Bleached out.

I love these bleached look jeans that appeared in that Balmain SS09 collection....


then more recently in Diesel Black gold for AW10....


However, as my clothing budget is severely strapped (due to my upcoming NY trip - yay!!) I thought to myself "I can do this!" and so I did, and i am very pleased with the results :-)

My glam assistant

Kindly modelling the new beanie for me :-)

Evolution of the green beanie

Although I didn't mind the construction of the original, I just felt it made me look a little bit 'egg-head' so last night I ripped it back and re-knitted it to have a bit more slouch and worked 'pin-wheel' decreases at the crown (my own terminology, it's not a technical term).

It turned out so much better than the previous version and in doing this I have created a new pattern for myself, or anyone else who might be interested in knitting a fast and cosy beanie style hat with a little slouch :-)

It's the first time I have knitted something without a pattern and I am so pleased at how it turned out!

I think I will be posting it up on here and Ravelry as a free pattern very soon!

Simple and striking

I love this, I found it via the Kingdom of Style blog, it is by a designer called Davide Bazzeria it is such a simple design but I just love it - brilliant.

Mainecoon-kitty-in-a-box

This cat is truly crazy about confined spaces.

Whilst I was on the telephone, he leapt onto the kitchen counter and into our veg delivery box and got busy cosying himself up to a giant celeriac, luckily this was the only veg left in the box by that point as I was nearly finished emptying it when the phone rang....

Teeny Greenie Beanie

Hmm, so this was not quite the anticipated design, my gauge was way off and I couldn't be bothered with the seed stitch upper so I knitted stocking stitch instead and worked out my own decreases for the top .... but it does the trick for today at least, I think this will be unraveled halfway tonight and re-knit to include another few rows and make it less like a skull-cap :)


However, I am pretty excited because it is the first time I have improvised away from a pattern and it actually worked! It is a pretty neat construction, and to be honest the only part that resembles the original Autumn pattern is the number of cast on stitches!


So I will be writing out my little improv pattern and posting it up on here when I have perfected it!

A hat in one night (is this possible?)

Hmm, can I make this hat in one night?

I hope so because my poor little head is so chilly in this frrrrrrreezing cold winter we are having in London!

This is a fantastic pattern which is very easy and perfect for a beginner-knitter, and even better is that the lady who designed this hat is donating half the proceeds to the Help for Haiti charity fund, so there is no reason not to buy this, it is $4.50, which works out at about £3 so it wont break the bank :)

Here is the link : Autumn Hat

On your marks, get set...........KNIT!!