New Yarn and a Middle Earth themed project planned

I have to wait on the book The Eclectic Sole to knit these up but the yarn arrived today! A merino/Tencel combo which I bought because the colours really reminded me of Elvish structures :)

Chameleon Colorworks Twinkle Toes in Glacial Moraine

Georgeous stuff indeed, but the name also reminded me of my A Level geography class and stuying Glaciers...............funny what comes back to you more than 20 years later.............terminal, medial and lateral moraine!! Hugh the teacher would be proud!! :)

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!

YPF...........................Tiger Lily

This Friday's yarn is Posh Yarns Lei in Tiger Lily.

some sunlight shining on the skein

It is just as georgeous in real life.......................

Eyes opened..........

Now 2 weeks old and looking good!! More pics HERE.

Monkey Sock Swap Four :)

I rejoined the Monkey sock Swap 4 this time round. Last time around my partner defaulted despite assurances to the contrary to more than myself. My Swap 4 pal Sheryl has more than made up for any prior disappointments. She was my recipient last round and I loved having her for a pal then too. :)

Look at all the pretty wrapped parcels

All unwrapped and so many items it could be hard to do them all justice. Apologies if I missed out on anything!
Pens and pencils, notepads, stickers, keyrings (one a sock knitted in matching yarn), a pretty sock monkey purse and fabulous
monkey stitchmarkers!! Wow!! A georgeous little box, a purse and project bag all in monkey themes. Yarn wise 2 different yarns: Louet Gems Merino in Cherry Tree Hill Old Roses colourway and a skein of Araucania Ranco Solid in pink. And a CookieA pattern Moselle. :)

Aren't these so cute!!

I love Louet Gems and Cherry Tree Hill colours!!

The piece de la resistance!!

I love how they fit! The detail is beautiful and the yarn fabulous!!!

The only problem is this good weather prevents me from pulling them on tomorrow and strutting them about at work to show them off!!

I love them :) Thank you so much!!

Some YPF to keep you going :)

I am off to Dublin for a long weekend.

I leave you with these 2 beauties.

First is SkeinQueen's Plushness in Raspberry Sorbet.


A very rich and vibrant colourway that make me smack my lips!! :)

The second is SkeinQueen's Plushness in Cheesecake

No forks/spoons or straws permitted!! mitts off :P :D

look what peace can do for me..........

See what happens when I get an hour or two to myself..........Lace!! It is not blocked, yet..........off to do more now :)

Weekend knitting..........

These are a quick knit, the yarn is Evolution in Klee. I feel so good when I finish something. I've also started Gust with the Camelspin I posted on Friday. I am off now to try again, now that I have the house to myself this Bank Holiday evening :) I need real peace to try lace. :)

YPF............Bronze Camelspin

I received a lovely gift voucher from Piglottie for my Birthday. I used it to buy this.........a new yarn for me. It feels divine!!! Thank you PL :)







What would you knit with it??

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

A different sort of delivery..........

These 2 georgeous little bundles arrived late on my birthday. I had to assisst the second which was breech and a tad slow at arriving. They are so cute!! My 2 sons have bagged one each. :D

Proud mum trying to hide them from the camera :)

less than 24 hours old

Birthday Parcels :)

Today is my Birthday and I took part in a Birthday swap on Craftythreadsnyarn forum. I sent a parcel to Joy for her Birthday on Friday and she sent me one which arrived on Saturday especially as I am going to be away all day today. I opened it on Sunday so I could take pictures for this. Thank you so much Joy for a fabulous and georgeous parcel :)


I received a georgeous skein of The YarnYard sock yarn, Joy sent me a mini slein in a previous swap!! Isn't that thoughtful and far thinking :) There was beautiful handmade chocolate brought back from a trip to Bruges and 2 fabulous heart shaped buttons. They are divine! :)
And the piece de la resistance was an exquisite Forest Canopy Shawl from the FSC diva herself!! Knitted in The Knittery merino/cashmere 4 ply. Just wonderful!!!!!!! Thank you so so much Joy. :)

YPF...........................Paris

This weeks yarn is another skein of Handmaiden Casbah. The colourway is Paris.

Oh it is lovely.................so rich and vibrant!! :)

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