Hello and welcome to the last week of my 30 Day Sketchbook Challenge. I’ve enjoyed having a new prompt every morning again this week and I will miss that for the rest of the year! However I have knitting and crochet to get on with and all this drawing does eat into the time I […]
In pretty much everything you knit, you will at some point need to learn how to count rows and stitches. This is especially important if you’re making something that needs to be a certain size, as you will need to make sure you knit in the same “gauge” as the designer. If you’re not sure […]
In this post, I’m going to talk about “gauge” and specifically, how to use a gauge swatch to measure your gauge. Why is “gauge” important? The pattern will describe the “gauge” the designer used. This simply means the number of stitches and rows in a specified measurement. Gauge is normally measured over either 4″ or […]
Welcome to the third of my weekly round-ups for my 30 day sketchbook challenge 2018. Just in case you’ve missed Week 1 and Week 2, I’m taking part in a sketchbook challenge. Each morning a new “prompt” is released and we have to sketch something that relates to that prompt! Some are easier than others!!! […]
I was going to share an update with you on Wednesday but..I was sooo close to finishing this, I really just wanted to get it done. I put the last stitch in on Thursday night….although I was playing some SERIOUS yarn-chicken for the last few rows! This was how much I had left as I […]
Hello Folks! I’m persevering with this sketchbook challenge. I have to say, on balance the pictures haven’t gone as well as Week 1. As promised, I’m going to share the good and the bad though, so here goes! Day 8 – “Flowers” I decided to get my watercolours out for day 8. Unfortunately, after some […]
Hello, for those that have read some of my other posts, you’ll know I don’t like knitting sleeves. I am however focussed on my January 2018 Goals, one of which is to complete this Everything Nice Hoodie. I finished the body last week and so I had no option BUT to knit the sleeves… When […]
Hello! As you may have read in my January 2018 Goals post, I’m taking part in a 30 Day Sketchbook Challenge! Each morning, I get an email from the organisers Magenta Sky Printing with a new prompt. After some initial panic thinking “I can’t draw that!!!”, my little cogs start whirring. There is a Facebook […]
There are so many types of yarn to choose from. If you’re just starting to learn to knit or crochet, you might find this a bit confusing…I know I did!! I’m hoping this post will help you with which yarn to use for your next project! Whether you crochet or knit, yarn is yarn and […]
Hello! Can you believe its 2018 already? This decade is going so fast! This year, I decided, rather than setting goals for a whole year I’d set myself some smaller goals for each month. So that they can be achievable, I’ll set them at the start of each month. Now, I know the clever ones […]
Let me start by saying (quietly, just in case anyone has a hangover) Happy New Year to everyone of my lovely readers and your families! I hope you had a lovely evening last night and brought in 2018 doing something you wanted to do! Mr Jo-Creates and I had a fun night with some very […]
