My new Banner

I have my new banner, two lovely faeries knitting. The Knittington Fairies' twins, Christiana and Cassandra. Marianne Coyne from Leisure Lane has designed them. I should really be preparing for school this week, but I just had to get them on  the blog and show them off.  If you want to see what other beautiful pictures she has drawn go here. The Knittington Faerie's Shop.


Ok so I had better go and do some work. :-(

Left over Yarn

I knitted a cowl from Goddess Knits and I had enough yarn left over to knit a scarf/shawl. I adore them both and I am seem to be wearing them whenever I can. Although at the moment it is too hot, but I shouldn't complain about that.


This made me me think about all the yarn I have collected over the years, especially from the Unicorn club blanket. This was a mystery yarn which was dyed up every month for a year by Fyberspates and The Natural Dye Studios. I bought a skein or two each month and ended up with a rather big blanket.  It turned out it was made of Silk, Cashmere and Llama. As a consequence I have quite a few balls of varying colours. 

Perfect Little World Blog giveaway

One of the members of Knit1Treble on Esty is running a competition giveaway on her blog Perfect Little World. You just have to add a comment and say hello to be entered in the draw. The prize is a charming Tilda witch.

Found the perfect profile picture

I have looked and looked for a picture of a knitting faerie. This is the name I use on Ravelry but have not been able to. I would love to find something for my Esty account and shop. That is until yesterday when I came across this site Knittington Faeries . I have written to Marianna and she replied saying shewill get back to me next week as she is finishing a book. Then we are going to discuss the idea  of her doing a faerie knitting the words "Wrapped In Colour" . I am soooo excited at the idea.

On Esty

Finally I have opened my shop on Esty by putting 2 scarves which I have knitted. It seems to have taken ages to check the shipping amounts, write up the information etc. So now I just have to sit and hope when or if anybody decides to buy something I can get the next step done correctly. :-)

As for the yarn for the wedding shawl I have found some on Esty and Knitting Goddess and Fyberspates are going to dye some for me.

Wedding Shawl

It turns out my friend is allergic to yarn that comes from sheep. After some testing it has been decided that cashmere yarn on its own or mixed with silk will be the answer and she would like variegated yarn using dark blue to powder blue. I have found some cashmere on Etsy in  KeystoneArtAndCraft  shop, which is a start. 

As for what I am knitting, I have got my Aquamarine Scarf finished with some changes as I wanted more depth at the back. I now am trying to complete my Marbon Shawl but the edging seems to go on forever.

Shrug for a wedding

Thistle Scarf

Kingfisher Scarf/Shawl

I have not been around much as my dad has been ill, but the great thing about knitting is you can take around with you. I have finished the Apatite Cowl by Renee and Thistle Scarf & Kingfisher Blue Scarf, both fromVictorian Lace Today book.

I have been asked to knit a shrug for a friend's wedding. I have been looking around on Ravelry and there is a wide selection so I am going to have to narrow the options done. I will have to have a chat with her on Monday and show her some patterns and see what she has in mind.