On My Needles

The gorgeous Noro Kochoran is being transformed into a lovely winter woolly. I love the softness of the colours and the yarn itself. This is going to be a very warm woolly! I have very nearly completed the body, I've done a top down in the round pattern. So about to cast off and begin the sleeves. I need to get it finished as I have just received some lovely yarn from Easyknits. I have a skein of Cherish which is a mix of merino, cashmere and nylon, in gun metal grey and a skein of Alpaca Silk Mix in pumpkin. Both are destined to become Ishbels, one for me and one for a friend for Christmas. They will be absolutely fabulous when finished, how could they not be with such lovely yarn. The Alpaca Silk is so beautifully soft even though it cos a little less than the Cherish. In fact I may not be able to wait to cast on an ishbel until the jumper is finished. Oh I'm so weak!!

A Strange Weekend

I have been knitting lots this weekend. We have been having some wiring done in my sewing conservatory so everything had to be put away. All the furniture has had to be stacked up in the sitting room and there has been lots of noise and lots of dust! I hid in the bedroom all weekend and knitted. Consequently, I have made great progress with my Ishbel and some progress with my sock yarn blanket

I Love Noro Sekku!

With each bit of this Ishbel, the Noro Sekku looks different and shows a range of colour that I wouldn't have thought would have gone together. But go together it does and beautifully. Iv'e said it before, no one does colour like Noro! I think I may just get the Ishbel out of one ball which is bonus too.

Changed My Mind!

When I saw this Noro Sekku I had to have it. The Ishbel Knitalong with Martine and Chloe will now be with this, I'll finish the Koigu some other time. The colours in this yarn are gorgeous and I can't wait to see how they turn out in the shawl. This change of heart came about as I saw it on the shelf at the new knitting group I started going to last night. This one is very local, I can walk there and it takes place in Moonstone Yarns shop. So it ticks all the boxes, close to home, lots of lovely yarny chatter and shopping! I will also continue to pop in to KTOG as often as I can.