Teaching a friend to get in touch with her inner-granny. Her late mother was a prolific crocheter but passed away before being able to teach her eldest daughter. So I thought it might be nice to teach her in her honour. So while away for a girls long weekend away, I think I've successfully got her hooked on the hook.
I finished this lovely cowl in only a few days. It was a very quick knit using a aran weight yarn. I have mixed feelings about this yarn. As I started knitting with it, I was happy with the lovely soft handle of it. Then as I went along, I noticed that the CO edge of the project was starting to pill. I then researched further and found that a lot of people had the same problem. I wish I'd known this before I bought 5 balls of it. Thankfully it came from Webs in the US so it was much cheaper had I bought it here.I finished these Pillars Socks just in the nick of time. Mother's Day. But not until 10:45pm so unfortunately she didn't receive them on time. But she is coming over today (3 days later) and will receive them. They were a frustrating knit with me continually stuffing up the lace pattern. Let's hope she doesn't look too closely.
Colinette Jitterbug is lovely to knit with. It is a thicker fingering weight yarn so it seems to go quicker. But the only drawback seems the bleeding. I had the same problem when i used it in my Selbu Modern hat. The red bled badly into the cream.
Hopeully they fit and hopefully she will like them :) Love you mum x
