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!

The Latest Addition...

This is the latest yarn to be added to my Gemini Knits store - Its called Vampirella and is a dark, sexy mix of magenta, black and grey. It is 100% merino 4ply/fingering weight yarn and I absolutely adore it!