I'm home from vacation, with some newbies

OMG what a lovely holiday, completely restful, loving, and beautiful, 

I'm in love with Greece, having visited some 8 or so islands to date, all of them unique, and stunning, I simply can't wait to head back again sometime soon, 

For now I'll be dreaming of my long sunny days, taking it easy, and knitting at my leisure. 

So this is one of the sweaters I had in mind to do, and finished it just yesterday, oh  it's a little gem, I'll be keeping this original one for myself, and looking forward to knitting it up in some other shades, I have a red one almost finished, which I'll show you tomorrow. 

What I'm also loving is the lighting, what better lighting than natural sun shine, it just brings everything out beautifully in photos, the detail, the shades, PERFECT what a difference  it makes, to the glum cloudy skies of London.

Well for now,I'm off to my bed, and then I have to catch up with an awful lot tomorrow. 

:) 

Black cotton sweater

I'm counting down the days, as I'm heading off to Greece this week for some much needed rest, sun and fun.   but before I go I have a mountain of orders to finish

this is one to tick off the todo list, which was a custom order

the brief being a black summer cotton sweater, with some open work on the arms, and the upper chest. 

I'm loving the arms, and will totally use this again in some other designs. 

Anyway I'll be gone for about 10 days, upon my return my needles and I will have mastered up some new knits in the Greek sunshine, so I'll be sure to share. 

A custom ordered cropped sweater

So you may remember a few weeks ago I showed you an image of Kat Von D. wearing one of my iLE AiYE chunky hats,  the customer who sent me those images, had asked if I could knit her up a cropped sweater similar to what kat von d was wearing,  so as I always like to knit up something new, I jumped at the chance.  This is the finished result.  the sleeves on me are a little stretched as the customer is somewhat smaller than I, but I'm just loving the colour, well it's red come on.  :)
I used 100% merino yarn for this little sweater, and it was a dream to knit with,  although it was a little pricey.

A light weight summer grunge sweater

This had been on my to-do list for some time, so when a like minded customer asked me to knit her up a loose knit grunge sweater in cotton, using just one strand of yarn, I was delighted.

This is the same yarn as the summer hats, https://www.etsy.com/listing/94482769/cotton-linen-and-silk-summer-beanie-hat?listing_id=94482769&listing_slug=cotton-linen-and-silk-summer-beanie-hat  

and the same as this  sweater https://www.etsy.com/listing/96002741/khaki-beige-summer-sweater-in-a-cotton?listing_id=96002741&listing_slug=khaki-beige-summer-sweater-in-a-cotton

red comfy sweater

you know I'm a fan of red, so when one of my lovely customers asked for a comfy sweater in Red, my heart jumped with joy.  I'm really happy to have found a perfect combination of yarns, in the most richest of reds.  So hopefully my customer will be as happy as I am.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/97620875/rich-red-ile-aiye-comfy-sweater

summer cotton sweater

This sweater was a custom order, the pictures really don't do it justice,
using a gorgeous ivory and linen yarn, and keeping the sweater wide, and loose, for a really comfy summer sweater.

Finally the lighting has improved.

You might have guessed already I'm a much happier person when the spring /summer arrives, Autumn and winter are just not for me,  but not only does it improve my mood, it also improves the lighting in my images. finally the lighting is good, which means a few months ahead of some half decent images.  the race is on.  

Buy the way, my new jacket is Faux fur, and purchased from ASOS I'm in love,