Here is a doily I've done which is now a featured pattern in Ravelry,  I am susanstitches on Ravelry as well if anyone wants to go and look at my work on there.

This was done in size 10 cotton and a 1.00 hook.  Very pleased with it.



And here are three Irish Crochet Motifs

This one is a little one, very quick to do.  This one is a Star, again very quick



This is the February CAL, done already (I already have done the elements in this motif.

Here are some of my latest projects

10 Stitch Baby Blanket from Elizabeth Zimmerman's Opinionated Knitter

On Friday 13th January my niece Nina gave birth to baby Oscar, he is a healthy baby and I decided to knit a baby blanket, I finally chose the 10 stitch baby blanket and found exactly the right yarn for it.

This is at the end of ball 4, I have eight balls of this yarn so it will be a nice size when finished, I will wash it when it is finished as it will shrink slightly, I am using 6mm short birch needles which are perfect for this pattern.

Here is No 29 from the Hardouin Book 1

Here are three recent finished items

The following patter was translated from French, I think I did a good job. It comes from a French book on Irish Crochet available from the Antique Pattern Library





The Turtle - from one of the Irish Crochet books available on the Antique Pattern Library, a wonderful source


Summer doily from the Doily of the Month Yahoo Group - nice and simple

Found these lurking on a memory stick, this is a scanned pic of a doily I did which didn't have a picture.




This is a lucet braid, its using a technique called frogging, I used up some old crochet cotton on this. It was also featured on Create and Craft TV.

I've been doing some Kumihimo, (Japanese braiding), its great fun and eats up lots of left over yarnm, this one I've turned into a bracelet



And another made from Biron artificial silk



Here are spiral braids

Well, after a long gap I am now trying to update at least monthly, or as I finish a project.

Here are some socks knitted for my friend Lynda in Wales, I got the yarn in Sorrento on a cruise earlier this year, then knitted the socks on a day trip to France on the Channel Tunnel and then on the trip to Wales, so they are well travelled.

Working on a short blue lacey pair now for myself.

It has been a few years since I used this, and now I have a far better computer and better computer access I will use this as I can link to other places.. especially Ravelry (the online community for knitters and crotcheters.

WATCH THIS SPACE....

Here we have a picture of my latest project, a shawl woven with Tencel yarn from the Natural Dye Studio, sold as sock yarn but it told me it was going to be a shawl..... spot the error in the weave.... which I've now corrected

Will get a better picture of the shawl when more work has been done.

I've also been doing socks.... and a couple of tops, pictures to come up soon.

I haven't updated my blog in ages, been very busy recently though with projects, a couple of pairs of socks, a knitted doily (my first knitted one in years), some crochet and clearing out and de-stashing, okay I did buy 22 balls of Sirdar Salsa yarn for £22 but plan to make a couple of jackets with that, I love the 3/4 length sleeve jackets out at the moment.

Will have some pics lately once I get the new battery for my camera - they're trying to talk me into getting a new one but I can't afford it until I get my new laptop, then I will upgrade the camera.