I’m looking for a cardi pattern for me. I’m going to have more knitting time in the next couple of months once we have moved in with family, so my current short list is…..
Harvest Moon
Tea Leaves or
Celery
I’ve got yarn for Celery and Tea Leaves/Harvest Moon. Now decisions. I also need to finish my FLS in black but it’s hard going in the dark of the night……..I know I’m slow on the uptake, but it should be done before the depths of winter.
Well, what a rubbish week. I completely failed the kids clothes week challenge. I got fabric out and played with it, looked through pattern books, got some vilene to trace and cut out a pattern but never actually got the machine out. My family is on the cusp of a new journey, so there is an awful lot going on behind the scenes, hence blogging silence.
I did, however, finish the Tiny Tea Leaves cardigan yesterday. It’s been waiting for buttons for about 6 weeks…….so I finally made some yesterday. I have had this rose pink soy silk yarn since I was first pregnant with my daughter and have been waiting for the right pattern to come along.
I think I only used just over a ball of it in the end, having agonised over long or short sleeves. I decided on the shorter version and she loves it. It is so soft and will be very comfortable to wear in warmer weather. The drape is perfect for the pattern and it will probably block and stretch more after washing. You think I could’ve brushed her hair for the photos?!
Hmmm, it’s been some time since I’ve posted. For many reasons I’ve not wanted to post here and for others, I’ve been far too busy.
I’ve been busy producing this little man, who is almost a year old now.
Baby pebble
Ravelry
This was very useful initially but only fit for about 3 weeks.
Knit one
She is actually interested in knitting! Well, they end up more like drum sticks with the yarn in a massive tangle, but she’s having fun all the same.
Purl one
And frog!
She says she’s making socks. I’ll let you know when they’re finished!
Happy Christmas all.
I had them hanging around for ages……..
Tried to get them on many times………
Threatened to give them to one of her friends……..
And, lo, she put them on and wore them, for a whole day! Hurrah!
Here they are dancing with her new jeans. Levis - just like Daddy’s!
Mini Waffle socks Rav link
Toe up socks using Wendy Johnson’s detailed toe up pattern, fudging the numbers for 48st sock and Charlene Shurch’s waffle rib ii stitch and a picot bind off.
34g left over sock yarn
You always think that others are going to be as excited about the finished article, as you are, when you make something. You spend a lot of time making it, ironing out little problems and then present it to the person. The person says ‘Ooh nice’ at the time, but then won’t wear them……………and so it goes. I have tried, my husband has tried and she’s just not buying, the whole handmade sock deal.
So, I will try once more and then give them to a child who will wear them!
From the grumpy Mummy
Well, that’s what my lovely husband has been saying every time he’s seen me knitting these socks.
Through the Loops Mystery Sock-Along
Kristin Kapur for Socktoberfest
The Yarn Yard Bonny - Slate
2.5mm dpns
72 stitch cable pattern
Ravelry
This was really fun and I will definitely knit a pair in stages like this again, it really helped. They’ve been worn and are very toasty. I have to say I’m very impressed with the yarn and am glad I’ve got some more in stash. Hope you had a good Socktober.
Garnstudio mittens b14-15
25g Spinning Gallery DK, Cockermouth, Cumbria
Sea & Sand colourway
4mm dpns
So quick and cute, but keep your wits about you because you need to increase and decrease in sensible spots in the pattern. I was very tired (and wined up) when I made the first one of these and really should’ve ripped it out, but she’ll lose that one, won’t she? However, I have enough yarn to make a spare one, so I may do that when I get a spare minute.
enjoying birthday gifts and spoils from Ally Pally
riding our new bike to the park
baking fork biscuits, swiss roll and parkin from here
and waiting for the next instalment of the mystery sock for Socktoberfest
