Knit one, purl one, and it is almost time for tea

Woolly pattern III

The cat in residence is unwinding....

Chunky stitches III

Shades of pink

On Saturday I bought quite a lot of lovely yarn, there will be many busy evenings with knitting and crochet projects, pure bliss!

Pensive and poised

Sitting pretty...

Knitting, stitches and a pair of whiskers....

Our cat in residence big Tilly has found out where I keep my knitting projects, oh dear! I only hope she will not unpick too many stitches!

Layers of fuchsia stitches

A warm gift...

Mumsy knitted this fabulous and textured jumper for me, it is so warm and snug! Thank you Mumsy!

Stitches, stripes and hues

Hyperbolic scarf-work in progress

...yet another of my bizarre ideas: I have gone quite hyperbolic, twisted and 3D as I have decided that I needed a pale grey scarf as a handmade fashion statement, and it had to be quite bold too. I only hope the scarf will be worn before Spring arrives....

This project looks very promising...

... this square will soon become a scarf, I love this colour combination!

A tiny shell...

...or an inverted comma, cute isn't it?

Thrilling stitches...

...these stitches are thrilling in the sense that I always get a buzz when I learn to do something new simply by experimenting, no tutorials online, youtube videos or books came to my aid. This work in progress may not be or look particularly exciting to those who know everything about crochet, but I am pretty chuffed. My plan is to carry on and make a scarf, having fewer stitches on either sides on the next row and the row after will have again the same amount of stitches you see here.

I was supposed to crochet squares....

...and I ended up with these two "not so square" samples! I am experimenting and trying to follow the written instructions from the latest issue of the fabulous "Mollie Makes" magazine, but alas something has definately not gone according to plans and to my best intentions.
I guess that crochet for me is like doodling, I am still learning and I too easily get off on one of my tangents; I ask myself: "What if I do this, what if I go round this loop,..." and the initial idea metamorphoses into a new bizarre experiment.
...but wait. there is more!

Stitches and lilac texture

.Just like knitting, I find crochet addictive and fascinating, the possibilities are endless, I only need more yarn and more time...

How I keep snug and cosy on xmas day....

...I wear these lovely booties Mumsy has knitted for me as one of her xmas gifts, wonderfully warm! Thank you Mumsy!

A cute little house for Mumsy...

...this is one of the handmade gifts I prepared for Mumsy; when she saw this house-threads container she was delighted and could not stop giggling, I think she likes it!

Tilly and the sewing machine