Ready Steady Knit

Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Fame at last

Still excited about yesterday's article in the Newcastle Journal newspaper. Thanks to Karen Dent for writing such a great piece. You can read it for yourself here

Happy knitting

Monday, 6 August 2012

As I've said before one of the things I enjoy about our little shop is getting to know the customers and sharing with them the pleasure they get from their finished article. Audrey struggled with the shawl collar on the little jacket but the end result has turned out just fine. Knitted in Sirdar Snowflake chunky, it is off to a little girl in Holland to keep her warm this winter.

Margaret finished her Hoooked Zpaghetti bag in white - we still have kits in black and Magenta on sale- She's getting ready for Christmas too.

Deborah made this little cardigan in Sirdar Baby Bamboo instead of the Raffaella from the pattern. It turned out nice and her granddaughter will look a treat in it on her christening day.

It is always interesting to see how people change things slightly to suit their own taste. No two garments are ever the same - That's the beauty of handmade!!

And this is my latest project completed - A first size baby cardigan in Sidar Baby Crofter for a new arrival due in our street in a few weeks

Looking around the local area - you can see that the freak weather has had an effect on the local plant life. Palm trees growing on Newcastle Quayside?

No it was the Newcastle Gateshead Bridges festival - celebrating the Olympics on Tyneside

Hope you too are enjoying watching the Olympics while doing your knitting in front of the TV.

Happy Knitting!!

Sunday, 29 July 2012

Hoooked Zpagetti

We are now selling DMC crochet products in the shop. Hoooked Zpagetti is a fun way of getting into Giant crochet. The yarn is recycled from leftovers from the T shirt industry and is 92% cotton and 8% elastane, crocheted on a 10mm crochet hook. There are 3 bag kits in the range. This is the Lucca bag kit.

Peggy, one of our regular customers, is the first one to finish the Milano bag and bring it in to show it. She customised hers with a vintage button fastening

We now also stock the DMC Natura range of cottons. These are a 4ply weight and suitable for knitting or crochet and sell at £3.50 for a 50g ball. There is a free pattern leaflet too with 5 patterns to make in Natura.

These are the first 5 colours we have in stock at the moment

Rosie is helping me out in the shop for work experience every Wednesday during the school holidays. We have challenged ourselves to learn something new every week. This week we learnt a new granny square design from this book Granny Squares by Barbara Wilder, Melanie Sturm and Stephanie Gohr.

And a scenic shot for you of the Durham countryside today taken from the Hounsgill Tea room on the C2C Cycle route.Nice to see white fluffy clouds instead of black ones.

Happy Knitting x

Thursday, 26 July 2012

Dumbledore drops in to knit and natter.

Look who dropped in to this afternoon's knit and natter group. Dumbledore himself. Wizarding headmaster of Hogwarts - must have been looking for Harry Potter. Crocheted by Rosie - all from her own imagination. Isn't he great and isn't she clever?

Tuesday, 17 July 2012

A pretty little cardigan

These pretty knitted flowers with button centres...............

Measured and pinned in place........

Sprayed with cold water and left to dry overnight. I like to block out all my finished knitted projects .....

And the final result is a pretty cardigan for a little girl. Knitted in Rafaella, cotton and acrylic mix yarn by Sirdar.

Pattern and yarn available in the shop - all we need now is some sunshine.

Happy Knitting xx

Friday, 13 July 2012

Crochet night success

Crochet night last week was a great success and a big thank you to Kathryn who invited us to The Hearth Craft Group at Horsley.

It gave us a great opportunity to show off our wares and share skills with the members of the group.