My Favourite Space & A Completed Hedgehog!

After listening to the most recent KnitPicks podcast with Kelley Petkun about comfort while knitting, I took a look at my knitting space. I recently received a gorgeous brown leather tub chair which is the most comfortable chair in the world. It is so popular in our house that He Who Pays has maybe sat in it twice since last Friday. That may also say a lot about the pecking order!!

Anyway I have totally claimed this chair as MY chair and it sits between my lovely warm fire and my stereo and has the perfect space next to it for my knitting box (which my lovely boys gave me for my birthday) with my current work in progress in and my handbag with my iPod and phone.











Now I just need to knit a lovely fluffy cushion for it. Any ideas on patterns?

And the hedgehog is complete:

Another fantastic pattern from the lovely designer Alan Dart but quite fiddly to sew up. My dad loves hedgehogs so I think this will be a welcome 70th birthday present.

He also requested a pair of fingerless mittens so I am going to knit up a pair of Dashings for him from Knitty with some black watch Aran yarn to match the hat and scarf I made him last year.

My to do list keeps growing and growing!!

Amusing Recovery Makes Progress

It's been a while hasn't it? But at least I have something to show for it:


This is my 'Amused' sweater designed by Jordana Paige and featured in the Winter 2008 edition of the online knitting magazine, Knitty.com.

It's a top down sweater knitted in the round so that means no seaming!! Yay, I hate seaming. I am knitting it in a Wendy Aran with Wool yarn in a purple/lilac colour. But you may notice the mistake. Yes, my cables are upside down. I messed up. But I decided that seeing as they are all still pointing the same way I was just gonna go with it and call it a pattern. If the sweater had been for anyone else I would have probably ripped it back but it's only for me :o)

Other items on the needle are eldest childs sock for Christmas from the Harry Potter Opal yarn. I am at the foot part of the second sock so they should be finished by the end of the week. And I also have the Hedgehog 'Hibernating Harry' designed by Alan Dart that I have knitted for my Dad's 70th birthday present. All knitted up but still have the seaming to do and I keep putting it off. I will hopefully have that finished by the end of the week as well.

Will this be a week when stuff actually comes off my needles?? Watch this space!