I haven't been idle

See! I've made a pair of baby trews! From Last Minute Knitted gifts, knitted in Rowan Denim. I think I will give these to a friend who has recently had a baby and make some more for me to keep later on. This is Emilia's surprise fairy dress for her birthday. I went through loads of boxes in the loft, got all my material out and had enough to make her this. It's not finished yet but I have a couple of weeks yet.
Something else for Emilia...The Boho Blocks jumper from www.interweavecrochet.com. I'm making the smallest size but adding a row of dc/sc around the edge to make each block slightly bigger. I may have to make a few extra for her long arms!

I googled this jumper to see if anyone else had made one, the only useful link I found was this !!!

This is the beginnings of Maddie's surprise fairy dress for Emilia's birthday. Knitpicks shine sport worsted, this is a glorious yarn, so soft and comfortable in the hands. I'm going to make her a skirt of taffeta, with an over skirt of tulle and net to wear with this top.
Time for bed now - I promise to be more chatty next week. Have a great weekend xxx

Happy Days

I received my 3rd wonderful parcel from my Knitty Secret Pal on tuesday - look she even got the post office to print SP on the label ;) Absolutely beautiful packaging, Her DD chose the tissue paper and I just love it! Look what was inside, the complete kit to make a Maud bag from Get Knitted including pattern , yarn - brown sheep Lamb's Pride, 2 pairs of Addi Premiums and the metal handles you felt the yarn over, 2 fantastic wartime Woman's Weekly magazines - these are beautiful and give you such a sense of history and pride in being a woman, butterfly notecards, more fabtastic stickers, sweets - sherbert pips, millions and toffees, Jelly Bellies for DH, a hedgehog for Maddie and a squirrel (still wrapped in this photo) for Millie. We all feel super cherished, thank you so much Penelope Pitstop xxx


I've just started working on Ester from the new Knitty which came out last night. I'm using yarn I bought in New Zealand, JJ's 10ply montage. It's knitting up well but is a little bit scratchy so I'm hoping it'll soften up with a conditioner rinse.

Here are my recent FO's. Fetching from Knitty summer 06 for my Sister-in-Law's birthday. Made in Debbie Bliss Alpaca silk - not quite thick enough for winter gloves but lovely for spring ones. Maddie is modelling her new Polly cardigan from Classic Bambino, made in Debbie Bliss wool cotton. I love it! And for me we have Short and Sweet from The Happy Hooker in Adrienne Vitadini Julia cotton. Busy,busy, busy!

And finally, a little funny from Maddie....

Maddie - "Mummy, there aren't any heights in here are there?"

Me - "Heights? No."

Maddie - "That's good cos Millie is scared of heights."

She must have thought "heights" was a new name for monsters or something!

oh, I'm not sure what happened to my photo of fetching. Mum, can you help?

First Crushes

My little Millie has got a crush on Matt Dawson. She loves to watch A Question of Sport with us on Friday evenings, giggling away although we are sure she hasn't got a clue what it going on. I love it as well, it's a fun, harmless, happy programme. Anyway last week she was sat watching it with me and asked where the 'young fellow' was. 'Young Fellow' I thought, what a funny thing for a five year old to say and asked more. His team was then shown and she said 'There he is, mummy. The young fellow that I like!' Bless her xxx This morning she asked when her friend Zoe would arrive for the weekend and I said she'd be here after A question of Sport. 'Oh good, Mummy, I can see that nice young fellow again. He's so cute and funny.'!!! Aww, she's only five! SHe could have chosen worse though, he is cute, he's sporty, a good dancer, a good cook (he won Celebrity Masterchef) and he is funny.

This is my latest FO. It is Dolly Mixture by Kim Hargreaves and is in Rowan 33. I'm pretty pleased with it and can see myself wearing it a lot this summer. The cups are too big though, si I will frog them and construct them differently with more shaping in them.

I don't look too bad in these photo's do I?

Here's this weeks portion of yarn pron. Beautiful, stunning Regia Cotton sock yarn from my lovely secret pal. The colourway is 4301, in the India range. I love it and will be casting on a pair of socks soon...once I've finished Maddies cardigan.

I seem to be finishing a lot recently, but most of it is stuff that has been on the needles/hook for months. I'm trying to add a modicum of organisation to my life. HAHAHAHAHA!

Maddie's hat

My little Madeleine came home from nursery complaining of ear ache yesterday. Oh bugger I thought, please don't start being like me and having ear infections. Anyway, I thought she could do with an ear flap hat to stop the wind whistling down her little lugholes so here it is :)

I used 2 strands of yarn held together and a 6mm hook. Treble crochet all the way apart from the edging which is double crochet. (That's double crochet and single crochet for my American readers :)) I used Rowan wool cotton again, to match her scarf but didn't have enough green, so the bright green is Rowan Handknit cotton and the dark green is Paton's diploma gold. She must like it, she kept it on all the way to nursery!

Todays yarny goodness is courtesy of Posh Yarn. This is Lucia, in Sway. I really want to get on and use it but I must, must, must finish Emilia's double scoop jumper first!

It reminds me of sugared almonds...

Maddie's Scarf

Maddie told me she wanted a zig zag scarf. Oh 'eck, I thought! Then I remembered that you can crochet zigzags a lot quicker and with sharper results than knitting chevrons. It was a new technique for me and I am really pleased with the result.

It's made from Rowan Wool Cotton and I want one!

I did the arty farty picture because my camera batteries ran out and I couldn't work out how to crop it on the diagonal :)

I got my favourite colour swap match yesterday and I promise I'll do the questionnaire and post it on my blog today.

Oh, take a look at my Mum's blog, you'll see the beautiful cardigan she made for me. She's so clever!

Yarn Pr0n and a pair of gloves

Can you identify this yarn? Have you got any? I need it to finish Juno from Rowan 40. It's a gorgeous squooshy yarn made by FFF I think.

The fingerless gloves are crocheted in Knitpicks Memories, S'mores. I added the frill around the bottom. They wre too big so I threw them in the machine and now they fit like, well, a glove! They remind me of some sort of big cat, maybe an Ocelot?

Yes, I know I haven't cropped and resized my pictures today...I've got knitting to do!