Oh My Gosh!!

Just take a hop over to  Brooklyn Tweed and look at the Wool People collection....wow just wow!!  Can't wait for it to be cold somewhere............

For myself I have been busy designing a secret project - have to say so far has really tested my maths skills - hmmn and I thought this pattern design lark would be fun.......! ha ha it is really and beats Human Resources hands down!!

Two weeks and two days to my holiday.........can't come soon enough!!!!

End of an Era :(

So.... finally Harry Potter comes to an end (well the film versions anyway)!  I have read all the books (of course!) and can still read them again, but I think that seeing the last Harry Potter film is pretty poignant for most of us who have watched the actors develop from kids to adults, or from adults to more mature adults - and lets say it reminded me that time does march on no matter how much we wish it wouldn't!

I am of course a HUGE fan and I can only stand back in awe at JK Rowling's imagination and skill in making these characters almost part of our own family and of course wishing that Magic really really exists.....

I am a (very) grown woman but still cried at the tragedy which comes out.....(no spoilers from me though), even though I had read the book, seeing the action sprung those tears!

I will miss Harry Potter for the time being - I think a reminder in the calendar for the year 2020 to remind me to start reading them all over again will be a good move!

Anyway here is Flo wearing her funky Harry 3D glasses - we splashed out and went Gold Class in homage.......

Bantry House

So here is the little ditty I have been furiously knitting for the past two weeks!  My friend and colleague Mairead is finally tying the knot next week at the gorgeous Bantry House in Southern Ireland.  I have done a Swallowtail for her (first time with this pattern and I really loved it!!) in a Posh Yarn colourway called Minx - which should a) match the colour of the bridesmaids dresses perfectly and b) really be called Tardis Blue......and you know how fond of Dr Who I am!!!

I will be giving this to her tomorrow when I see her in Dubai so fingers crossed she likes it.  Don't expect her to wear it for the wedding but its really just for a memento of the day.

My next project is very secret and very exciting!!!!!

I want this SO badly..........

Doctor Who Bracelet by ~Cinnamonster on deviantART

The Foxglove Shawlette at last....

So I have been working on this design for what seems like forever!  I first thought about this design nearly a year ago when home in the UK and I saw some lovely cottage gardens in the UK.  I used to have a lovely cottage garden myself full of hollyhocks and foxgloves at our house in East Sussex 10 years ago - how things have changed since then! My garden now is full of desert roses. bourgonvillia and cacti which can manage the excessive heat!

Anyway after much thought and mathematics I finally came up with the first purple version of the Foxglove Shawlette.  I found an edging stitch pattern that I really liked which was very reminiscent of the flowers on the foxglove.... small bells.

I knit the first version in a huge ball of Hayfield Bonus which I had got from Magrudy's in Abu Dhabi and I was especially interested in making something from some fairly cheap acrylic since although we all love expensive hand dyed wool - the truth is that we can't all afford such luxury!  My second version was in artesano super wash wool - which again was not 'premium' quality wool and more affordable for mere mortals, but still a really lovely yarn.

I never intended for them to work together, but when I put them close by I quickly saw that they would just look fabulous layered on a really cold day........

Anyway I am delighted that the pattern is now on Ravelry although you can also get it here if you like......

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/foxglove-shawlette