The Blog is Moving!

From now on to find out what Gemini Knits is up to please visit the new site for my blog........

Gemini Knits Blog

Ps....

I've renovated the website today, its still a work in progress but I think its an improvement. What do you all think? :)

Go and have a look.... www.geminiknits.co.uk

And to celebrate I'm offering a special 10% discount on all my yarns in my etsy shop until the end of the year. Just enter the code "YayNewWebsite" into the coupon section when checking out!

Sarah x

The New Yarns

There are changes afoot in the world of GeminiKnits.

I am working on things in the background which I hope to put in place in the not too distant future.

I have new yarns coming into the shop and am going to start dyeing them up in bigger dyelots for those of you who are working on larger projects.

The yarns, in addition to those I have in the shop already are.....

Superwashed Falkland Merino 4ply

Superwashed BFL Nylon 4ply

Alpaca/Silk/Cashmere Delight 4ply (and it is a delight! so soft, am completely in love!)

Suri Alpaca/Merino 4ply

Superwash Merino/Nylon/Stellina Sparkle 4ply (it sparkles! Can't wait to dye it)

Alpaca/Silk/Cashmere Laceweight

Superwash BFL DK

If there is a particular colourway of mine that you would like dyed up in one of the yarns or you'd like me to create something especially for you, just send me an email! geminiknits@hotmail.co.uk

Finally for today... I've discovered someone else is using the Gemini Knits name to try and sell some knitted goods. It's not me! I am the original Gemini Knits and have been using this name since I started 3 and a half years ago. With all my shops, sites etc I always use the same font and logo's.

Speak soon, Sarah x

Congratulations to @sunshinewalks on etsy who was the lucky winner of my recent competition.

I thought I'd hold another to win more yarn in the new year to cheer everyone up in the lull after Christmas :)

My new yarns arrived on Friday, I am very eager to get going with them. All being well I shall begin the dyeing tomorrow afternoon. I'm just thinking up new colourways, although I am so in love with the alpaca/cashmere/silk and the sparkle sock that I'm not sure I can bear to part with them!

Sarah

COMPETITION!

I thought I would hold my very first twitter competition. I'm very excited!

The prize is one skein of this gorgeous yarn - Gemini Knits Magical Mist Handpainted 100% merino

For the chance to win this lovely prize you need to follow me on twitter @GeminiKnits and RT this tweet......

For a chance to win a skein of this yummy yarn http://etsy.me/fqGiyX FOLLOW @geminiknits & RT this tweet. Ends 7pm gmt 28/11. Good luck!

The competition will close on Sunday 28th November 2010 at 7pm gmt and then a winner will be picked at random by the Husband.

Good luck to everyone!

New Shop!

I now have 2 shops :)

My Gemini Knits etsy shop selling my handpainted yarns

And my newest shop Gemini Handspun selling my handpainted, handspun yarns - come and have a look!

My productive morning yesterday :)

Next shop update will be Thursday 15th July at 8pm gmt - see you there!

SUMMER SALE now on at my etsy shop GEMINI KNITS!

SALE!

I'm having a sale in my shop Gemini Knits to make way for the new yarns and fibres I'm going to be adding :)

New Yarns!

I now have in stock.....

Merino with nylon, tencel or bamboo & BFL in 4ply
Baby Suri Alpaca/merino (which feels divine!) & Merino silk in 2ply laceweight
Organic Merino in DK & Aran weights
BFL & Merino Combed tops

I shall be shortly dyeing them up and if you would like a specific colourway in any of the yarns, please let me know!

You can send me a convo at my etsy shop GeminiKnits or an email to geminiknits@hotmail.co.uk

Birthday card for a friend



First attempt at gloves - WIP (I've developed second glove syndrome!)

Latest creations

Bracelet for Amelia





Bracelet for me





First go at spinning with drop spindle





Cardigan for me in Debbie Bliss Cotton Angora

Catching Up

I'm now a Mrs! Have been for the past 6 and a half weeks actually - can't say being married is much different to us just living together. Just has more paperwork to fill in to get my name changed over on everything!

Here's us on our wedding day - me, DH and my cunningly hidden bump :-) We had a wonderful day, sunshine, great relaxed company, yummy food and the best hotel suite ever!



We jetted off for our honeymoon a couple of days later and spent a lovely week mostly eating and sunbathing - I did take the opportunity to do some KIP-ing (Knitting in Public) by the pool. Didn't get any comments just a few looks and I'm now a bit closer to finally finishing those socks I promised DH!



With Bean's arrival less than 10 weeks away now I'm frantically trying to finish the blanket I started about 5 months ago - not much more to do, and will put the finished pics up here soon.

My biggest news and my proudest moment in my knitting life so far is that my yarns have been featured and given away in Let's Knit magazine this month. I'm a published artist!

I was dyeing more yarns yesterday and will have some new one's to put up in the shop over the next week.

Until the next time.......

Happy New Year!

Goodness me! I can't believe its been that long since I last posted on here. I've had so much going on - here's one of the reasons...


This is Bean at almost 13 weeks......



....and this.....



... is Bean on Monday at 21 weeks and 5 days! We found out we're having a little girl :-)

So I've been dyeing lots of pink wool to celebrate! and lots of other colours too - they're drying as I type and will be up in the shop in the next few days and weeks.

**The shop will be shut between Thursday 24th January and will re-open on Friday 8th February when I will send out orders and deal with queries**

We're getting married next week and then are off for a week of relaxing in the sun - its all go for me this year!

The Arrival of the New Yarns

I excitedly received the delivery of my new yarns on Thursday - They've come all the way from Uruguay and are so soft and yummy its untrue!

There's a new Merino single ply fingering weight which is beautifully delicate but very strong and two worsted weight Merinos - a 3ply and a single ply.

I've already had great fun dyeing them up and they will be in the shop shortly!

If you would like any special colourways dyed please just let me know :-)

What I've been up to

I've neglected my blog and my knitting terribly for the last 6 weeks - my excuse? Well we've just moved house and only now am getting stuff sorted! We've finally got the electricians coming in on Monday and once they're done and out we can start the redecorating.

My most recently finished project is my clapotis which I am so proud of, its really warm too! Here's the finished article and me modelling - please excuse my scruffiness!





My other project I have on the go at the moment is (finally!) a pair of socks for the bf - I've been promising them to him for ages and here's my progress so far. It's the first time I've used my More Sensational Knitted Socks, a book which on first glance scared me totally but actually as lots of people tell you, if you just get on with it as the pattern says you end up with a sock! These are for size 12 feet, so quite a hefty sock and I'm knitting it in my own Sirius Gemini Knits sock yarn and I'm extremely pleased with the results! Especially the heel, I used an Eye of Partridge heel with 3-stitch garter edge, which sounds a lot scarier than it is.





I'm hoping the bf will get the finished pair before christmas!

New Colours

Here's my latest colours added to my GeminiKnits etsy shop - and one I haven't added yet as I can't think of a name for it! I've started to use a lot of purple and I think I must be being influenced by the time of year - all the berries starting to appear and maybe thoughts of jam!


Retro - A 4ply merino with shades of purple and orange


Raspberrylicious - A 4ply merino with shades of magenta and pink


The as yet unamed yarn using teal,turquoise and black


Blackcurrant - A 2ply laceweight merino


Blackcherries - A 4ply merino with shades of purple and black


The 2ply merino laceweight version of Blackcherries


Marine Tangerine - A 4ply merino with shades of orange, teal and turquoise

First Pair Finished!

Woohoo! Finished my first pair of socks on Sunday, I've got them on at the moment to keep my footsies warm with all this wintery weather :-)

Here's the second sock...



And the finished pair together...



I'm now armed with some of my own Sirius yarn and a copy of More Sensational Knitted Socks and I shall be starting a pair of size 12's for the BF!

Dark Eyes - New Creation

Here's my newest creation - Dark Eyes. I've named it after my favourite fuchsia - here it is in my garden (and my dainty fingers!)....



And here's the yummy yarn...

Fleur In Action!

Last week I was asked to make a custom order of my Gemini Knits Fleur merino yarn for Lavenderhouse and she has kindly sent me a pic of it on the needles :-) I'm slightly biased obviously but it is just so delicate and pretty!