FO Friday: The Simple Mug Hug

This weeks FO Friday is going to be a little different. Seeing as I mucked my Fingerless Wrist Warmers up yesterday (read all about that here, if you dare) I haven't got any finished knitting to share you.

But -and this is a big but, about a size 12- I do have a 'finished' item to share with you. Last Friday, the wonderful Sandy from Sandy's Space asked if I could share a pattern for the mug hugs I have been knitting in such a fervent manner. Sadly, the pattern I have been using is one from a book and despite searching I couldn't find the pattern anywhere on Ravelry. So I decided to make my own pattern.

While watching the beautiful Kate Middleton walk out of the church in her amazing dress with her new husband Prince William, I designed the pattern under 'royal inspiration'. 

Then when the royal couple came out onto the balcony for the second time, I started the test run. A couple of hours later I finally finished, and you could say it was a royal success.

So I am happy to say Sandy that you can download the pattern now, (find it on ravelry here) and the greatest part is that it's free! If you come across any problems whatsoever, please don't hesitate to contact me (memyselfandknitting@rocketmail.com).

Hope you've all had a great day and see you next week! 

There's A Hole In My Knitting, Delilah Delilah

Last night I finished my first Fingerless Wrist Warmer. I tried to sew it up but it all went horribly wrong and I had to undo it. This morning, I took the warmer out to attempt to sew it up again, when I found the sewing up yarn had got seriously tangled. I sat and tried to untangle this yarn vomit mess for about 10 minutes before I started to get annoyed.

Before I knew it, I had snipped a piece of yarn, the whole thing was untangled and I could start sewing up. 'Brilliant' I thought. 'Well done me.'

If only I had been so clever.

While I was darning up I noticed a hole appearing in the side of knitting. 'Strange', I wondered to myself, 'the eyelets are meant to be on the other side'. A couple of minutes later the hole started to get bigger and bigger.

'Darn it'

The knitting is beyond repairable. 

On the bright side though, I have enough yarn to make the wrist warmers again and now I have something to knit on my car travels this weekend.

I apologise for the randomness of this post, but I just had to share. Have you made any awful mistakes this week?

~Charlotte x