A little bit of knitting

Hey folks
Over the past week or so I've done a bit of knitting.   I have watched a bit of Create and Craft (channel 671 on Sky in the UK).  Can also watch online on http://www.createandcraft.tv/  On this craft channel, not only do they do lots of papercrafty stuff, they also do other things, one of which is knitting.  I was particularly taken with some products made using the yarn Flamenco.  This yarn is a bit like a fishnet ribbon type yarn, and you knit into the holes,but was a little put off by the price, so hadn't ordered anything.    Then 2 of my work colleagues came in one lunchtime both having bought this "fancy" yarn.  The next day, one of them came in wearing a scarf she'd made with it.   I don't think it was the same yarn, but it gave a very similar effect.   She told me she bought it "in the market" but she'd paid £10 for the ball, and it was only £8 in Cwmbran (which is where I live).   Which actually made the price on C&C seem quite reasonable, because it was 3 balls, the pattern and the knitting needles for about £24.

So then I went shopping, I went "to the market" to the only stall that I know sells wool/yarn.  And they had the exact same yarn in there that is on the telly, and it was £3.50 per 50g ball.   So I bought 2 balls of citrus green in Flamenco "floating"   This is yarn which changes colour from one end of the strand to the other.   The other type is Flamenco "twin" which is a different colour on each side of the yarn.    It would be so much easier to explain if I'd had the sense to take a photo of the yarn itself.    I'm still in the middle of knitting the citrus scarf, but went back the following day and bought a corally colour to make a flower or two.

So here's the pic of the flower, and the mini scarf I made.  I did make another flower, but gave that to a friend.    Not bad for one £3.50 ball of yarn.

Might get pics of sparkly pants tomorrow

xxx