This is my I-had-too-much-wine-and-no-food-last-night look. 

It actually made the day bearable even though I thought I'd be a tired achy mess. Cosy.

My boots look gross there, they're actually just pretty nice Chelsea boots, mad even cooler by the fact that I got them off eBay as "jodhpur boots" which made them way cheaper.

Past couple of days has been a blur of black, grey and neon yarns with a lot of meeting friends for post-work drinks thrown in.

Apparently I'm "burning the candle at both ends.

Oh hey.

oh wow remember when i used to update this all the time?

Yeah sorry about that, just don't really have much time to live let alone blog!

I finished my jumper for my knitwear moduleeee, here he is:

Made on a 2.5 gauge Dubied machine, using roll stitch and stuffed circular plain techniques.
More info on my Ravelry!

a selection of dubied samples

Here are some samples from the Dubied machines which I've been working on this semester.

7 gauge machine:

2.5 gauge machine:

so knitty

Yeah so, went to Fairfield Yarns on Friday to get the yarn for my garment!
It was a bit of a trek; we totally forgot that Friday is really trafficky, we ended up in Oldham at first instead of Heywood, then on the way home pretty much the whole motorway was a traffic jam. Oh well.

Sorry about the blur-factor I have to use my phone.

This is the yarn for my garment, which I'm gonna use the 2.5 gauge Dubied machine for, I'll put up samples and design development for it later. It's a silk-lambswool mix.

Also got this mohair for a pound!

This Shetland wool for a pound!

And some free samples of jute (top) and hemp (bottom).

The last three are for my design development and portfolio module, for the mood board for my slow/eco fashion brand. More to come on that later.

Currently at home dyeing things naturally for it too. AHAHA.

five hats i made over christmas

howski hat

So I made yet another hat, but this one's got earflaps and plaits and a pom pom and a different pattern!

Created using the Jayne Cobb Hat pattern by Allison MacAlister.

finale

Hey here's my final jumper, finally, ha.

So exhausted, need to chill desperately.

knit me baby one more time

So, I've started making my jumper, thought I'd keep you updated a bit.

Here are my initial designs:

I tried to keep the silhouette quite simple, with more detail, as we only have about 2 weeks to finish!

Here are my samples for some of them:

I've decided to make the first one on the first page; a long sleeve, round neck jumper with ladder and eyelet detailing.

This is another sample in the yarn I'm going to use.

I started on Wednesday, and so far (somehow) I've managed to finish the back, sleeves, neckline trim and half the front! Hoping to be finished by next Wednesday so I can wash and steam it and everything and hand it in on Friday.

Busy busy busyyyyyyyy X.

heeeeeyyyy my sweater!

Hey you guys this is my first machine-knitted garment that I've made ever!

It is a très basic v-neck jumper with set in sleeves and plain hems and trims.


Currently beginning the construction of one I have designed myself and all that, I'll update you soon enough.