I really should take my own advice.....

Just a quick blog to show you a wrap I have knitted in Manos del Uruguay Alegria, a beautifully soft 4 ply yarn designed for socks but equally lovely used in other projects. Here is my finished wrap....

Which was made with this colourway. Beautiful.

I shamefully have this garment on display in the shop, because what you can't see in the photo (because I photographed it from the 'good' side) is the GLARING mistake I made because I did not follow my own advice from an earlier blog and I did not READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST!!

There are short rows in this pattern, and halfway through I was not happy with how the 'wrapped' stitch was showing, and couldn't work out what was going wrong.......until I read to the end of the instructions which told me exactly how to knit up the wrapped stitch so that it doesnt show. AAAARRGGGHHHH. Usually I would have taken the whole thing out and started again, but with so many projects on the go, I decided to carry on regardless and display it as a lesson to all who look at it to (as my Mum used to say) 'do as I say, not as I do'!!

Even with the mistakes, its still pretty though and I will wear it - with the good bit on the outside.....

Speak to you soon

Love from Tina xxxx

About time for another blog.....

Blogging really does not come naturally to me, and I have sat here for aaaages wondering what to write about, and have come up with nothing!! Any bloggers out there who have any tips for me please please pass them on - some people seem to do it with such ease and so well, and I am wondering just how I can match up and become a 'more often than once every couple of months' blogger!! You would think with running a wool shop I would have lots of tales to tell, and I do - but I start to write stuff, then worry about offending anyone it might involve....so I try to rewrite it and then end up trying to think of something else!! Blogger Block Big Time.... 

So, today I am going to share a couple of photos of my Grandson George who visited the shop yesterday (with his Mummy of course) and hopefully be able to come up with something knitty to blog about soon :-)

Heres George....

As you can see, he liked the crochet blanket, but only to eat! One day I'll teach him to knit and crochet, I'm hoping for the next Kaffe Fassett and someone else in the family to share my love of yarns with......!!
Or maybe he will be much more creative than I am and I can get him to write blogs for me.....

Well thats is for now, hopefully I will chat to you again very soon

Happy Knitting and crocheting

Love from Tina xx