Mystery 220

I have joined the Mystery 220 group on Ravelry - knitting a project a month that uses less than 220 yards of yarn - should be fun!

I'm off to cast on the March project.

Winter of Textured Knits KAL final round up Act 3and thank you

And now, the end is near...

First up today: Rose Red. The pattern is called, appropriately, Rose Red. Have I given too much away? Look here for the complete photo and several others of the same beautiful object. Again I wish I had the courage to wear one!


This is unusual; I think it suits Rose Red beautifully.


This is an adaptation of an old favourite that is currently doing the rounds on the Interknits. Oops, have I given it away?


Scroll down to see this most unusual take on an everyday item.


There are so many textures here I didn't know what to show you. Make sure you follow the link and see all Rose Red's photos.


Leaving my home city [Sydney] where Rose Red also lives [but way over on the other side of town] and travelling south, we come to the national capital, home of RR's good friend, Bells. On 2nd July, Bells showed us these:


Read here about Bells day out at The National Gallery and see her wearing this in public for the first time:


These pretties look warm:


This was finished in the Tour de France KAL with time to spare! Well done Bells - the yellow jersey is yours.


Bells said these were a boring knit but her hubby likes them a lot.


And for the special girl in Bells life lookie here:


And so we say farewell to Bells and travel further south to the state of Victoria to visit our final knitter - Susan [otherwise known as Catsmum]. This is appropriate as Susan was the last one to join the KAL but this in no way diminishes her wonderful work. Susan has recently had major surgery so we wish her all the best for a speedy recovery and better health than she has endured in the past.

This is a pattern she has knitted once or twice before.


Some team colours for the grandson:


A pretty item in lace for the DIL:


A similar item in gorgeous alpaca:


Then this gorgeous piece of "lace" that's been a long time coming:


And another baby item:



Thank you to everyone who participated in the KAL and those who followed along by reading what we were up to! It's been great fun even if the round-ups were time consuming. Will we do it again next year? Let's wait and see, shall we? I'll be a grandmum and a new aunty by winter next year!

Winter of Textured Knits KAL final round up Act 2

Hello from a dust-coated computer from the very bad seven-hour dust storm we had on Wednesday [I'm allergic to dust so it's better if I just let it lie]

Presenting for your viewing pleasure some more beautiful textures.

First up Paisley Womble. The colour here is gorgeous, the texture is a bonus!

A popular garment on the knitternet in another beautiful colour here.

And something for Paisley's mum here.

I've knitted several of these; this one is stunning!


Over in the USA, Deniasha has been travelling, buying, selling and podcasting but still had time for this. While you're checking the texture out, scroll down on the same post for the gorgeous lace Deniasha has done! Beautiful.

And on the left of the screen we can see something that Deniasha has designed which many of us love. The finished product is here.



Tinkingbell has been on holidays but the knitting has not been neglected. Scroll right to the bottom of this post [if you can resist stopping to look at all the beautiful holiday snaps], and you'll find these:


And finally, for today, the lovely Jan who helps me out by putting all her textured knitting in one post and sending me an email with the link! Thanks heaps, Jan, I really appreciated it. Here is the link I was sent in mid-July. First there are these little pretties [full picture here]


This is cute. Some little girl in Afghanistan will love it. And there is a companion on the same page.
There is also another photo but I wasn't able to crop it successfully so please go and check them all out here.

Then in August Jan made my life easy again by sending me this link. Let me tempt you: First a present for an orange-loving grandson. Unfortunately, my cropping has completely missed the orange stripe!


Two more textured knits:






I wish I was confident enough to wear one of these [below] - I love everything about this one, the colour and the texture!


See you soon for the final post!

Winter of Textured Knits KAL final round up Act 1

Dear readers of this blog and members of WoTK in particular

Thanks for your patience. We have upgraded our plan and hopefully will never run out of plan before we run out of month! It didn't help that I also ran out of blogging steam somewhere back in late June!

Thank you for your emails of love and support; I really appreciated them more than I can ever express in mere words!

So, here, for your viewing pleasure, are the final entries of the Winter of Textured Knits KAL.

Up in sunny Queensland, Rell [who also lost her blogging drive for a while] has knitted this. A gorgeous colour and lovely cables. Well done Rell. The finished product is shown on her 9 September post [which I can't link to; sorry Rell].


This is not knitted, it is woven, but I couldn't resist showing you. It's made from plastic shopping bags and the final result is in this post.
Apart from weaving and quilting and renovating, Delighted Hands has had some time to knit and produced these in August. Check here for the full picture.
This was started during the KAL. Here's the finished item - how could I not show it?



Knitter Sue has knitted this. It's a Christmas present - how well organised is that? There were so many interesting textures, it was hard to crop the photo. Go here to see the finished object.

Then there was this. Aren't those buttons cute? To see the lovely Isabel wearing this, go here.




These items seem to have become very popular and Sue has two to show you here, another here and one more here.

"Winter of Textured Knits" KAL July/August Muster #1

The round up has been delayed due to using up all our download time and being on dial up speed. Too slow to process all the photos from a dozen blogs! Please return for another look after 22 September!

Winter of Textured Knitting- June wrap up

This month's wrap-up from our Winter of Textured Knits comes to you through a variety of fibre-related crafts: knitting, crocheting, weaving and quilting. Enjoy!!

Sorry this photo from Rell's blog is so small - there was nothing I could do with it.
Knitter Sue finished her 19th object for this year.



Carol hasn't had much time for knitting - between work, a photography course, life in general and making this

I have lightened this photo of Paisley Womble's knitting: all the better to see the texture!
And how's this for amazing texture? [I want what she made!!]


RoseRed is using her enforced retirement to make pretty things...


...and useful gifts


Could our RoseRed be just a little competitive? Read the story here and decide for yourself! LOL


The June Long Weekend saw Bells working on this


That left her the rest of the months to finish these


...and these

Jan has been making new friends and staying warm over at Pass the Slipped Stitch Over:

This is pretty [lace is textured too]


And this is amazing: Susan had a very busy knitting month [where does she find the time?].
We saw this unblocked last month:


Here's something little:


and something Susan described as a "thingie":


And, the next three came from a post entitled Baby it's cowled outside; I wonder what they are?




Over in the States where it's not winter at all, Delighted Hands has not been well and busy wrangling her six month old kitten but still finding time for these items:

First a pretty FO


...and a pretty WIP


...too good to use:


...and weaving this:

and these made from plastic shopping bags [that's right folks, you heard me!]




Congratulations everyone; see you next month!