Knit Inspiration

A recent trip to Birmingham has opened my eyes to this spring's new knitwear, I took a trip to forever 21 and topshop just for a quick look and was quite surprised by the range of techniques and all the colours were beautiful.

 This knitted skirt by Topshop reminded me of how simple a knitting project can be but how effective and rewarding. A knitted skirt is a weirder choice but I think they are versatile and unique. And extremely easy to make! This skirt was around £38 and you could make a simple acrylic version for half the price!

 This is the cutest jumper I've seen this year! My boyfriend actually spotted this and called me over! The mint green looks lovely in this photo, in real life it was a bit on the tacky side but it reminded me that hidden in my stash of yarn was some mint baby 4ply that my grandma gave me when i first started knitting. I have never had a use for it because it just isn't really for me, but I can imagine this pattern idea as a crop jumper or bag, maybe even some cute socks!

 This ombre cardigan from forever 21 really caught my eye, the colours are lovely. I would love to knit this in a more waterfall front version.

 This lovely fairisle knit jumper by forever 21 reminded me of my punch card heart pattern I used to create an infinity scarf for my etsy shop. This is a really nice idea of graduating colours.

Markus Lupfer DIY Ideas

I love Markus Lupfer's designs, i think they are cute and fun. But I just can't afford to shell out £200-£300 on a jumper! Here's a few DIY inspirations I'm having right now!

Which one would you want a DIY tutorial on? Personally my favourite is the plastic girl logo with sequins in. 

P.S How cute are the kittens!

Kitten Cap Trainers

Here's another easy DIY. Using plimsolls that you can get cheap and surprisingly high quality from the high street. I got this pair from New Look for £4.50. For this DIY you will need:

-Plimsolls

-Contrasting paint colours.

-Paintbrushes.

-Masking tape.

1.

Place tape all the way round the toe of the shoe about an inch front the front.

2.

Paint completely white.

3.

Remove the tape and make sure it's a fairly straight line.

4.

paint two triangles on top of the straight line. Try to make them fairly symmetrical.

5.

Take a thin brush and paint the kitty's face. I found it easier to start with the nose in the middle and then do the whiskers and then move onto the eyes.

I went a bit too far with this! i just wiped it off with a cotton bud and painted over with more white paint.

6.

The white paint looked a bit messy so I just used black paint to neaten all the edges.

All Done! You could try different animals too!