Stitch This

  • Drive on…

    So, I’ve already mentioned the Downton Abbey Swap I took part in on Ravelry.  Well, my spoilee emailed this weekend to say she has received my little shoebox all the way in Maine.  She said she likes the goodies, phew! Want to see?!!??! Look…. The basic idea was that you were knitting for your partner’s…

  • Quick as a flash!

    Here’s a very fast refashion, easy! Take a waistcoat purchased from a fab charity shop I visited today while waiting for a train after a PD appointment. You’ve got to make the most of these opportunities! so, hey presto! Some funky buttons, removal of chain store labelling and a nifty corsage (felt, scrap of fabric…

  • Shiny!

    Something good came out of an overly long wait to see my PD Consultant yesterday, look! Made with some cheapy cheapy yarn (Galaxy) with sequins threaded on it already. Sparkly!I go to a knitting club in Stitch City and last winter everyone seemed to be making handwarmers. This is my offering, Stich Speed.

  • Ho ho ho

    Terrible photo I know but I couldn’t wait until tomorrow. I’ve finished my first Christmas make – a scandi stitch cushion. Don’t tell anyone it was meant for 2011. No, don’t. Do you like my label? I’m inordinately excited to have labels. It might make me finish more things. Stranger things have happened.

  • Here we go again

    now, I’ve mentioned my metaphorical plate before haven’t I? Well, I might, just might, have filled it up a little more…anyone up for a trip to Brum this Summer?!? In true Stitch style, I couldn’t decide which category to enter, so I’ve marked three of  ’em. I hope you’ll help me audition some ideas…