Knackie Knits

I knew the school run mittens from would be fast, but I didn’t think they’d be “less than 24 hours, while parenting two kids, cooking and tidying” fast!

Happy GSOY everyone! My haul was carefully organised my Frank. From left to right: minis from .and.ply; three DKs from ; a Pigment and Ply DK followed by more Pigment and Ply minis; three more DKs from ; and finally finishing with two skeins of camel silk from . Happy to report I have plans for all of it!!!

Not photographed is a brand new flex hammer from for my mum!

Thanks for a great day ❤️

On my needles this week for is a Mini Mock Neck Tank. The yarn is special from the Gala last year, with a plain white from stash for the borders because this is not strictly a single skein make for the L size! I’m so happy with how it’s turned out, a raspberry ripple dream ❤️ Maybe I’ll wear it to this year!!

Pattern: from

My mum’s sweater is finished! It’s such a beautiful lace pattern and I had a great time making it. I used Elements yarn. It’s a dk weight yarn and the pattern calls for fi*****ng. After a gauge swatch, I settled on making two sizes smaller than normal, and I modified the decreases because my row gauge was always going to be different. I’m so happy with how it worked out!!

Just the sleeves to go!

Pattern: Oleander Sweater by but modified for DK
Yarn: Elements from

It’s finished!! This is my latest commission piece: a Shelley Summer Top for ❤️ I love the colour, I love the style, I love the woman who’s gonna wear it ❤️

Prices start at £60 so get in touch to pick a colour 🧶

The power of blocking lace is unrivalled!! This is almost ready to go to ❤️

Pattern: Shelley Summer Top by
Yarn: Ultra Pima Cotton DK

The blue one is technically size XS-S, but I’ve worn it loads and it measures 20” across now. The green one is technically a size M-L, but I’ve blocked it to 24” across.

Something a little different: my Yell Cardigan is coming along slowly. It requires attention and a tension ring for holding the two strands at the same time, so it’s not something I can grab when I have a few minutes. But I’m so happy with it, I don’t care if the kids are both in school by the time it’s finished!

The yarn is all from and the pattern is from ❤️

Making good progress on this Oleander sweater commission. The yarn is Elements picked up at , and the beautiful pattern is from . I’m working with a DK weight yarn so I’m making a size 2 (rather than a size 4) and I’ll have to play around with the repeats lengthwise. Being DK rather than 4-ply, it’s really coming along quickly!!

It’s Cora’s birthday today, but I’ve managed to wind some wool for my next commission: a Shelly Summer top in this lovely Ultra Pima!

Blocked and dried just in time, these lovelies finally made it to my friend today! So now you can all see the beautiful, “crazy” colours. The pattern is the Weekend Shorties from .lee.knits, but I just used ’s zauberball crazy yarn for the whole sock, which I picked up at 🧶

It’s down to the wire on these gift socks, but luckily I’ve got two stages of the Tour de France to catch up on now, so they’ll definitely be done in time, ends and all!!

Photographing socks knit two at a time is almost as fiddly as knitting socks two at a time!

A little Ranunculus update!

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Pattern: by

Leaving the gift socks behind for a few days, I’m working on another Ranunculus! This time in a hand dyed fi*****ng weight yarn from that I bought back in March 2020. The colourway is ‘champagne supernova’ and I love it!! Caked up, I’ll admit it looks a bit of a weird choice for me. But it has these incredible pops of colour: pink, cream, blue, purple, and loads of greens. I can’t get enough of it, and I can’t wait to see it finished up as a ranunculus soon! I’m making a size 3, because it has plenty of ease for me, so I should be able to go and go and go until the yarn runs out!

These are my final gift socks, so I’ll be keeping them black and white until the recipient has them. But trust me, they’re great!

The yarn is ’s Zauberball - which I picked up at 🧶 As says, this yarn makes socks that are sisters, not twins!

The pattern is .lee.knits’ Weekend Shorties which I’ve used and loved before 🥰

Details on my 🥰

I picked up these buttons from .orry.mill on a visit earlier this year. I had them on another cardigan, but I never ever wear that one closed. I think I’ll mainly wear this one open too, but it sits beautifully closed so it’s nice to have the option!

Pattern: Lauder Cardigan from .creabea
Yarn: Saltaire in Squirrel (hey Sirdar can you make this in a dark green because it’s so soft and affordable!)

My ripple worsted crop top is technically finished, but I think I want to make it into a bodysuit?! I have yarn to use up because this was knit in stash yarn I bought from Jenners’ haberdashery 😳

I’m not sure about the join yet. I tried a technique where you pick up inbetween stitches. I think it works perfectly for shoulder seams, but not so well with 3x3 rib. Can I live with it as a feature, or do I want to try mattress stitch? We will all have to wait and see because I only have 8 rows left of my Lauder sleeve so that’s back at the top of the pile today! 😂