Monkeys See............

All finished!! Another one off the WIP list :)

A close up of the colours. I like!!

Now to tackle more unfinished knits!!

Happy St Patrick's Day!!!!

A progress update on my Monkey Man!!! :)

Fanfiction Monkeys...........................

As promised progress pictures of yesterday's YPF yarn Monkeys.



Another side view.


I love how the colours work with this pattern. :)

Another WiP Wrestling Pin

Ravelympics WIP Wrestling Event: Round 2

I finished these too! Monkeys by cookieA in Evolution: Lime and Violet. I used a 56 stitch modification with 3mm needles. I also added a different heel.

Squee Monkey finished

All done!! I love these socks, just as well it has turned cold..........

MonkeySock Swap 4 now over.............................

I sent my parcel and it was well received. However I forgot to take pictures so look here for the details. The parcel included yarn/patterns/bag/ socks and monkey noveltioes :) Ronnie was a lovely swap partner, thank you. :D




I also sent some CookieA patterns for Ronnie to knit up. Roll on Swap 5 :) Thank you Rebecca!

Pay it Forward parcels arrived safely

My PIF gifts have arrived. I loved doing this but was a little slow on finishing my knits, for that I apologise and hope you enjoy your socks. I chose for each of you what I thought might be untried yarns. Thank you all for letting me know they arrived safely :)

Kay's No Purl Monkeys in Wollmeise 100% merino superwash sock: Paul

SussexYorkie's No Purl Monkey's in Fiesta Baby Boom: Rainforest

Rachel's No Purl Monkeys in Posh Emily: Pomegranate

I have now knit 15 Monkeys albeit of differing sizes.........time for a new pattern?? :D

MonkeySockSwap4 progress report 1

Here is where I have got to with these, better get my skates on!!! :) Do you like them? I hope my pal does :)


No Purl Monkeys in Posh Emily Aurora: 2.75mm dpns

Knitting not yarn..............................

I'm actually posting a finished knit rather than another skein of yarn! Now to cast on for my MonkeySwap socks :) Tomorrow!

No Purl Monkeys in Fiesta Baby Boom: Rainforest, on 2.5mm dpns.

What have you all been doing this Easter holidays?

This is what I have been up to, knitting wise. I have knit a bit more of my Red Rib and Cable Cardigan. I had to order more yarn in case I ran out and couldn't get the right dyelot!!

I also knit up some more of the many socks I have on needles at the moment.


More Monkeys knit with Posh Emily in Pomegranate: No purl and a 14 stitch modification using 2.75mm dpns.


Baby Boom Monkeys, colourway Rainforest. No purl modification only and knit on 2.5mm dpns.
I love these colours together and the yarn has a lovely tight twist. :)

And I started the Sulka scarf, I just couldn't help myself!!

So instead of getting some WiPs out of the way I started more. I also ordered the yarn to knit Holly from a fellow Raveller
and some Merino from Natalie to make Cranford mitts. Who would think that it would snow at Easter!!


Back to work tomorrow and the main pc has gone back again today!! Here's hoping that it is fixed!! I enjoy being able to record my TV programmes to my hard drive and watch them later. :)

Feels like nothing much to show!

Making progress on My Basic Black Cardigan. One third the way up the back now. I love Wool Cotton yarn. :)

My Posh Emily No Purl Monkeys in Pomegranate, now half way through the second sock.

And just got to the heel of my Baby Boom Monkeys in Rainforest. This yarn feels abit like Jitterbug to the touch, very tightly spun. :)
Slow but steady at the moment, I feel like the tortoise but I know I will get there :)

More socks.........................................

These socks were finished a few days ago but I have had nearly a month of the pc behaving badly so I am only now getting to post these pictures.

Monkeys with a no purl mod in Wollmeise Sockenwolle: Paul.




Micro Monkeys in Fiesta Baby Boom: Wild Oak

Still with a dodgy pc :(

My main pc is still awaiting pick up, I guess there is always a down side to getting away for a few days! Dublin was fabulous! Cold but sunny, dry and wonderful! I even got into see Lisa and Jacquie at This is Knit. They had lots of scrummy new yarns!!! "I'll be back" However I was on a mission to pick up some DB Cashmerino DK to do another Rib and Cable Cardigan since my little sis ran off with the last one!!! I got this lovely blood red (it looks blood red to me!).

I also picked up some Noro Cash Iroho to complete my Sursa, which has been waiting patiently for this :)


I also got in a little knitting! Some more socks..........

My Karenina Socks by Jane Lithglow:Socktopus Club socks.
The yarn is Knittery Merino cashmere sock yarn.

Another pair of No Purl monkeys in Posh Emily: colour Pomegranate.

That's all folks, for now, there will more later in the week, computer permitting!! :)

Problems!!!

My computer has given me a difficult weekend! It will not switch on for more than a few minutes at a time! So it has to go back for repairs, and I may lose everything on it, nothing life saving is kept on it but the patterns, pictures and bookmarks for Firefox will be a pain to sort out. I will just have to see it as a real spring clean! So I spent the weekend rebuilding my old PC so that I had internet access. You never realise how much you miss something until you have to do without!! I can go up to 3 weeks on holiday without pc access but not a day at home without shaking! That is bad........

Now onto knitting. :)

Some WiP pictures, bearing in mind I have not got my usual software etc!

First up: I am almost finished the Paul Monkeys. Doesn't this picture look apt for this week, Valentines Day? Consider this a little heart I send out to you during this week of 'love' :)

Then I am on the toes of my Evolution Ribbed socks in Flamingo Sunrise. I'm posting 2 pictures to show the fabulous pooling at each side. I love it anyway :)


See the little ball of yarn leftover, I could have easily knit longer cuffs, and these were an inch longer than the first pair I knit! So still a reasonable yardage with this pattern, thankfully. :)

I'm off to Dublin on Thursday so there may be no more new posts until next week, Half-term is a wonderful invention!! I really need a break. And a trip to This is Knit I think, since I have been relatively good, for me ;) :)

More Knitted socks.........................no really :)

Another pair of Monkeys in Skein Queen Plushness, colourway Sugared Almonds. 56 stitch no purl modified pattern used with 2.75mm. :)



I have cast on for another pair of Monkeys, this time in Wollmeise Paul Sockenwolle.

No Purl Posh Monkeys

I finished these on Sunday but had to wait until today to graft and photograph them. They are georgeous and I can hardly wait to wear them :) They fit into my projects for: SAM5, SockDown January on Ravelry, Sock Yarn Project 2008 and my knitting from Stash challenge on Craftythreadsnyarn forum :) I got this particular skein from a forum member Ali


Detail on the heel. I used Grumperina's Pretty method to do the heel gusset.

Works in progress...........................sock yarn

I am posting some progress pics of the current projects which happen to meet the requirements of several Ravelry, KAL or CraftyThreadsnYarn challenges. Both of these are luxury yarns, I've just noticed, maybe I feel in the need to spoil myself? I really do need to finish these and get cracking with PIF gifts next. :)


This is the first of a pair of No Purl Monkeys in Posh Emily: Stormy Seas. The pattern is adjusted for gauge by casting on 56 stitches and using a 14 stitch pattern ( just leaving off the last stitch on either side) over 4 dpns. These are for me and a UK size 6.


This is another Haven from Kim Hargreaves Heartfelt in Hipknits Silk Cashmere sock (4ply yarn) at the request of my Aunt.