New plans...

I suppose the real start of the year for me happens in September with the children returning to school...  After a long holiday, we are ready to make a fresh start.   It is usually the time of year when I make plans and new resolutions for the months to come.  The house needs a MAJOR de-cluttering which will keep me busy for quite a while!...

On the blogging side, I will be posting less frequently to ease the pressure I do feel under sometimes to speed up my knitting.  I have many plans involving experimenting with new techniques (to me) such as colourwork, knitting in the round (Gansey?), using what I already have as much as possible and maybe trying to make my own design(s)!  All this will take time and I want to go at my own pace.

At the moment, I am working on Eloise in the Noro Blossom I bought whilst on holidays in Devon.  I needed a quick and cheerful knit to give me a break from 4ply and small needles.  On 5mm needles, it is growing fast indeed! I have already completed the back and one front and am half way through the second one.  I've even tried my hand at the 3 needles cast off technique for one shoulder and it worked beautifully.  I'm hooked!...

I'll be back when Eloise is finished. Who knows?...  The way it is going at the moment, it might be sooner than I expected...

Happy knitting!

Comments

[2paw]

It is a relief sometimes, isn't it, to knit a thicker ply wool on bigger needles: I knitted 21cm last night that way!! Here I have the same feeling about September, but it's a Springtime feeling!! School holidays start and the weather is suny and we're looking forward to longer days!!!

[erin]

I don't post so much these days too, because I'm having less time to knit due to bringing work home. I find that posting less frequently does ease the pressure.
This noro design looks so pretty, I'm wondering what colour you chose. Give us a sneak peek of the knitting next time, if you haven't already finished it.

[Christine]

Très beau ce Blossom, tu vas te régaler. Moi, je suis aussi en plein dans la Noro, un pur bonheur au niveau ds coloris. Du recul vis-à-vis de ton blog ? Ca fait du bien, crois-moi ! Mais j'y retourne maintenant...

[dawn]

That's a lovely cardigan, you'll be finished in no time at all. It sounds as if you'll have a busy few months. De-cluttering is always good, that's something I must do in the next few months too.

[Krawuggl]

Your decision to post less frequently is a bad one for your readers but such a very good one for oneself. While having a break I like so much to play around with the knitting, trying new things and rip then again without worrying taking a picture first and write about it. Sometimes one simply loves and needs to play just on ones own. I will awfully miss your weekly posts, but I completely understand, too.
Eloise looks so very nice, and for looking now for about 3 years what I can do with my Noro yarn, I am so much looking forward to see you wearing your finished cardi -- your taste is always so very exactly what I want to make, too, so I am counting on you to inspire me one more time.

[choupi]

C'est en effet un très joli modèle qui me tentait beaucoup aussi!

[carol]

Lots of the bloggers that i read seem to be taking a break for a while, which is a shame for us but good for them. Hope that you don't disappear for good, but keep posting even if infrequently. Eloise will be lovely when finished - I have long admired that cardi. I am just finishing off myself Tythe from another Noro book, with some bargain noro silver thaw I picked up while home last month. It too is a quick knit. Anyway - enjoy your break.... but do keep in touch.

[le chat qui coud]

très joli le modèle!! c'est doux de la noro?

je n'accroche pas trop avec le livre "knitting under influence" mais j'en ai commandé un autre : knitting until death ... un truc à suspense lol