Monday 28 November 2011

.....Billy no mates no more.....

......My little gnome needle holder now has a mate..............meet.....


............................................Geoff................................................





.....only one small problem......



.....Geoffs too short....




.....so Geoffs in charge of crochet hooks.....



......two down, about another six to make......

....now...

.....moving on to the new thingy....

.....I have found some new wool to play with....actually 'billy and Geoff ' are knitted out of it.....
....it is...'Jamesons shetland spindrift' yarn.......quite quite different from what i would usually go for in yarn, but i do like to try out new textures and ideas and i have to say when i first got it and tried it out i absolutely hated it.....very thin, quite fibrousey (not sure if that's a word), breaks easily and generally had me quite annoyed a lot of the time.....but then......all of a sudden......i fell in love with it.....and have been having a good ol' time with it...........so after making gnomes and trying it out for socks and hexipuffs ( see tiny owl knits if your curious about that one)........ i have retrieved my crochet hook from the bottom of my bag and have started on a new blanket with it................



.......i am really enjoying crocheting these squares......it feels good to be making a new blanket again, with a much lighter weighted yarn, plus there are absolutely hundreds of shades...........so i shall keep you up to speed when i can with its progress...........

....Oh yes.....a lovely little pile of crocheted squares........yummy....


......Plus also........thank you everyone for sharing in my deflatedness with the cancelled Julie Arkell workshop........I'm OK now...Mr Pixie and i still got up early yesterday morning and drove up to London anyway for a bit of vintage shopping and people watching at the brilliant 'Spittlefields market', so all was not lost..........shall i show what i bought...............



.....Two lovely little handmade butterfly badges....



.....and a handmade bag....



.....i love bags.......can't ever have enough bags.....yet another passion of mine, but thats a whole differant post for another day, ay...


.....See you all soon... Pixie...xxxx




5 comments:

  1. I love your little gnomes, I don't no how you find time for all your beautiful knitting and crochet, my hexy's have come to a grinding holt! oh well, i did say it would be done in 10 years!! I love the colours of the wool very earthy, the sort I like x
    Sophie

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  2. I really like the pattern of those granny squares. Is it a bit different? I have some shetland wool from last century with which I started knitting a waistcoat; maybe a rug would be much nicer.

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  3. Oh Geoff you handsome wee thing you! Hi gorgeous girl - I have missed another week of blog posts and am going about it now in backwards order so just saw about your workshop cancellation - what a total pain in you know what! So glad you bought some treats to make up for it. Absolutely love your new blanket squares - STUNNING as always you clever girl. Have a fab week hon. I hope the next week isn't quite as crazy because I am really missing visiting you more often!

    Can't wait to see a post about bags! Another thing we have in common!! I too have a bit of an obsession - always searching for the perfect bag but gathering many on the way.
    Leah
    xx

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  4. Billy and Geoff are so fabulous! Love the new blanket in progress, lovely colours.
    Oh the butterfly is so gorgeous!!

    Lori x

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  5. wow i love your yarn-wool, lovely crochet x
    look at those butterflies- amazing...always love to see your art and creations xx

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