the end of my holidays

Well the week off work has passed very rapidly. I spent it mostly knitting and/or reading and researching about knitting. Lucy Neatby's DVD's arrived mid week and I have been spending time watching and learning. They are a delight to watch, she is a clear and concise teacher, goes step by step when teaching something new and has many tips for doing different things, I just love them all and I am very lucky to have all 10 of her DVDs, she includes an index so it is very easy to find what we are looking for.

I also managed to take some photos of the cardigans and pullovers I have made since December and here they are




this is Susie wearing the lovely cardigan made with Colinette CADENZA the colour is Gaugin, and I made this one up following her wishes, she wanted a v neck with only two buttons long and loose so there it is!! I think it looks great and here is another picture of the same cardie




Here is my Alpaca Hummingbird cardigan, also made without a pattern I made it up as I went along, it is very soft and very comfortable, the colour is pheasant
I like it a lot!!


Another veiw of the pheasant cardie




More photos soon, the camera isn't working too well, I hope to get a new one in the near future.

I am teaching myself to knit with DPNs and to knit with circular needles, I am going to start my first ever sock this afternoon, and that will mean I will have three WIPs I have been a "one WIP at the time" knitter, this seemed very limiting and boring so now I just add new WIPs as I become enthused by various techniques to learn and I can pick up the one that better suits my mood when I get time to knit.