Gemini Knits Handpainted Yarns & Fibres

Here’s my latest colours added to my GeminiKnits etsy shop – and one I haven’t added yet as I can’t think of a name for it! I’ve started to use a lot of purple and I think I must be being influenced by the time of year – all the berries starting to appear and maybe thoughts of jam!

Retro – A 4ply merino with shades of purple and orange

Raspberrylicious – A 4ply merino with shades of magenta and pink

The as yet unamed yarn using teal,turquoise and black

Blackcurrant – A 2ply laceweight merino

Blackcherries – A 4ply merino with shades of purple and black

The 2ply merino laceweight version of Blackcherries

Marine Tangerine – A 4ply merino with shades of orange, teal and turquoise

Here’s my newest creation – Dark Eyes. I’ve named it after my favourite fuchsia – here it is in my garden (and my dainty fingers!)….

And here’s the yummy yarn…

Last week I was asked to make a custom order of my Gemini Knits Fleur merino yarn for Lavenderhouse and she has kindly sent me a pic of it on the needles I’m slightly biased obviously but it is just so delicate and pretty!

This is the latest yarn to be added to my Gemini Knits store – Its called Vampirella and is a dark, sexy mix of magenta, black and grey. It is 100% merino 4ply/fingering weight yarn and I absolutely adore it!

So after my previous 6 attempts to start one of these something obviously clicked and I’m on my way! I’m really enjoying knitting this and was really keen to getting to the “stitch dropping” sections – its really very satisfying!

Here’s the progress pics…

The dropped stitch sections

All the jingly jangly stitchmarkers!

My copy of Charmed Knits – Projects for Fans of Harry Potter arrived today. I LOVE it! I can’t wait to get started on some of the knits in there – my fave’s are the Invisibility Shawl and the House Scarves. I took the sorting hat test the other day and turns out I’m a Hufflepuff! So I’ll be knitting all my Hogwarts uniform in black and yellow.

Another book to add to my ever-growing collection of knitting books – will I ever get the chance to knit it all though!