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I am loving how this is turning out. The colours work better than I thought they would and even though you can't really see the Owl eye stitch in the purple yarn it feels great with the texture of the garter stitch in the pink.

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I also love making blankets on the Flexee loom, I just unrool/roll it side to side as I'm knitting so it's not awkward like trying to work with something like the S looms (I really can't seem to knit comfortably with the S looms)

I keep making things for other people so this I'm making for me! 😂

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The dusky pink is garter stitch and the purple is owl eye stitch and I'm really happy with how its turning out 🥰

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I did a swatch (20cm by 10cm) in owl eye stitch which has been through the washing machine about 3 times (on a 20°C synthetic wash at 1200 spin) and hasn't wormed so I think this should be all good 👍

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I have to finish this otherwise some of my Christmas presents won't get done as I need this Flexee loom to do them....I already have 5 sets of the skinny gauge and can't really afford or want to get more!!!! 🫣

I got one and a half rows in today when my older boy decided to help me with making biscuits and getting comfy...as the title says he's not one to help usually!!!! 🙀😻😹🙀

My ginger boy tho loves to help when he gets the chance....love them both tho 😻❤️🥰

As the title says the first fin is done for my nieces mermaid blanket. I've noticed I made a couple of mistakes as in I've knit where I should have purled and vise versa but it was made with love and they are hardly noticeable 🫣😂

I'm really pleased with how it's turned out, now to start the next fin...

The first 3 photos are of the first fin I'm doing for the mermaid blanket. I decided to try double rib stitch as its easier with the alternating colours for the loom! I think it's turning out great so far but we'll see what it's like when it's finished!

The forth photo is of the back of the cardigan I'm doing for my daughter but here in the South East of England we're experiencing a bit of a heatwave so its too hot to continue that at the moment! Although I have done about 40 rows since last weeks photo so some progress....

The last couple of photos is the blanket my daughter is doing for herself in chenille/velvet yarn. It should fit a standard double bed, she's using 400g of teal then silver grey then teal again (this may change as she was originally going to do alternating stripes....19yr 🫣)

That's been my week....hopefully the new Shark cooling fan that just came will help with the heat!!!

The first WIP I have finished the body of the mermaid snuggle blanket for one of my nieces now I just need to do the fin. I'm thinking of doing the fin from the KB blog mermaid blanket, I decided against doing the hourglass pattern they have for the body as firstly that was loom knitted as a flat panel not in the round and secondly the pattern would be lost with the variegated yarn I used.

The second WIP is going to be the back for a cardigan for my daughter. The yarn is faux fur (cookie colour) from AliExpress. I'm doing it on the Regular Flexee loom although I think it might knit up better on the Chunky gauge but as I don't have that and not sure if I'd actually use that loom set so I'm hesitant to buy it. I'm not really following a pattern for this, I've looked at lots of different ones and just going with the flow.

This one I want to finish first as I want to make Scarlett Royale's (The Loom Muse) Sweater Poncho for my aunt for her Christmas present and need the Regular gauge for the yarn I want to use (plus its what she uses in the video and the free written pattern).

My mums blanket I finished a little while ago, it was made with 3 x 300g skeins from acrylic yarn I got from B&M about 6/7years ago when I started loom knitting. It should be perfect for her sofa and it's better than I thought it would be (the yarn was about £4 per skein) after being washed, now I just need to give it to her!

My aunts infinity scarf is made from Hemp silk yarn with tiny sequins (lace weight) that I got from AliExpress early this year after I got the Bitty Flexee loom for my birthday in February and I'm also really happy with how it turned out after being washed (inside a pillow case on a delicate 30°C wash and laid flat to dry). I hope she likes it when I actually get to the post office to send it to her.