London town...

This time last week we were in that there London. As well as catching up with friends, we got to visit the Power of Making exhibition at the V&A. A fantastic array of different crafts on display, though it was extremely busy! A trip across the city took us to Kate's crochet market, a tongue in cheek crochet homage to the supermarket. Great stitching and I particularly like the yarn puns.
Back home in Glasgow now, it is very sunny - maybe it is time to knit a swimsuit?
A kitsch 80s charity shop find. Not quite sure it is the way forward though!

Guinea pig wash cloths...

I have been knitting away creating more baby washcloths for gifts using this pattern from Kris Knits. And then I wondered, could I make a different picture? What to do, what to do, I wondered. And then a brainwave, being a cavy slave - a guinea pig!
I made a chart of the even rows, and got to it. The green dots indicate to knit, purl on the blanks and purl on the red dots (I just put the eyes and ears as red to highlight them).
And the result... It is not perfect, but trying to pixelate a guinea pig is quite difficult, what with them being essentially furry potatoes.
I should point out that this guinea pig wash cloth - is not for washing the guinea pigs! As they really wouldn't appreciate that!
This week I am mostly attempting to get organised. So far I have only managed to get my sewing threads in order... Wish me luck!

There is something fishy going on...

The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses are currently having a knautical knitting project, as part of the fish exchange with Deirdre Nelson. I decided to join in the fun and create a fish.
Those with eagle eyes will notice that fish photo shoot involves a bread knife - as vegetarians we don't own a fish knife! This was the pattern I created for my fish, using double knit wool and stockinette stitch. Start knitting at the tail by casting on 32 stitches. For increases I used pfb and kfb, for decreases k2tog and p2tog.
The fish outsides don't look too fish shaped, due to them curling up, but once sewn together and stuffed, it becomes a beast! My fish measures approximately 47cm x 17cm. Earlier on in the week we went on a boat trip around the Farne Islands, I'm sure some of these birds and seals would appreciate such a large fish - however I'm not sure the stuffing would taste that great!