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The second finished item

Finally got the zip and lining put into my laptop cover. So pleased with this, just enough room for my laptop and pencil case.

As with the shrug it is made with two balls that I'd picked up cheap- Debbie Bliss cotton cashmere, a bargain at 50p.
This yarn had nearly been a pair of mittens, but they got frogged as I was running out of people to make them for and it was spring. Had I have known how bad the weather was going to be this summer I might have carried on with them.

The stitch is Embossed Double Leaf Panel from Barbara Walker's, A Second Treasury of Knitting patterns. And it was knit in the round. I found the zip tricky but that's was down to my inexperience and rushing the job. In the future I don't plan on redoing the zip 5 times.

Two things finished last weekend.

I'm on a roll!

Not a very clear image but it gives an idea of how it fits. I'm far too impatient to wait 'til someone is home to take the photo.

I came up with this little shrug when we were having beautiful sunny weather. The scar from having my collar bone plated is still very new so I need to keep the sun off it.

I had two balls of Jaeger Aqua cotton that I had bought for 50p many months earlier and not put to good use. They were perfect for this project. I love the colour and the stitch which is Alternating Diagonals worked well when I did a swatch. The trim is lace ribbon which belonged to my boyfriends nan.

Quite pleased with how it has turned out, it certainly does what I wanted it to do. Had I had more yarn I would probably of made it a touch longer and added a collar or at least some more detail around the neckline.

All I need now is the weather to change so I can wear it.

so close, yet so far

I'm trying to press on and finish some items but the zipper nightmare is holding me up. I'm at the stage that I need to put one in my laptop cover.


For the past few weeks I've fumbled around with zips in knitted purses but haven't been able to get the finishing right, they look untidy and less than pleasing.

So now I'm going to focus and think the problem through rather than diving straight in like I did with the other attempts. I'm sure it's like decorating 80% preparation.

The whole process is hindered by my rusty hand sewing skills.

Finally taking the plunge...

It has been a long time coming but I have made the step from silent blog voyeur to blogger. In the hope that it will spur me on to get somethings finished and photograph the things I have finished.

Also having just moved I find myself crafting solo, with no stitching buddies in town to share the highs and lows of making.

Nervous, excited, afraid I might bore people .
All of the above.