Oxford Yarn Store

Yesterday I visited Oxford Yarn Store for the first time.  It is a lovely shop stuffed full of yarns of every colour and thickness. I had come across an advert for the store in one of the knitting magazines and I have been meaning to make the effort to travel to Oxford.  If you are visiting Oxford and love yarn – it is well work a walk along the Banbury Road to the store.

 

I had seen pictures of the outside of the store (there is one in the latest edition of Simply Knitting magazine), but I wanted to show you the inside.  The photo above shows what it looks like.  The owner, Karen, was apologising because she thought it looks untidy – but I thought it looked wonderful.  You can buy Rowan, Colinette, Artesano and Noro as well as lots of brands of yarn that I had not heard of.

What I have so far avoided mentioning is how much yarn I bought!  It was a good thing I took my birthday money with me.  I actually bought enough for two projects which you will hear more about in the coming weeks when I start working on them.

If you are interested in visiting Oxford Yarn Store it is located at 3 North Parade Avenue, Oxford, OX2 6LX or you can have a look at the website: www.oxfordyarnstore.co.uk

Modular Knitted Jumper – Third Progress Report

 

I have been away visiting my mother, but I took my L-shaped jumper with me and I have now done most of the modules.  I have only got to do the second half of one of the sleeves. 

I like to shape the under-arms and the top of the front by using small triangles – I need to do 6 of these – 2 for each under-arm and one each side of the neck-opening.

After that I need to do the button-hole and button bands at the front, neaten the neck-line, and adjust the length and sleeve length so they fit.  The last bit of knitting will be adding some ribs.

I would like to think that I might finish this jumper this week as I have another week off work, but I also have a long list of other things to do around the house.

Tea Cosy with Domino Square Trim Version 2

As I suggested in my previous post, I have now completed a version of this tea cosy in red and cream.

 

I may now try some other colours!

Tea Cosy with Domino Square Trim

I have been trying to come up with some new designs for tea cosies.  I decided to combine my love of tea cosy knitting with my love of modular knitting and produce a tea cosy that included modular knitting. 

 

I am always trying to think of new ideas for using up odd bits of yarn.   I have bags full of golf ball sized balls that I don’t want to throw away.  I suppose I could eventually use them for a patchwork quilt with very small squares, but at the moment I wanted to come up with something smaller.

Actually this design uses about 2 golf ball sized balls of blue yarn.  I think I will knit it again using red yarn. 

I haven’t forgotten about the jumper I am knitting, but it will take a few more weeks to finish it, especially if I get distracted by other things!