I recently finished making a fresh batch of project bags to send to Loop, which is a beautiful knitting shop in London. These are made from washed Swedish linen in soft berry tones, sourced by Susan at Loop and sent across the world for me to embroider and construct. Each bag is different, and lined in vintage prints or fine cotton lawn fabric.
I try to send sets of these to Loop as often as I can but sadly that's not as often as I'd like for various reasons. Mostly these reasons are time and eyesight related (meaning I like to work on the embroidery during the day rather than with a lamp at night).
Anyway, I enjoyed working on these and it's fun to think about the interesting future knitting projects they might one day contain.
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Another finished object this week was this very simple hat for Arlo. We have a basket of hand-knits in the porch near our front door and every morning we gauge the general climate and choose something to wear. The kids are always stealing my knits to wear before I can get to them, so I decided some new hats were in order this year.
This was made using a free pattern called the 'Skyping Beanie' and it's a nice simple and quick knit (more details, including yarn, etc). Arlo has worn this to school every day since it came off the needles, and i don't think he's just humouring me, so I guess that's a good sign.
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I really like the blog Fox's Lane and have been meaning to mention it on here for ages. If you like knitting (and other crafts such as wood-turning), orchards and gardening I think you will love it. Kate posts on Fridays and always has something interesting and comforting to say.
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Happy weekend to you!
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