Knitting

Socks Knitted on Two Needles

Anjie Davison — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:27:51 -0700

I knitted some socks at the end of last year, the pattern by Donna Druchunas, I found in a book I bought "Vogue Knitting, Socks Two"

Alice's Degree Show

Anjie Davison — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:19:10 -0600

On Wednesday we had a day trip to the seaside, Brighton, to see Alice's Degree Show. Alice studied textiles, specialising in knitting, with business studies. I really love Alice's final pieces, all hand knitted and crocheted, based on fishermen's knots, ropes and nets. Well done Alice!

How to Knit a Snood/Cowl/Eternal Scarf

Anjie Davison — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:35:26 -0700

This scarf is really quick to knit, I knitted it in a day, still time to knit one as a gift before Christmas.

I bought a lovely soft yarn called Ebba (70% merino 20% alpaca 10% silk) a bulky yarn 12ply, from Woolfish. I used 300 gms to knit the scarf.

Needle size should be 8.00 mm but to be honest I used the largest circular needles I had to hand, 6.5 mm, this gave me a close knit but because it's a scarf it didn't matter.

The knitting and Stitching Show 2010

Anjie Davison — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:40:33 -0600

On Sunday, 10 October, Sue, Suzie and I went to the Knitting and Stitching show at Alexandra Palace.

St Albans to Vilnius

Anjie Davison — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:24:05 -0600

In May I received a really nice email from Sonata in Lithuainia. Sonata was asking permission to use a couple of my patterns for World Wide Knitting in public day, held on the 19th June. Sonata explained "The same night will be the great cultural night (Let There Be Night!

Harry Hill Knitted Ski Mask

Anjie Davison — Sun, 09 May 2010 09:18:43 -0600

On Tuesday evening I went out for a drink with two fellow knitters, we had a show and tell of things we had made. Nothing could trump, for comedy value, the Harry Hill ski mask Rachel produced. Who says knitting is boring? Rachel entered the mask into the Harry Hill's TV Burp K Factor competition, it didn't even get a mention. I think this fine piece of fibre art deserves a bit of recognition and a wider audience, it made me laugh.

Pom Pom Hats

Anjie Davison — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:10:06 -0600

I love old knitting patterns, for many reasons, comedy value being just one. This pattern for helmet (silly me I thought it was a balaclava!) and caps caught my eye, mainly because all the hats sport a lovely pom pom on top, I'm a sucker for a pom pom. The helmet is my particularly favourite, very attractive. 10p well spent? I think so. In the same shop I bought a water colour painting of shells, for 50p, I think it's quite well executed, just needs a frame.

Knitted Easter Chick

Anjie Davison — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:20:21 -0600

There's still time to knit these 'Just Hatched' chicks for Easter. The pattern is so easy and takes about 30 minutes to an hour to produce a fluffy bird, to contain a Cadbury's creme egg. My free chick pattern is easy to follow, give it a go!

How to Make Flowers from I-cord or French Knitting

Anjie Davison — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:00:51 -0700

These flowers are so simple to make and look as fresh as spring!

Basic Flower

I knitted a length of i-cord 25cm (10") long, you could make it from French knitting. From this I formed a five looped petal flower then attached a button for the centre, piece of cake!

Flower Hair Band

Another Knitted Bead Necklace

Anjie Davison — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:11:53 -0700

Another bead necklace. This time instead of knitting one of the beads, I purled it, in the round, to give a different texture to the bead. Basic knitted bead necklace here