Colour by Instinct

This crossed bicolour stitch pattern gave me lots of opportunity to play with colours, to mix and match and create new combinations as I went along.

 
I started off thinking it was going to be a sleeveless sweater, ideal for early winter mornings, but it had the feel and the weight of  a blanket. Not enough stitches for a baby blanket, so I decided it was going to be a throw, or a comforter for cold knees in the car.
 

   'A laptop!' my sister said when I gave it to her!

                                               From lap to chair it slid - like a kitten...

                    ...and there it is, in her home!

Inspiration!

  My mother knitted this masterpiece over thirty years ago. It is a prized possession. 

 I'll let the pictures do the talking.

The shawl that I've used as a background for this page is just one of the many she's knitted for family and friends in the last few years. This one's from last summer. 

Much Needed Warmth

Functional but fun to knit, these pullovers. And the joy at the time of completion!!

Birthday Bounty

Who's a lucky girl then?

I am, to be the recipient of these beautiful gifts, knitted with so much care and love by my friend Jayati.

Cowls!!!!

Cowls. What a lovely word.
Anagram of scowl.
A hundred (C) added to owls.

I stopped playing with the word, and started knitting them this year.

Thanks to a mother for being my teacher, and to a daughter for keeping me in needles from 000 onwards!
Thanks to another mother for teaching me how to take good pictures and post them on my blogs!

Here are three cowls featured on my 'mannequin' for three lovely ladies.

 Gift wrapped and ready to go! Hope they'll like them!

And this is another lovely mother, wearing the first cowl I ever knitted.