Ha..............

I've taken the advice of Lancashire Knitter and ordered some 1.5mm needles this morning. My challenge is to get back to where I was with this first attempt by the end of the weekend. :) HHHhhhhmmmmmmmmm lol

Reached the fingers.............

Progress is good, but they are turning out very large! This is due to not doing them on size 16 needles, and not having access to the original weight of wool. No matter, it's an interesting exercise, and OH pointed out I can wear them as overglvoes, over another pair. Not that it gets anywhere near cold enough down here in the balmy south, but it's a thought!

Progress.................

I've got to the not-wanting-to-put-it-down stage with this project LOL

Sanquhar gloves started

Started at last, enjoying knitting them. The wool was found at the scrapstore on Saturday - huge cones of slatey blue and cream, pure wool, for a few pence each. There'll be tons left for other projects too.

I'd like to work out a pattern for a hat of some sort too.

Sanquhar knitting

My interest in Sanquhar knitting has recently been re-awakened; there was quite a good article in September's Yarn Forward magazine which I enjoyed. I've also started a Sanquhar group on Ravelry, which looks promising. I've now cast on a pair of glvoes, using the original S.W.R.I. leaflet pattern. Will post up a pic when I get a bit further up the cuff and there's soemthing to show!

Old Shale scarf

This is my very favourite of the old Shetland lace pattersn, a simple two row pattern but so effective. I'm knitting it in handspun singles Southdown. The spinning's not perfect, but it looks OK so far.

Old dolls clothes patterns

A friend on the forum was kind enough to send me these when she was having a clearout - I think they're fabulous. I like knitting these old dolls' patterns, I find them very nostalgic, having loved dolls when I was wee. These are all knitted in 3 ply, which is still fairly easily available (if you know where to look LOL) for baby clothes and shawls. I might try and get some done for the WI market - it's a popular seller for grannies to buy apparently! Would be nice to use such old patterns again and keep them going.