Looking ahead to the New Year

I have a few projects planned for the New Year, and I'm going to give myself a deadline for each one of the major ones.

First I shall the chunky hoody for Craig's birthday, which is at the start of February...I have 1 month in other words.

Then I shall have knitted the Dog jumper I have ready and planned for myself.

Once that has been completed I shall move onto a cabled jumper which has been chosen for my fiance's Christmas present. This sound's extreme but this pattern is knit on tiny needles, thus needs the majority of the Summer to complete.

In the meantime I shall be knitting smaller projects, like a wizard and the bee keeper's quilt.
I shall be giving a hexipuff count at the end of each new blog post.

I also intend on starting socks, given that I have ample supply of 4ply yarn now.



Current Hexipuff Count (CHC)

Solid: 7
Striped: 15
Total: 22/384
Remaining: 362

Wish me luck.

Carrie Bradshaw's Jumper

A.K.A The Carrie Files #22

In conjunction with Owlie Sound.



This is such a fab jumper. I can't remember which episode it's from though, but I shall be re-watching the seasons soon! I need not tell you that I love knitwear, isn't it fab? The jumper Carrie is wearing appears to be a garter/reverse stocking stitch knit with a fab k2, p2 rib.

This is a similar jumper to a raglan I knit at the start of the year, probably don't need to tell you that Sarah Jessica Parker is a knitter either.



1. New Look £24.99

2. Matalan £18

3. Asos £30

4. Next £35

5. Topshop £42


1. I like the colours, the neck and the variated stripes but you'd really need a long sleeved top on underneath.

2. Nice natural tones stripes, in a nice chunky yarn by looks of it, what more could you ask for.

3. The effect of the yarn is wonderful, I love colour change yarns for this reason. It's ribbed throughout and really focuses on the one stripe on Carrie's jumper, hence it being included.

4. Be still my beating heart! How wonderful is this jumper? I think the blue really complements the rust tones and there isn't too much meaning it doesn't take over. The self striping yarn really works for this.

5. Trust Topshop to have a really similar jumper in colour, but it's not over the top colour and it works, I believe that these tones would suit anyone.

Jumpers and skinny jeans tucked into knee high boots is one great way to wear these jumpers, and given that knee high riding style boots are everywhere right now you really cant go wrong with this look.

Boyfriend Jumper

Isn't he gorgeous?

I finally finished it, I just forgot to post it!

The Jumper WIP

I'm so near to completing this now!
I thought I'd share this with you, it's the jumper I'm knitting as a Christmas present for my boyfriend. That photo is actually of one of the sleeves, but I've finished those, I'm working on the front piece right now.
I got the pattern from the June 2010 issue of Simply Knitting magazine, and changed the stripe pattern to cater to Craig's taste. He chose the colours too, but I picked the yarn, it's Stylecraft shades: 2302-olive & 2318 mixtures bracken, they work so beautifully together.