now I have just cast on for a shawl using this yarn… 

This has been dyed by Steph from Mill House Designs so the colour is in large blocks for the shawl

I will try to blog more frequently and become a better blogger.

Thanks for reading xxx