Marzipaknit...

I am speechless...

just stumbled on these amaaazing marzipan knit decorated cakes, thought i'd share..

go here :

http://veganyumyum.com/2007/06/knit-night-cupcakes/

for more pictures and a video of them being made on the Martha Stewart show in America. Mmmmmm cakes! x

I heart charity shops!

"I'll just pop to town, see if I can get some good pencils with rubbers on the end.."

3 hours and 8 Charity shops later (there's 11 in Chesterfield town centre but 3 were shut, Saturday afternoon)...I returned home with this lot!
I think the wooden knitting needle box is my favourite, plus, I got loads of needles including giant ones and my favourites...coloured needles, and all sorts of stitch holders from years gone by!
It was the funnest shopping day I've had in a long time, I didn't get the pencils I wanted, but I didn't let that dampen my extremely high bargain bonanza spirits!

Knitted odd-bods...

I have been wanting to get good at hand knitting for a while now, but I've never had a hand knit project exciting enough to keep me going. You can only imagine how excited I was when I found a knitting book by Donna Wilson filled with patterns to make your own creatures, wooo

A few weeks and alot of learning later, my first complete, fully shaped hand knitted friend, sleepy pom...

I heart him, he's all squishy and feels lovely. I would encourage anyone looking for fun knitting projects to check out Donna's 'odd bod bunch' book. I have just made a start on my next one, it is bigger than this one, wish me luck!

Casting off,

Kandy x

Spring has sprung....

Have you heard the buzzzzz? There's some springalicious new knits in the knit and destroy shop now. I have gone outside to the sun-and daisy filled gardens of my childhood for this little collection, hope you like it!

Head on over to the shop to see the rest, there are also a few more bits coming soon so watch this space!

This is how we do it....

Hello again,
I often get questions about how I make my knits and how comes i'm so hott at intarsia. You know the answer...it's all machine knitted, but that doesn't mean I push a button and the knit just happens, there's much more to it than that.
I heart my workspace and my knitting machines, I took some snaps of me at work (I had just found the 3x self timer function on my camera) and thought i'd share them!


Knitting, concentration 100%...

some essential knob twiddling...

Thinking, or just showing off my shiny hair and pinboard...

I have been making too, currently working on s/s 09 bits, to be revealed in April in the shop, also to be featured in my advert in the next issue of NUDE magazine (buy it, it's a great magazine). I have also been crocheting things for me, check them out on the sugarpaper blog : http://sugarpapergang.blogspot.com/

Casting off

Kandy

Lady Luck

Knitted flowers are go!!! Check out these lovely pics of my knitted flowers....this first one is a brooch, how dandy it would look on your favourite waistcoat.

And this one is a ring, my only styling suggestion here is, errrrmmm, put it on your finger!

These are both available now at http://www.ladyluckrulesok.com/ along with lots of other fun valentines treats from lady luck herself!

Hearts n flowers...

I do love a heart shaped accessory, and with valentines round the corner.....what a great excuse to do some heart shaped knitting and finally attempt some knitted flowers! I know what you're thinking, knitted flowers = mumtastic. Well, see for yourselves what i created.

These plus a few more valentiknits are in the shop now, woo!