I finally finished my Make it up as you go along cardigan. It now has enough buttons to keep it from throwing itself off my shoulders every five minutes, and I've been wearing it lots.I made the buttons myself, using Chinese Button Knots in braided cord (Kumihimo braiding, slightly adapted to work with six strands instead of eight).Anyway, here's the end result:and here's the back (better picture than the one on this page)Here's a fairly unsatisfactory picture of a button (ooh, that's a bit scary, close up).I'm now half way through a nice pair of fingerless gloves for myself. I like knitting gloves, but I'm a bit put out by all the cutting of the thread that has to go on, and also those infernal holes that will keep appearing between the fingers. I've been idly musing on different ways of constructing a glove. Might play with that when I've finished the pair.I did make it over to Hove Museum, but there wasn't a lot of knitting actually on show. I did like these bits of coral reef
I've been kept busy making some lovely things for my children and for friends who got married last weekend. The wedding gift was this cushion:Here are close ups of a couple of the patterns:I really enjoyed knitting that - had to concentrate the whole time to avoid mistakes - and learned a lot about Aran patterns.Next, I had the pure pleasure of knitting an Adult Surprise Jacket for Pearlie. Allie's now put in an order for one, but she wants it in black or some other boring colour, so I haven't started that yet!I moved straight on to fingerless gloves for both children. I can't find Leo's at the moment, but here are Pearlie's:I made the toggles out of Fimo, and she is very pleased with the finished product (as is Leo with his, which are the finishing touch of his Barnaby Grimes costume).I think I may become addicted to knitting gloves, if only so that I can work out how to stop holes appearing between the fingers - is that possible?Now very busy making Chinese button knots for my Make it up as you go along cardigan. Pictures to follow.
Still not at 20% of my celtic mosaic, so no more pictures of that. It is languishing at the bottom of my knitting basket at the moment, because I got thoroughly distracted by a couple of other things.I made a Baby Surprise Jacket for a friend's new baby. That was very fun to knit and I was left in complete awe of Elizabeth Zimmerman's ability to visualise shapes.Here it is:I'm now planning to use the Adult Surprise Jacket pattern to make a rainbow cardigan for Pearlie, at her request.Also, I finally added some sleeves to my Make it up as you go along cardigan. Unfortunately, our camera is temporarily (or maybe permanently) mislaid, so I can't take an updated photograph at the moment. It just needs a zip now. I'm currently working on another gift, inspired by this book I borrowed from the library - photos to follow once it's been safely given and received.We made it to the crochet coral reef exhibition at the Hayward Gallery last week, just before it closes on August 17th (do go if you haven't seen it yet).A few of my photos:
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