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.

Textures

These are pictures from the knitting pattern I'm currently writing. The right side of the work, (top photo), should look like scales, which I think I've managed pretty well. The bottom photo shows what the wrong side of the work looks like.

Colette Peony dress

I made a dress!

Life-drawing at Candid Arts, Islington

Happy new year!

I spent the first day of 2013 in Brentwood with James and we encountered a little piece of yarn bombing outside the Chicken and Frog Bookshop.

It seems to be the work of Claire Mackaness, proprietor of craft business Beautiful Things, who teaches classes at the bookshop. She has a blog post about the yarn bombing here, although the wool in her photographs is quite clearly different to the wool in my photographs. Presumably it was replaced at some point, but I can't find a second post to confirm this.

Here's to a fun and warm 2013!

P/hop and a knitted reindeer pattern

P/hop is a fund-raising initiative supporting Médecins Sans Frontierès. Designers create knitting patterns which anyone can download. If you download a pattern you're asked to donate based on how many hours of pleasure you'll get from knitting the pattern – pennies per hour of pleasure! There is no set donation amount, it's entirely up to you.

Their most recent pattern was designed by my mum! Rudolf, That Reindeer! is a pattern for a cute, little reindeer. Look at how adorable they are!

Download the pattern, donate some money, make some reindeer to give as Christmas gifts and help MSF provide medical aid where it's needed the most.