Just back from the Lakes

I popped over to Borrowdale to pick up some herdwick wool from the Flock Inn in Rosthwaite. Great cafe and a good source of yarn. Very wiry wooly stuff...

Back from Finland!

Hej, I'm back in Newcastle. Finland was of course fantastic, especially Aspo. My friend Britt-Louise showed me how to knit Aspo heel socks - not an easy task! I think I caught the gist of it and now have to get my head together and make some on my own without her expert guidance and patience. We discovered that the Brits and the Swedes knit in opposite directions to one another...

Watch out for the photos...

No new knitting but some ideas...

I am off to Finland in a couple of weeks so hopefully will find some time there to do some knitting, I have been insprired by a great knitting blog:

http://www.katajala.net/marjut/neuleet/blog/

Skull in white

Skull in white
Originally uploaded by bykercolin

Here is a little piece I have been working on.

Nitting Haws, Borrowdale

Borrowdale
Originally uploaded by bykercolin

Quite a few people have been asking me what Nitting Haws is - so here is a lovely photo that I took in December 2008 when I was over in the Lake District. Nitting Haws is the mountain on the right.

And one on four needles

Organic wool, a bit too thin for my liking though.

Cable, cable, cable

I spent my Christmas learning how to cable. And its great! Looks impressive and its not that difficult! So now I am cabling in the round on 4 needles and looking for a pattern for a cool jumper.