Lofty thoughts

It's been a busy Christmas as you can probably tell from the fact that this blog has been un-updated for so long! But there have been lots of exciting crafty developments in train, I've been pattern testing like mad & working on all sorts of samples, mostly for patterns due out over the next few months.

I am typing this from my rather brilliant new workspace, in our spanking new loft conversion! There's a proper desk to sit at, under the eaves, a new carpet (OBVIOUSLY in British Wool!!!), a Bluetooth speaker (currently playing "Victory for the Comic Muse" by the Divine Comedy) and, finally, space for a sewing machine which was my excellent Christmas present from my husband. I haven't had much chance to play with it yet but have all sorts of plans! The loft still smells a bit woolly from the carpet.

New on the pattern from since the last post were two more patterns for Artesano - firstly this lovely wrap, Dionysus:

and a beret called Demeter:

They're both in a yarn called Nebula which is a pleasure to work with - I love the way it has little slubs of different, sometimes totally unexpected, colours. The colourway for the wrap I was particularly taken with!

I also did a test knit on my two asparagus scarves - Asparagus Lace Scarf and Sparrow Grass.

So they're both now available with proper charts & there's a discount if you buy both together. Now lots of nice people have knitted great projects from my patterns I've also got a board on Pinterest with some of my favourite knitters' projects!

here's an example of a tester's Asparagus Lace: