More Crochet

Yes this is still a knitting blog but my current knitting is secret. You'll see it in Yarn Forward in the new year sometime (issue 22 I think). So in the meantime let's take a look at some crocheting I've been doing. When I desperately needed a break from secret knitting in the last couple of weeks I've been doing this:

The purple squares are Bambino Sock yarn and I think they are the leftover bit from the Let's Knit mystery blanket. The orange squares are Posh Yarn cashmere 4ply which I've had for a long, long time and it's gorgeous to crochet with. I don't have quite enough for a scarf so I'll have to find another colour and do some more.

Yesterday was day 2 of my crochet course and we started by learning filet crochet. We did the basic blocks (top one) and then had a go at doing bars and lacets (bottom sample):

I liked it but I don't think I'll be doing a whole lot of filet crochet in the future.

After lunch we did Tunisian crochet which I found a bit boring first. It also makes a very dense fabric which I didn't like at first but once I got into it and practiced some other stitches and did a colourchange I quite liked it. I also had a couple of ideas for some simple crochet designs. Watch this space!

I've nearly finished updating the website as I write this. I've got sock yarns this time and my favorites are:

Organic Merino Waltz:

Merino Plus Silver (I just love the silver colourway):

Merino Plus Periwinkle and Navy Blue (perfect duo for the Niamh socks in Let's Knit):

and my favorite, Merino Plus Fab, if this is still around when I've finished my current secret knit this yarn will become socks for me, I just love it:

Merino Plus Lettuce:

Merino Plus Autumn Leaves:

Bambino Sock Purple Dream:

Bambino Sock Mint Cream:

You can see all the new listings here.

Tomorrow, Vanessa and I are off to Bristol tomorrow for a day of shopping with my friend and her daughter. Should be a great girls' day out. I've been planning what knitting to take. There will be a 2 hour bus drive each way so plenty of knitting time. I'm taking the sleeve of my secret project. Finished the front this morning so I thought the sleeve would be nice and light and easy to take. I'm hoping i might finish the first sleeve tomorrow.

Now I'm going to do some crochet before I go to bed. Nite x

Yarn Candy

First, before I forget, The Yarngrove are now stocking some more of my patterns. Check out their new website, they've got some gorgeous stuff there and Debby and Jane are such lovely ladies and the service they offer is brilliant.

Spent quite a long time today reskeining and taking photos and there is a load of new yarns listed in my Etsy shop and here is a little taster:

Just one skein of 'Strawberries n Cream' merino sock yarn

Some 'Plums n Grapes' merino sock yarn

or how about some candy worsted merino

or perhaps a 'clear blue' worsted

And if you fancy lace, I've got some 'salmon' and 'aqua'

More yarns to come tomorrow as I've still got a pile of merino sock yarn downstairs which need reskeining.

Been to a play this evening. We saw the musical 'Godspell' performed by a local Christian Youth Theater group at Sterts Theatre in Cornwall. Sterts is an outdoor theatre venue but they've got a roof on now, they didn't used to when they first opened but you need a roof in Cornwall. The young people were brilliant and the musical was absolutely fantastic.

And that's all for tonight folks. Just a quick post while the girls got ready for bed. Off for a bit of late night knitting now.