Here's a cute little gift whipped up for a special friend getting married. Was a bit late because I got sick just before the wedding but I think she likes them :)

Pattern:
Owlings by Kerrie James (rav link)

I kind of just made up the thumb because I was knitting on circs and the pattern was for dpns and I didn't feel like translating across
I ended up knitting two pairs because the first one I did was too small (so I've kept those for myself and they're keeping me warm in the mornings)

First I wanted to show you the sample I have knitted thrice so far for converting my crochet Mobius Mitts pattern into a knitted version. It has been fun to design for the challenge of it needing to be reversible - so I went with a 2x2 rib with two reversible cablesI also wanted to make sure it was an easy pattern so have decided to knit it flat, which is thrice as less fun than round and round the mobius loop but will make it a lot more possible for beginner knitters and hopefully still look interesting.

Also just needed to praise Bendigo Woollen Mills for being thrice as awesome as the basic yarn shops here, beautiful yarn, great value and for shipping my wool so fast that it arrived within 2 days of the order! 8ply Midnight Tweed and 12ply Red Tweed show below ^_^

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Thanks very much to everyone who entered and for all your helpful ideas!

This blog has been very quiet lately because life has been busy, but there will be lots more coming up soon!

We're heading into Winter here in Australia - so I've been working on a knitting pattern for this Green Tea scarf.

I wanted a warm but not too thick scarf for myself, and this is what I came up with. It's a simple cable pattern waith a colour change in the centre.

I finished these cable knit gloves today. I feel they didn't turn out quite the way I wanted. I think if I'd used slightly bigger needles and made them longer and bigger I would like them more. They were my first attempt at cables.
Sometimes projects just don't work out the way you expect. It doesn't mean they didn't work, just that they are not what you envisioned.I've listed them cheaply in my samples section in case anyone would like them ;)

Despite it being hot summer here I am still obsessed with arm warmers. After needing them so much last year in my freezing house, I like the idea other people making and enjoy them too.

I finished these two pairs of fingerless gloves for sale in my Etsy shop, made from my Imladris pattern.





I also keep trying new things. This week I've had my first go at cable knitting (on an oversized circular needle) to create these plaited gloves:

They have been pretty fun to create using the magic loop technique, and i'm keeping note of the pattern as I go. I think I'd want to add a thumb and move the cable further to the centre of the hand, perhaps using slightly larger needles. What do you think?

Lovely Finds
I love these Cable gloves by homelab, they're wonderfully thick and texture-full :) I haven't seen this particular cable pattern before either.

My latest pattern:
Imladris, or Rivendell, the Last Homely House east of the sea.

I was intrigued by the idea of trying some cable crochet over the holidays, these are what I have been working on:

Cable crochet fingerless gloves! I adapted the pattern from this starter scarf pattern which took me a little while to understand. I hope to write up the pattern for these cable gloves in the next few days.

Yesterday I also worked on this David Tennant plushie in a brown suit. He turned out quite nicely I think :)

And before Christmas this little guy arrived in the snow!

Thanks so much to loppypop for sending in the photo! He would have never found snow here in Australia :)