Im working on some evenstar fingerless gloves , the same as I made for mum last year. She will be thankful that I will stop borrowing hers every time I visit! Im enjoying knitting these this second time round as its easier yet still challenging enough to keep me thinking, although it would have been a bit more exciting to do this second pair if 'id chosen a different colour for myself . I quite enjoy doing the cable pattern as its so much easier to go back on mistakes then lace.
The book im reading, knit one kill two is a knitting murder mystery. Benny thinks its hillarious that knitting murder mysteries exist, he talks about fearing old ladies that might stab him with their knitting needles:) I love this series of books, this is my second time reading them. The charachters in the book are so into knitting and talking about different yarns that its contagious and inspires me to knit. very handy, I needed some knitting motivation
cute slippers! and awesome buttons! :)
ReplyDeleteand the fingerless gloves look good! love the color of the yarn :)
Your gloves look lovely in progress. I laughed when you described Benny's thoughts on a knitting murder mystery. Your slipper socks look cozy indeed. As for those buttons - LOVE! Jacinta
ReplyDeleteYour work is just beautiful. The book sounds intruiging. As well as five other reads I'm too reading a murder mystery from the series; The Honourable Phryne Fisher. Set in Australia in the 1920's. Phryne is this fabulous detective, she is sexy, smart, flies aeroplanes and race cars - it's fabulous. Enjoy your gloves. Katie x
ReplyDeleteThose cables are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYou know, I read a coffee house mystery once. B thought it was sad that such a thing existed. There's a whole series of them! And then I stumbled on knitting mystery (which I haven't read - I'm not a mystery fan) and decided he'd be a happier guy if I didn't tell him about them! (:
love those buttons! and those fingerless mitts are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI read that book! I found it quite entertaining and light :) I think my kids thought it was hilarious that it was a knitting mystery.
ReplyDeleteVery clever!
ReplyDeleteYou might also enjoy Sally Goldenbaum's Seaside Knitters Mystery series, too, if you haven't read any of the books already.
Oh those buttons!! So lovely - as are the slippers! I added those fingerless mitts to my favourites. I think I may just need to knit a (few) pair!
ReplyDeleteI love these slippers. They look so cozy. I'm totally going to check out those books.
ReplyDeleteThose buttons are gorgeous! I do love your cable work too- I'm a bit of a chicken about cables. Lace I'll do, cables not so much!
ReplyDeleteKaren I love the slippers and the idea that you have made them from an old jumper( Jacob would say awesome)
ReplyDeleteI would like to have your pattern from the fingerless gloves.I also do love these buttons always liked buttons very much
I also love that series of books and find that the characters enthusiasm is contagious! I also really like your slippers-cool idea!
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These look so wonderfully soft and cosy, and the buttons are so perfect. You have lucky feet! ;)
ReplyDeleteWOW! Karen you slippers are getting cuter by the day!
ReplyDeletewell done :)
A wooden tree button! The wood looks FABULOUS against the blue of your wonderful slippers. Just beautiful. And I LIKE the two different coloured soles.
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