Blog entries tagged Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:28:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/summer-of-basics-planning-and-progress.html <p><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/summerofbasics - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Since we&rsquo;re now almost half way through August I thought I&rsquo;d better post about my Summer of Basics plans and progress. Summer of Basics is a lovely idea thought up by Karen Templer of Fringe Supply Co. earlier this year where you spend the three summer months (June, July and August) making three basic items for your wardrobe. Any kind of making counts - knitting, sewing, crochet, cobbling,... Shelley Mon, 14 Aug 2017 02:50:42 +0100 Sweater Summer Sewing Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/thrummed-baby-mittens-finally-finished.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/thrummed_baby_mittens - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/thrummed_baby_mittens - 3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/thrummed_baby_mittens - 2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">Pattern: Little Thrummed Mittens by Nikki Van De Car from her book What to Knit When Yo... Shelley Sun, 05 Mar 2017 23:37:36 +0100 Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/some-big-knitting.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/mondo_skein - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/big_knitting_jan2017 - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/big_knitting_jan2017 - 2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/big_knitting_jan2017 - 3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><... Shelley Fri, 10 Feb 2017 02:44:07 +0100 Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/im-wearing-new-socks-903.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/firstsocks2017 - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/firstsocks2017 - 2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/firstsocks2017 - 3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/firstsocks2017 - 4.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Pattern: Univ... Shelley Mon, 30 Jan 2017 01:40:51 +0100 Socks Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/ishbel-again.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/ishbel_no2 - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/ishbel_no2 - 4.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/ishbel_no2 - 3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Here is the Ishbel shawl I finished in December. Maisie had a fun time modelling it for me before we gave it away. It went towards the fundraiser ... Shelley Sat, 07 Jan 2017 10:31:55 +0100 Maisie Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/i-want-to-knit-sweaters.html <p><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/ishbel_No2_progress - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><br/><p>Eve listened speechlessly. She had so much to say that the difficulty of selection rendered her dumb.</p><br/><br/><p style="padding-left: 150px;">- P.G. Wodehouse, &ldquo;The Best Sauce,&rdquo; The Uncollected Wodehouse (New York: International Polygonics,1992) p.139</p><br/><p>That is one of my favourite lines from one of my favourite Wodehouse stories and perfectly captures my current feeling about sweat... Shelley Sun, 04 Dec 2016 23:32:29 +0100 Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/progress.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/greyhatprogress - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Rob has been away all week. I scheduled today off work so I&rsquo;d be able to leave a bunch of stuff undone during the rest of the week and just focus on spending time with Maisie and getting dinner on the table. Today involved a lot of running around doing errands and picking up stuff around the house. Of course one of the things I&rsquo;d put off was taking bit of time ... Shelley Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:04:31 +0100 Me Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/a-purpe-sweater.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/purplecardi - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/purplecardi - 2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/purplecardi - 3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/purplecardi - 4.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: left;"... Shelley Fri, 07 Oct 2016 18:46:19 +0100 Purple Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/a-wee-stripy-flax.html <p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/weestripedflax - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">Pattern: Flax by Tin Can Knits<br />Yarn: Tanis Fiber Arts Green Label Aran Weight in Chris Grey, Sunset and Gold<br />Size: 0-6 months (but came out a bit bigger due to my gauge)<br />Yardage: I was using leftovers but probably about 1 or maybe 1.25 skeins (should have weighed it)<br />Needles: 4.00 mm and 5.00 mm bamboo<br />Ravelry link here.</p><br/>... Shelley Tue, 13 Sep 2016 19:04:41 +0100 Knitting Baby http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/a-ball-of-blue-yarn.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/blueyarnball - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/blueyarnball - 2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/blueyarnball - 3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Maisie has asked for a pair of blue socks. I let her pick out a skein and we wound it up together. I traced around her food and took some me... Shelley Thu, 24 Mar 2016 04:41:48 +0100 Yarn Maisie Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/stripes-in-the-snow.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/stripesinsnow - 2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/stripesinsnow - 3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/stripesinsnow - 4.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/stripesinsnow - 5.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>I&rsquo;m wearing... Shelley Mon, 01 Feb 2016 03:05:21 +0100 Sweater Me Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/im-wearing-new-socks.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/stripedsocks_ - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Pattern: Basic toe-up socks<br />Yarn: Regia 4-f&auml;dig Color in colourway # 3726<br />Size: 60 stitches around (to fit my feet)<br />Yardage: about 80% of the ball<br />Needles: 2.00 mm wood</p><br/><p>I&rsquo;m wearing new socks today. I finished them last week and finally found some time and light to take some pictures of them during Maisie's nap yesterday. Unfortunately th... Shelley Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:37:47 +0100 Socks Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/options-options.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/swatching_ - 3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/swatching_ - 5.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/swatching_ - 4.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/swatching_ - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><... Shelley Mon, 19 Oct 2015 06:33:17 +0100 Recipe Knitting Inspiration http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/knitting-along-832.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/knitalonglinen - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/knitalonglinen - 2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/knitalonglinen - 3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>About a month ago I joined a linen themed knit-a-long on Ravelry. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to make some progress on one ... Shelley Sun, 31 May 2015 22:15:02 +0100 Knitting Knit-a-long http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/the-kitty-alpine-hat.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/alpinekittyhat - 2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/alpinekittyhat - 3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/alpinekittyhat - 4.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/alpinekittyhat - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Maisie finall... Shelley Fri, 01 May 2015 02:20:56 +0100 Maisie Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/her-neck-warmer.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/littleneckwarmer1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/littleneckwarmer2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/littleneckwarmer3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/littleneckwarmer4.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align... Shelley Mon, 27 Apr 2015 01:17:24 +0100 Maisie Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/a-little-progress.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/apricot_progress1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>I'm making progress on my apricot sweater. I don't often get to do much knitting all at once but it's amazing how a little bit here and a little bit there adds up. Getting the body of the sweater done feels so good. It's a little snug around my shoulders right now but will stretch a bit when I block it and I don't want it to send up looking sloppy. I'm working on the button ... Shelley Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:16:47 +0100 Sweater Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/wip-update-january-2015.html <p>I took a little knitting break after Christmas. It felt a little funny not to work on anything but I'd spent almost the whole week up to Christmas doing almost nothing but knitting so the break was needed. Then I had an appointment and knew that if I didn't take something I'd be sitting around somewhere for over an hour and rushed to find something that would fit in my purse. In the process I saw just how many things I have listed as "works in progress" on Ravelry.<br /><br />Thirteen.<br /><... Shelley Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:15:11 +0100 Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/matchy-matchy.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/patinasocks_01.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/patinasocks_02.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/patinasocks_03.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/patinasocks_04.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><... Shelley Sun, 12 Oct 2014 02:04:13 +0100 Socks Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/september.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/sept2014_01.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/sept2014_02.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/sept2014_03.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/sept2014_04.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="htt... Shelley Mon, 29 Sep 2014 02:38:52 +0100 Sewing Me Maisie Life Knitting Garden Autumn Around Town Abby