Hooray! I kept putting it to one side because it was annoying me, but today I finally sewed some buttons on!

When I saw that sock yarn is available with glitter in it, I knew it was a sign.





I've given myself a bit of a shock really..omg, I actually made a sock! (Already started on sock number 2 - can't wait to wear them!  )

AND, I've actually started to update my blog! oh. my. god.


Edited to add:

And then there were two!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have knit a jumper (sweater!!) for my husband ("Jolly Rodger" from Knit 1), and have almost finished sewing it up.  Firstly, it's a 20% wool, 80% acrylic mix, will blocking work on this mix? It's chunky/bulky.

Also, the arms are a bit too long (about 2") and the body is a teensy bit snug (I did a gague square!!!) - could this get sorted by blocking?

or, should I rip it out and start again 

Woo! I made this:



(Sorry I'm so bad at photography  )

It's not the yarn from the book... and it looked a LOT less neon in the shop.  Not sure if it'll ever get worn outside due to uber-brightness  

I also almost finished the matching scarf, before I relised I'd done the whole thing in dc instead of tr     Damn those US/UK same-but-different crochet terms!!!!!

Wooooo!!! My book arrived at 11 am this morning, and look what happened this afternoon!!:



(It hasn't been steamed yet, I was just sooo excited I had to show you!!! )

I'm still very much a novice crocheter, and it was brilliant to be able to manage a pretty stitch pattern like this - the instructions are super clear and the schematic made such a difference!

I pretty much want to make everything in this book - I love it!  

I saw an Alexander McQueen top in a shop in Manchester and I really liked it. It was on the cover of a magazine last week - I have a photo somewhere, but I can't find it at the mo .  Anyway, this is my homage:



It's a t shirt recon, really!

What do you think?!

Edit: Here's the picture I was talking about:

I have searched but I can't find an answer to this question - although I'm sure I've read somewhere that you can shorten zips - don't know if it was on craftster or elsewhere. 

Anyway, I confidently bought a 6" zip yesterday for a skirt I am making, and this morning I've realised that the pattern calls for a 9" zip.   

I can't get another for aaaages, but I have a reallly long old zip - can I shorten it for my skirt??

PS my husband bought this new ergonomic keyboard which is all curved and dome shaped and wierd. So sorry if I'm tying badly at the mo. 

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Knit 1 magazine in the uk?  I got a copy of the men's issue  (fall '05 issue) from the magazine man in my local market, and I loved it, but he says he can't get hold of any more issues   

um...so, do they?? 

Does anyone have any tips (or any links to tips) on choosing which patterns suit which people? I have tried to knit clothing, but tend to stick to scarf type stuff, because I know i) it'll fit me and ii) it won't make me look fat. 

The (few) items of clothing I have made have been frogged, because they made me look fat.  I don't know if I'm picking the wrong yarns, the wrong patterns, or what.