The Test Knitting Army

After my failure to inspire any test knitting interest through my blog and Twitter I decided to just bite the bullet and list my pattern on Ravelry, appealing for test knitters in the notes section of the pattern.

Well, i had interest from 12 or so people and more comments besides, complimenting the pattern itself.

I'm so pleased and flattered that the pattern is already in 17 queues and favourited by more than 50 people! Such an honour!



There are a couple or errors to be ironed out so I'm really glad i went down the route of test knitting and also so pleased that the people knitting have noticed the errors and have pointed them out.



What i'd really like to do is perhaps get some small gift for my testers but not sure what i could do... might have to give that one some thought.

Test Knitters Wanted for New Sock Pattern

You may remember these socks from a previous post. I finally got around to making the amendments that i wanted to, plucked up the courage to ask Charisa if i could write a pattern based on her pattern and have come up with my very first sock pattern.

So, basically i need some test knitters. I'm a bit shy to go asking on ravelry so i'm appealing here for any knitterly ones to come forward and offer their services. If you're interested please leave a comment with your contact details or email me at wool.boutique(at)gmail(dot)com and i'l send a copy of the pattern right over.

The return to norm, whoever he is.

Well hello! It’s been a while, but the craziness of weddings and the aftermath is over and life is back to normal again (whatever normal is anyway).

I picked up the needles again (the knitting ones that is) for the first time last weekend and it feels gooooooood. I’m making a baby blanket as a nice and easy start (rectangular knitted shapes are easy yay!) for a girl at college and I am using this pattern, which is nice and repeaty and not really demanding. The mind can wander and I can chat or watch TV without having to ignore my immediate environment/stare mutely whilst fiercely counting at whoever asks me a question.
“Do you want a cup of tea?”
No answer (nodding but dearest husb is in the kitchen, not looking)
“answer me then”
Still no answer, still nodding, still not looking
“are you going to answer me or not?”
“I’M F*!%ng counting. SHHHH!”
Many a domestic has ensued.

I’m a big fan of knitting and crocheting with a point in mind, i.e. someone to give the finished result to/something I can sell/wear and no one has given me a better reason for picking up the sticks recently than my favourite blogger of craftland lollychops. Seems lollychops has a friend in need and as lollychops is a friend indeed (see what I did there) she has started a card drive for her poorly friend and colleague.
Now. As I am not all that awesome at card making and papercrafts although I will be turning my hand to it a bit more seriously in the future (more on that in future posts) I have decided to do something a bit different. It’s a secret for now and I hope it works out well otherwise I might cry. I shall show results in due course.

Short week this week, hope everyone's Easter plans are going well!

A Visit from the Tooth Fairy

Around about a month ago, i had some teeth out. Not just any old teeth though, i had my wisdom teeth out.

These days, if you're going to have wisdom teeth out, the dentist will send you to the oral department in the hospital and they give you the choice of being sedated or just going through with it under a local anaesthetic. I was reliably informed that if i went for the sedation i would remember very little and that sounded good to me!

After the whole nasty experience was over, i had to be nursed by my lovely man, who told me to put my teeth under my pillow to see what the tooth fairy might bring (i was camped on the sofa with duvet and all the pillows i could find by this point, feeling very sorry for myself).

I got my teeth in this cute little envelope (trust me, you do not want to see the gory teeth, ew ew ew).

So i pretty much passed out for the afternoon and when i woke up, the tooth fairy had brought me....... an ipod touch!

I was so excited. We don't live extravagently by any means so this was a big investment, one i couldn't afford to scratch or break, so i immediately set to work making a little sleeping bag for my new toy!




















If you like the look of this and fancy buying one for yourself or maybe want to make one for yourself, a PDF pattern and also the finished article will soon be available on my etsy shop at woolboutique.etsy.com

L x