YPF......................Beach Glass

I joined Sundara's Seasons Club in August so I could get my hands on some of her fabled yarn. I chose Spring as it is more my colours than some of the other Seasons and I could not afford more than one season with VAT/Customs etc to added on. The first skein is named Beach Glass. This link is very apt with soundtrack and all to show where and why this skein is named so.

It is so much more vibrant in real life than thes photos show.

Just to pick a suitable pattern, but later, much later..........

Secret Garden Love Lace Socks

Slow progress to these: Squee Club yarn: Secret Garden Plushness.

YPF.......................................Chatsworth.

This week's stunning skein is again from Skein Queen. It is the second installment of the Squee Club Autumn yarn.




The club is based on english Stately Homes. Chatsworth is a very stately home in Derbyshire and I have only ever seen it on the screen. The last time was in the Keira Knightly version of Pride and Prejudice. To see why these colours, look at these pictures of Chatsworth House and this showing more of the house. It is now in a cake and I am searching for a 'noble' pattern for it :)

YPF.............Posssum

I purchased this a while ago, It is CherryTreeHill Possum sock yarn. Very soft and the colours as vibrant as always!!


I have been petting this...............................it's snuggly :)

Andragogy.........................................part 1

The waist is taking shape now. This yarn is really fabulous to knit with and gioes on for a long time!!! I love it!! :)

I hope it fits.....................I love how it looks so far :)

Koi in the snow? Or Snowflake?

I promised pictures of the Snow Reflections being knitted up. Here is my progress picture. The pattern is Koi from The Eclectic Sole by Janel Laidman. Did I tell you I love this book? This is the fifth pattern I have knit from it.

The pattern suggested 'snowflakes' to me...............am I isolated in my view? :)

YPF..........................Snow Reflections

Another wonderful skein from Debbie aka SkeinQueen. This one is called Snow Reflections ie the yarn suggests the reflections on the snow............it knits up like that too, some knitted pics later. :)



It is almost as if the grass is peeking out of the snow.....................do you see it the same? :)

Slow progress................................

This is what I knit with last week's YPF yarn. The pattern is one I was sent last year with my Rockin Sock Club. Summer of Love Lace by J C Briar. I think it is perfect for the floral tones of my Squee Club yarn!

A lovely lacey cuff

more detail

The pattern did suggest blocking the cuff and then picking up stitches.................no way!! I just knit on, do you think it needed blocking first? :) I try never to cut yarn until a sock is finished and fits...............sad that way, I am. :)

YPF...........................Glacier

I ordered this from Robyn at Purlescence after seeing this in Ravelry stashes. It does not disappoint!! Handmaiden Seasilk in the colourway Glacier.


I wonder will I ever find the time to knit it..........................I can stroke it but for now! :)

Andragogy.........................................

Today was my first official day back at University. I have enrolled for a part-time course lasting 2 years; at the end of which I hope to receive a specialist practice qualification and a post-graduate certificate (half a Masters degree), it will be a lot of work so knitting may/will take a back seat along with blogging. I'm not giving up but am being realistic about the work committment involved. However in keeping with the title of this post, I started Stephanie Japel's Back-to-School U-Neck Vest Pattern in this yarn.



I hope it will look like this, eventually............ :)