September 30th 2009
Filed under General
Every September Macmillan organise the World’s Largest Coffee Morning encouraging people to donate £1 whilst having their elevenses. This year they teamed up with The Knitter to do something a little different. They wanted people to knit a comfort square which could then be turned into a blanket.
So last week Hattie and Alice organised a coffee evening at Socktopus, only we drunk coke, ate Vietnamese food and jelly belly beans, and I made these lovely little squares.
The pattern for the first two are on the Macmillan site, the third I made up.
It is not too late to get involved the deadline for square is the 9th October, or you can donate some money via the button on the sidebar. If you do donate include your Ravelry name, as they are having a raffle. As for the prize Alice has kindly donated a skein of Woolmiese (the scrummy one from this months sock club) for one lucky donor.
September 17th 2009
Filed under Socks, socktopus club 2009, Stash Enhancement
Before going away on holiday I popped into Socktopus to see a few of my favourite knitters. It was also the day Alice was getting the sock club parcels ready so it gave me a chance to pick up my yarn and goodies (there were two lots of bells and whistles to make up for last months parcel).
Your eye’s do not deceive you that is some lovely skein of Wollmeise, on an exclusive colourway. Now I have to be honest I hadn’t yet cottoned on to the whole wollmeise craze, I seem to always miss the shop updates, I have not yet had a chance to fondle this yarn or seen it knitted up… so this was a real treat for me. After a bit of knitting I have to say I get it, smell and all!
Also included was an amazing Zigzag Stitches knitting bag, this is a tiny version perfect for carrying around sock knitting. I adore her stuff, I have added a few bags and a sock and go needle case to my birthday wish list. Finally, there are the lovely mini Russian doll stitch markers by Atomic Knitting.
Whilst I was there Kat was knitting an amazing cardigan in lace-weight so when I was fondeling the yarn I saw this cashmere yarn, I knew it was screaming to be turned into a lovely cardigan.
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