Narrow Lake Mitts

The latest pattern in my Sweet Little Somethings collection is for the gorgeous Narrow Lake Mitts. The design for these began as an idea for a stitch pattern. Something a little unique and undeniably pretty.

They were super enjoyable to design and to knit, which is not to say that they weren't a lot of work. In particular the thumb gusset was knit, reknit and then reknit again as I designed it into the lace pattern.

I loved knitting these mitts so much I just had to work up a pattern for a matching hat.....more detailed shots to follow when the pattern is released in a few days!

View from a Bridge

Each day I walk across the river Cam to midsummer common.

It is the inspiration for my Riverside shawl. The garter ridges are reminiscent of the ripples that lap across the surface. The scalloped border is inspired by the shape created by the rowing boats as they glide smoothly downstream. 

As usual it was rather blustery on the day we took the photos, but at least that meant we got some great shots of the whole shawl, even if I did occasionally feel like I might take off at any moment.

Riverside is the first pattern in my Sweet Little Somethings pattern collection. It's a series patterns that I am releasing in instalments. I'm going to be releasing the next one, Amartine, later today and I'm very excited about it. Without giving too much away, let's just say it's gorgeous and smooshy!

Check back soon for some sneak peeks at some of the other patterns.

Indian Summer

We've been having a warm spell recently, which has done wonders for the garden. It's so exciting to see those little tomatoes finally ripen:

And they're even better like this:

The only problem is, with all this warm weather, I've been neglecting my knitting and I really should be getting on with my collection of accessories....