The weekend of little knitting

I have hardly had time to pick up my knitting this weekend, we've had so many social engagements - a rarity! What I should have done is taken it with me but between running round after the children and supping lovely red wine, it wasn't really practical.
Anyway, I did start knitting some toe-up socks with some gorgeous Kool-Aid dyed Opal sock yarn. I don't have a pattern so I'm making it up as I go, just trying to reverse what I do normally for top-down. I have a feeling I may come a cropper at the heel! The toe has gone OK, I used scrap yarn and will graft it at the end. Hopefully if it works the pattern will be on the Knitting Parlour website soon.
The Webmaster(!) did put my teacosy pattern on at the weekend. I designed it for the competition in Knitting magazine. It's a shame you don't get the teacosy back. I wonder what they do with them all?
I'm quite chuffed today because it's a bit cooler I've been able to wear my Colinette Ariel top for the first time. It's Raphael Giotto and I really love it.

Welcome to Knit Things!

I am forever knitting and messing about with knitting related things so I thought I'd start a blog as seems to be the thing at the moment.
I own a yarn shop in Malvern, England with my Mum, it's like having an infinite stash. We've been going for about a year and although I've always loved knitting, I am really into it now and ALL my free time is spent knitting. Well, except when my kids are around because then I get no peace! When they are a tiny bit older they will be at it too though.
I love all the new yarns and am a real sucker for colour especially variegated yarn like Colinette and Noro.
Anyway, this morning, in between endless e-mails to my husband discussing a blog name, I've finished a Debbie Bliss teddy for my friend Kate who had a baby boy last week. I'm quite pleased with it mainly because his face looks OK, not too scary. I thought it would be a real pain because it's in moss stitch and I hate sewing up fiddly things, but it really didn't take long and I quite enjoyed it.
My next project for today is to make a garter stitch Colinette Enigma scarf for the shop and I must order some more Kool-Aid.