Ginger Knits UK

After all my decision making in my post yesterday, and my eagerness to cast on, my brain interfered again and I spent most of the evening playing with colour combos in Excel. It looked like this: I stared at it for ages, showed it to my other half, stared at it again, showed it to my other half* *repeat until bedtime. I decided to get stuck in having whittled it down to two possible layouts. I'm still not one hundred percent sure but I'm hoping I'll have a better idea by the time I'm at the next colour change.

Almost two years to the day that I cast on for what has so far been my biggest FO, I'm casting on another. When I found out my first nephew was on the way I um'd and ah'd over what to knit for him; i.e. I spent hours browsing Ravelry looking at ALL THE BABY THINGS. I wanted to make him a blanket, something he'd hopefully use and keep for several years, maybe into adulthood. While I like knitting modular patterns, crocheting motifs and generally being a clever clogs, my brain kept on returning to a simple yet effective pattern. #knitting pattern is Teddy blanket by Millamia A photo posted by clarestorry (@gingerknits) on Apr 20, 2014 at 9:44am PDT I've worked with MillaMia in the past and their oh so cheerful Teddy Blanket had always attracted a lot of attention at yarn shows. It's a very easy knit though it is an exercise in stamina. After doing more browsing (thanks again Ravelry) I decided on it but using Rico Essential Cotton, not Mill...

There's a crochet photo thing I'm joining in with over on Instagram. I'm enjoying it though it is mostly a sea of pastels and perfect home decor  there are moments punctuated with humour and insight. Today's theme ties in nicely with FO Friday. Out of pure laziness I'm re-posting here. Any questions? Ask away in the comments. Cheers and happy weekend! BIG WOOL got me back in to knitting after a 20 year hiatus. The satisfaction of finishing a scarf in days, rather than weeks was a revelation. I bought lots of BIG WOOL. As my technique improved, my yarn weight decreased and big wool was sadly redundant, relegated to the bottom of the stash. A few years later I discovered BIG HOOK and the #crochet circles project was born. This took me ages to make, mostly due to distraction from other projects. It also failed as a stashbuster as I had to buy more #colours, I really did! Is it a #blanket? Is it a rug? Is it a blug or a ruket? Who cares? It's toasty, col...