Bet you didn’t know I could knit?
You may have noticed that I haven’t blogged yet in December. I have crafted many different excuses in my head, but while I could cite changes at work and the snowpocalypse I’m not going to. When I really think of why I haven’t blogged it’s because I was a little bit bored. Bored of always thinking about eating, of always writing the same sorts of posts, the pressure of good photography in poor light and feeling tied to the whole process.
I realised that while this is, and always will be, a food blog at its core that every single post does not have to conform to that label. We all have many skills, many loves, many interests and I feel that my blog should show more than a single side to me. A more rounded blog will hopefully mean a more rounded Lauren and more blog posts on CoffeeMuffins.
In the future, starting from today, I may branch out of the food blogging box. Hopefully to show you something cool or cute from some other aspect of my life. I also swear I will never talk about myself in the third person again!
December is all about snuggling up to the fire watching the slowly rotating decorations on the tree, with a mug of spice infused coffee and keeping warm. Especially when the pavements have turned to skating rinks and parking spaces turned to 6 foot piles of snow.
With more snow forecast it seems perfect timing to me to stay in and sit beside the fire with balls of brightly coloured wool.
My two main projects have been knitting cushion covers and mini Christmas stockings.
The mini christmas stockings are fantastic for me as a beginner, as they step away from the basics of knitting large squares and delve into changing colours, following patterns and creating different shapes. With the added bonus that it only takes me a couple of hours start to finish. You still have time to make them before Christmas!
Plus I think they look amazing as decorations on the tree.
I started off in November making the blue stocking, as I wanted to get started but didn’t want to wait for my red wool to arrive. It worked out for the best because it was a tough learning process. I made many mistakes just from not really understanding what I was trying to do. The blue stocking looks pretty awful, and instead of ripping it and starting it again I’ve left it as a reminder of all the things not to do on subsequent attempts.
Thankfully when I did finally get the red wool I made two fairly passable stockings!
To create these I used these directions on how to make mini christmas stockings from little cotton rabbits.
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Love this post and the little stocking are adorable! I’m bookmarking and might even pull out my rusty knitting needles to try it. I know that food-blog ennui very well, as you know, and you have hit a brilliant solution!
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Very cool. They’re so tiny and detailed. We have a knitter in our house as well and we’re always grateful for the amazing creations.
We’d gladly invite you and the other half for dinner and a knit night, however, Scotland is a bit far from Toronto :-)
Cheers
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Hi Lauren
I get that too sometimes, the exhaustion of constantly trying to think up fresh ideas for my food blog, and getting frustrated with trying to take good enough photos at this time of year in the poor light! That’s so cool that you can knit, those stockings are so cute! Look forward to getting to know a more-rounded Lauren!
Merry Christmas!
Hungry Jenny x
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I am not a knitter but my mom is knitting a vintage christmas stocking pattern and she has a question that I hope someone out there who knits can answer. I hope that I am explaining this correctly. She is doing a stockinette stitch and she knits across and pearls back. Is this considered one row or two? Thanks in advance.
I have only been knitting for a short time, so it is possible that I am wrong but I believe that is 2 rows. When it says work 8 rows, you work 4 knit rows and 4 purl rows.
However it is possible that I read that completely wrong. xx
How fantasic! I am just getting into knitting too, but I guess with christmas a whole 11 months away, I have plenty of time to practice…
I’m sure I can have a few of these for my tree next year, maybe more if I ‘work my socks’ off ;) … (I’m sorry) …
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