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.

It’s decidedly autumnal here now. It’s probably the last time I buy berries for the season, but they were delicious with the pavlova I made at the weekend.

Kid’s clothes week challenge
Re-fashioned adult t-shirt into toddler pants

All in all, it’s a fairly rubbish effort for a clothing challenge, but I’ve not sewn for ages and I now recall my machine is in desperate need of a service. The bobbin tension is off and it’s not sewing that well.

At any rate. I’ve had a t-shirt of DH’s in the wardrobe for the very purpose of making some sleeve pants for the young master. I used this pattern via Whip Up. Totally quick, completely easy - two seams and you’re done. They fit the big nappy bottom, as you can see, so job done.

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?!

Ravelry

I am going to TRY very hard to make something for each of my kids this week…..fingers crossed. My machines have been packed away for far too long.

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.

Her brilliant cake was designed and made by Clare at Crouch End Cakes. Our little miss is bonkers about butterflies, snails and ladybirds and this is just what she wanted. The look on her face when she saw it was priceless. AND it was as beautiful to eat, so delicious, which made my day so much easier to cater for 30 people. Fabulous.

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