Cake pops

This is a bit of a change from what I usually blog about, but I don't have any textile craft projects that I can write about at the moment and these came out looking so good that I wanted to share them! I made cake pops this weekend for a friend's birthday. They're basically lollipops made out of cake. I followed this video tutorial, but there are plenty of other sites with instructions for making them.

Entrelac

It's been hard to find some downtime to devote to craft projects this last month, but this weekend I started learning entrelac. I used this video from KnittingDaily and this post from KnittyOtter to show me the basics. The piece above is knitted with two separate colours and the diamonds are five stitches wide.

I've been meaning to learn this knitting technique for years. I love the effect, but progress is definitely slow and using separate colours means lots of ends to weave in, (I've been doing them as I go, which is why you can't see any in the photo).

Scaly gloves, second version

This is the second version of the wristwarmer pattern I'm working on. This was knitted in the round and is a larger size than the first one. Both patterns are typed up so I just need some people to test them for me now.

Ultimate trousers class at Sew Over It, part 2

My trousers are finished! Here they are, looking not that much different to the picture I posted in part 1:

Made 2013 at Morley Gallery

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I'm at Morley Gallery every other week these days, but I'm very neglectful when it comes to writing about the exhibitions. As soon as I walked into the Made 2013 show I knew I had to post something about it though.

The dress is even more incredible in person!

The show features student work from the Fashion, Film, Digital Design and Photography departments. The standard of work is incredibly high. If you're in the area between now and the 15th March then you should definitely stop by the gallery and admire it all. (More photos after the cut.)

Ultimate trousers class at Sew Over It

I'm doing another class at Sew Over It, (you can find a short post about the first one here). This time I'm taking their ultimate trousers class, which is split over two sessions. After the first session the results already look pretty much like a pair of trousers:

Yes, I did pick the most ridiculous fabric I could find.

Next week should just be about finishing everything off - adjusting the fit, hemming the legs and putting in a zip. I'm looking forward to having a decent trouser pattern as I've had to shorten every pair of trousers I own!

Scaly gloves

This is the knitting pattern I've been working on, wristwarmers with a scaly pattern on them (check the previous post for a close-up of the pattern). The plan is to have two versions of the pattern: one knitted flat with the sides sewn together and one knitted in the round. This is the flat version.