One of these things is knitting.
So in an attempt to keep up I thought I'd show you my knitting.
Yes..I can knit.
I can crochet.
But I don't anymore. Sweaters are too hot and I can't do socks.
A long time ago I crocheted a suit..yes a suit..which was in a womens magazine being modeled by Twiggy.
(EXCITED UPDATE! I found it )
Thats how long ago it was.
I was at school. Every week I would walk to the woolshop and haberdashers 'uptown' to buy another ball of Twilleys Health Vest Cotton so I could crochet another few dozen rows of beautiful Shell crochet.
The skirt was a triumph but needed lining.
I crocheted the right front of the jacket and two sleeves then I did the back and finally the left front.
Of course the tension at the time of the right front was entirely different from that when I came to the left front so when I came to stitch it up it didn't quite match.
End of story.
I crocheted a beret for almost everyone I knew.
I crocheted a white floppy hat for myself at college and a tank top made from black granny squares.
Then crochet and I said au revoir.
I did quite a bit of knitting in my early twenties, and then much later I discovered Rowan yarns and using a pattern from their 1989(?) book I tackled patterned knitting.
Intarsia?
It was a moderate success and I loved it.
A big baggy sweater that I wore on my holiday to St Martins Isles of Scilly
Here I am with my little boys by the Daymark.
Unfortunately the sweater grew with me.
It seems to have shrunk upwards and spread out sideways.
A bit like me.
I wouldn't dream of throwing it away.
Or wearing it.
Another thing that seems to be missing from my blog is toes.
So here you are.
26 comments:
Great way to fill in the gaps! Crochet seems to be the latest thing to enjoy a comeback and I think bargello is coming back too. I did both, back in the day.
Ooh, love the Twiggy suit! Do you still have it? It looks very modern somehow.
Yes, I am besotted with knitting at the moment. Having just learned last year, I'm currently knitting constantly. I fear I am becoming Miss Marple way before my time!
I don't mind crochet, but i shall NEVER knit. :} No one wants 40 foot scarves with woggles, snarbles and holes.
you are so funny!
I love the jumper! We have lots of items (handmade and otherwise) that we no longer wear but won't part with, sad really. Maybe it should be a cushion now?
xxx
Oh! the day mark! i stood by that with my kids in 1993!! possibly wearing a hand knit of amazing complexity also - must go and dig out the photos!
Lovely, lovely post..... Find myself looking at all my paints and brushes all the time... I used to paint and draw all the time... seem to use this thing these days. That intarsia jumper was a corker, and it made a fantastic photo against the stripey architecture. By the way, something else is missing from your blog (and mine!)... Cath Kidston!! Ha! Ha! x
That's what you call peep toes ....
I hate to say it Jackie but I think I crocheted that same suit - or certainly one very like it. I was knitter too - still am actually and spinner and weaver on occasion. Thanks for the link about the Harris tweed I have missed the programmes but will catch up with them on the iplayer.
Love the Sweater - very stylish!!!!
Love the Twiggy suit - I seem to remember that one from some deep distant memory.
Love your post. I had a black crocheted dress (can't remember where from) but I do remember my mum made me an emerald green shift to wear underneath it.
I can't crochet I guess up because my left handedness couldn't work it out. But I do knit, but only bear jumpers nowadats
I hate HATE crochet. Knitting - I love - especially knitting socks and gloves.
Lovely trip down memory lane... I crocheted a dress in a very similar shell pattern. I confess I used to wear it.
ooo that was too funny!! things missing from my blog....they're missing from mine as well...ooo except i think i did do a shoe photo once....ooo well, no knitting though...that photo of you & your boys is adorable!
I'm no good at crochet though have made a bag, but enjoy knitting. However, no young mums want to hand wash baby clothes these days and I look like a hippo in anything I've knitted! I love that sweater you made. I knitted myself a dress once and liked it, but that was about 40 years ago!!
Dont suppose you still have the patterns for the berets, Polly wears then all the time and I promised I would learn to make her one. Love H
Hello Jackie....so glad to see you've filled in those missing bits. Especially the toes. (???)
I love my new word for the day.......'intarsia'. Fabulous.
Would love to see you in the Twiggy suit...
XX
Your jumper is absolutley gorgeous! What a pretty design! I agree, it would make a wonderful cushion if you could bear to do that to it. I'm definitely not going to join in the knitting or crochet fest. I knitted loads of scarves a couple of winters ago but it killed my hands and arms. Never again! Very enjoyable post :o)
Great, fantastic looking toe x x x
Toes! Shriek! I am diving for cover - I can'r believe that you did that with no warning at all.
toes?? where?? I honestly can't see them. your jumper is amazing, I love the picture.
I adore this post! (Twiggy was all the rage when I was a little girl and I coveted my cousins Twiggy doll like mad.) I use to crochet a lot, too... I did a sweater here and there but never a whole suit! Your knitting skills are very impressive, (mine are lacking considerably) and what a wonderfully cool photo of you and your two boys! (What is that giant striped thing behind you) As for the toes... where??? I don't see them!
Eeek, I don't knit and I hate my toes, should I go ahead and delete my blog?? You are too funny, keep at it!
Kim xx
Lurrvvvvly knitting. Funny how we (I) used to knit everything in sight once upon a time and despite a knitting revival and the most wonderful and desirable yarns around I cannot get motivated to knit from a pattern any more. I still have piles of patterns that I like the look of, but I never seem to be able to match the pattern to a yarn I like and have it come out the right size!
Hi
By any chance do you recall what ply the Health Vest Cotton was? I've acquired a pattern so I can knit a string vest, but it doesn't say what ply the yarn is... I'm trying to get back into knitting, but fear I'll either end up with a baby vest or one for a giant if I don't get the ply right...
Thanks for your help.
Dianne: I've just looked up 'Twilleys Stalite' which was on the pattern and it says it knits as 4 ply. Thats all I can tell you. I hope this helps.
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