More Self-Striping Socks [Started 11th March]

I bought several balls of sock yarn at the Sandown show in January, but not the usual suspects. They were all bargains and this one is Drops Fabel Print [75% wool / 25% polyamide: 50g=205m/225yds], colour 547, grey-brown.

Lang Waistcoat [Started 26th February: :Completed 16th March]

This is a Fiona Morris pattern constructed using her special techniques; you can gte the pattern direct from Fiona or via Ravelry. I bought some wonderful (discontinued) Noro Kogarashi [51% silk / 49% wool] and thought this kind if pattern is perfect for it being suited to the typical random striping in Noro yarns. The yarn is chunky and this colourway is a muted mix of greens tan and grey.

Autumn Socks [Started 6th January: :Completed 24th February]

This is a bargain ball of yarn that I bought - no doubt - at a show, but can't remember where - possibly as recently as our trip to the Lewes Guild Open Day. So despite my new year resolution ("no new projects") I have started another pair of socks as they are easy to knit on the go.
Not sure who will be the lucky giftee yet but George likes his socks knitted in a similar yarn, so maybe for him - if I can prize from his grip some of the worn-out socks he clings on to ("they just need darning" - and in my defence they have been darned - too many times!).
Regia Hand-Dye Effect Sock Yarn [70% wool / 25% polyamide / 5% acrylic: 100g=420m] which knits to a tension of 30 sts x 42 rows to 10 cm. Not very keen on this colour (6557, Aragonit) but lots of people have admired it during the knitting.

Striped Study Shawl [Started 16th December 2013: :Completed 20th January]

Attracted by the special offer of luxury Debbie Bliss Andes [65% baby alpaca/35% mulberry silk; 50g=100m] from Black Sheep Wools I decided to make the striped study shawl at last. I love the colours on offer (Coral 7, and Mahogany 4) and thought they would make a lovely combination - but I am less satisfied with the result as it's coming along. I am not good at choosing colour combinations so maybe it's just my lack of confindence causing me to doubt. But however it turns out - the yarn feels simply wonderful to knit with and hopefully to wear.

Mohair Revival [Started 11th December 2013: :Completed 9th February]

This little project is passed to me from Ava. My mission is to complete it. Started from a kit in the 1980s, the back and one sleeve are complete, plus half the front. The tricky part has been trying to match the tension - I have already had a few false starts and gone up a needle size. The yarn is Patons Focus on Cotton [30% Cotton / 30% Mohair / 30% Acrylic / 10% Nylon.] probably in shade Shade 2091, a cream colour with touches of peach.

Marin [Started 1st September 2013]

This is an Ysolda pattern, Marin, that I purchased from Ravelry after seeing it at A Verb for Keeping Warm stand at SOAR last year. The yarn is the perfect navy I was looking for (a gift from Alison) in Cascade Heritage Sock in colour 9825 [75% Merino/25% nylon; 100g = 400m/437yds]. It's a well defined pattern that needs a plain colour - preferably paler as Ysolda models it - though beige is not a good colour for me; however it's progressing so nicely I expect to make more than one example,

Rowan Kidsilk Haze Striped Scarf [Started 6th July 2013]

Second time around for Arty Fibre Scarf - I started to knit Artfibers Vertical Drop Stitch Scarf again in my Rowan subscription free gift this year (the first one I have been tempted to make anything with I have to say) - but pattern does not lend itself to the yarn which is Rowan Kidsilk Haze Stripe in colour Circus 205 [70% super kid silk mohair/30% silk; 50g = 425m/465 yards]. So I am now making it a ribbed scarf without the dropped stitches.

Estes Vest for me [Started 9th February 2013: :Completed 4th January]

This is my "allotment" vest (yes I need special designer knitwear to go digging - you have a problem with that?)
The pattern is from Interweave Knits and was designed by Hana Jason for the magazine in 2008. I am using Rowan Felted Tweed Chunky in colour 289 Wode [50% wool / 25% Alpaca / 25% Viscose : 50g=55 yards], which is now discontinued - but curently available from Janettes Rare Yarns on the web. I have used a zip closure which I saw someone had done on Ravelry, and I may also follow her further and line it as well.

Orkney Cardigan [Started 22nd November 2012: :Completed 23rd February]

I saw this cardigan displayed on the Rowan stand at Ally Pally this year - and, though the photo in the mag is appealing, it looks so much more wonderful in the flesh. So my old knitting machine is having another outiing with this project - so far the back is complete and looks wonderful. The pattern is from Rowan Knitting & Crochet Magazine 52, and uses felted tweed DK in quite a lot of colours - but only one ball of each.
I was confused by two things (zero points for initial observation): sleeve pattern - and in one case colour - totally different from body - plus - one of the pattern sequences involves 3 colours in one row (contravening "rules" of fair-isle??).

Stockport - all over again [Started 30th September 2012: :Completed 12th January]

I seem to have caugh the disease from George's Mother and accidentally felted my lovely Rowan over-sweater. G was somewhat less than sympathetic (after he had heard about it for the umpteenth time) saying "get over it, you can knit another" - so I am.
Knitted as before in Rowan Cocoon, colour 812 Bilberry, [80% merino, 20% kid mohair: 115m/126yds per 100g].

Snowflake cardigan [Started 29th December 2011]

This is another of the Fair-Isle designs from Debbie Bliss Magazine 7. I am using Amy Butler Organic Aran in colour Slate [50% cotton, 50% wool; 50g:90m/98yds] as it was on sale - and also as my intended victim is Rob who is slightly allergic to wool and I think the wool cotton blend might suit. I think both Rob and George were slightly dubious about the Sherpa hats - so maybe Rob needs a fashionable Fair Isle cardi as well as George.

Bella Blouse [Started 9th June 2011]

This is the Bella Blouse by Norah Gaughan from the Knitting Daily Pattern Library. I am using a few balls of Rowan Damask - a yarn I love but now discontinued - for the contrast and I found an ecru cotton blend (Patons Washed Haze) which tones with it quite well for the main shade. As my supply of Damask is limited I am omitting the contrast band at the bottom of the sweater.

Rowan Man's Aran Cardigan [Started 14th October 2010]

Stash wool from when I overbought some Rowan Magpie Aran Tweed for a cardigan for my brother-in-law some years ago (I know - not like me - large administrative error in translating 2oz balls to 100g balls). I am adapting a cardigan pattern from the Mens Book which is designed for chunky yarn; I have not yet made a satisfactory start - every time I knit the welt it looks too small!

Two [Started 22nd August 2010]

This is Two - not another cardigan! But it is, like Puzzle, from Queen of Hearts - in fact, the cover design. The yarn is Patons Misty [25g; 150m], 70% mohair, 30% polyamide. It knits to a double knitting tension of about 22sts to 4 inches, but I am knitting it much looser on 6mm needles. I chose this yarn also at Ally Pally in 2009; being a dress I thought it would take for ever but it seems to be knitting up very quickly so I have exery expectation of finishing it soon...