Knit – H&M (vaguely similar). Pants – None (HAH) Yarn – Wool & the Gang (Pink lemonade). Photos with remote & Mr. tripod.

Still knitting like a mad dame, despite recently having to bump it down to Weekend-only practice on account of absolutely no work getting done during the week. And the fluff, pink fluff everywhere. Given the tendency of my husband eating things off the floor, it’s nearly every day I hear ‘ooh, cotton candy! OH BLEURGH, WHAT THE SH*T’ in the morning. Nothing compared to me accidentally scrunching up a handful of yarn and shoving it in my mouth every single day because I too need constant validation that it is not magical cotton candy. Also, those following on Instagram may have sensed, I’m nursing a growing obsession for anything pink these days, like I woke up one day in 2014 and decided to pursue with childhood. What did you get up to this weekend?

One other thing to take away from this post: No pants. Heck yeah.

What you’ll need: 10mm straight needles, 2 Skeins Rowan 100% Merino ‘Big wool‘ (100g, 87 yds per skein) or any similar alternative, Knitter’s needle or tapestry needle.

Coat – Anywho x BRICS, Shirt – Zara, Skirt – Vintage, Shoes – Topshop, Bag – Market in Vilnius, Snood – DIY

Ugh, I had a video for this – scratch that, I had several, illustrating in colourful detail how I stop at traffic lights and successfully knit a snood while balancing on the China Woman and sipping lukewarm latte that sits in the helmet with the yarn balls. It was Cirque du Soleil of DIY tutorial videos, fireworks and hoolahoops, you’ll just have to believe me. I’m going to have another go at the videos, but in the meantime just search for 1-by-1 Ribbing Stitch (or separately Cast On, Knit, Purl, Yarn Over, Cast Off to learn from scratch) on Youtube and that should get you going. When you’re on a roll it should take about 4-5 hours tops. Quick tip, if you’re getting the Rowan wool, the length is actually perfect if you stop at about 1.5 skeins or go on to knit 3 yarnballs. And yearh, I know what you’re thinking, that thing looks like a neck brace… but if that cycle-knit story isn’t a recipe for neck injury disaster, I don’t know what is.

Thank you darrrhling for the shots.

As seen in Vogue Girl Korea November 2009 issue

Tips and caring advices:

• If you’re an experienced knitter, it’d be best if you could do a tension swatch for the yarn before casting on.
• For beginners check out this youtube channel for great tutorials. Great place to start learning actually.
• Alternate between colours but also thickness of yarns. I just stuck to mohair but you could always bring in different types of yarns like acrylic or other wool blends to create texture.
• Hand wash only, dry flat.

So the temperature plummeted as if hit with recession and we’re back to the postcard image of drippydrab London with umbrellas screwdrived into our skullcaps. Hey, I did say English summer rolled in and then right back out early this year. The British weather forecast is like the slots, ding ding ding you got Clouds, Sun and Tsunami. Ok maybe not a tsunami but since light snow counts as a natural disaster here we’ll swap that one in – and Rain, Rain, Rain is hardly a jackpot.

Anyway, you know I have nothing much to say when I start out a post with the weather. Truth is, it was bright out when I started knitting today and I look up now it’s dark – I look down again and I’ve only done a hand’s length. I say this now, this will probably be done around, meh…say… August, so you might as well forget about it for the time being.