Billylid

Finally there has been some movement in the camp. That’s the camp of the new Winter Jumper. The back piece has finally been cast on and I have about 2 stripes completed. In the middle of that, I am also working on some Granny squares to make up a blanket for our little girl’s bed come winter time. So hands are very very busy which is a good thing as its absolutely freezing here! The weather has changed so dramatically its hard to believe.

So another thing I’m looking forward to is that I am finally working on getting a space ready to start torching again. I used to lampwork a great deal before our daughter was born but for safety reasons, stopped it about 7 months into being pregnant. Now that she is old enough and getting around by herself and getting into mischief, having my glass in the shed near the car is a bad choice, as she can reach it when we go to get into the car.

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I’ve been very very naughty. I haven’t picked up knitting needles or a crochet hook or anything crafty for the last two weeks at least! Each time I am busy doing something that I can daydream my way through (like the dishes) I think, right, you are going to cast on something today. I don’t care if its your jumper, a teddy bear or a cushion cover. You ARE going to do it. Then I get to bed and think, awww I still didn’t do anything!

Easter has been a blur. We had my family down to spend it with us and it was fantastic. Lots of food and lots of love. We had a ball. It also tried to sway me off my new “lifestyle” of getting healthy. It won for the day, but I was right back on the bike the next day. *Very* happy with myself on that one.

Anyway, I promise there will be something to show over the next couple of days. Cross my fingers…

Cheers,

Well the front of my winter jumper has been completed. I just finished sewing in my ends yesterday morning. When I laid it out on the blanket to take a pic, it looks absolutely huge. I want to block it but I know I should wait till I have the back done. I’ve held off starting the back for a couple of days because embarrassingly my right elbow has been starting to hurt after so much continuous knitting and the fabric is also getting kind of heavy. For shame. Ah well. Another couple of days and I will be straight back into it.

Also many apologies for the absolutely appalling photograph. Nothing was behaving yesterday.

Cheers,

So my jumper has been on my needles for a couple of days now. I have managed to get two stripes down and about 9 rows into my third stripe. I would be much further along if I hadn’t had to frog about 10 rows….twice.

Continue reading Winter Jumper Update take 1

As of last night, I started my very first jumper and I’m making it for myself. Winter can be a bitter affair in my neck of the woods and I need a lovely warm jumper to keep me happy. When I was a teenager, I had a black garter stitch knit jumper that I literally wore till it fell apart. It took roughly 5 years for that to happen and I would wear it just about everywhere. I loved it oh so much. To be truthful, it’s still in my cupboard now. It wouldn’t have a chance in hell of fitting me, but its still there.

  Continue reading Clothes here I come

Eventually this little bear will be for someone special. A special little newborn. Let’s face it, every newborn is special. But that’s a whole other topic!

Continue reading For someone special

So I finished off the pink Hippo softie that I was making for one of my friends who is having her second baby in a couple of days/weeks. Only problem being they don’t know the sex of the baby but I will jigger something when bubs in born.

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Can you guess what these are? I suppose its not that hard. Four little legs for the new project I am working on although something is not right as I can’t get the hang of the short rows for its head!

So the baby blanket for Campbell Jon has been washed, blocked and ready to be sent off today. I am so very happy with how it turned out. The lace pattern is easy to remember after doing a few repeats. There were a few times that I had to frog a couple of lines due to knitting late at night and dropping or forgetting to do a yarn over. Instead of using straight needles for this project, I used a circular needle so the blanket wouldn’t be hard to handle and all bunched up.

Continue reading Blocked and wrapped

I couldn’t even tell you when I started this bag. It was either at the beginning of last year, or even the year before. All I know is that I finally sewed a lining into it this morning. And lazily I machine sewed it. Our daughter, at every chance, has been carrying around my handbag like a proper little lady and I have been seeing out of the corner of my eye, this unfinished crochet bag every time I walked past the book shelf in the study that it had been banished to till I found the time and inclination to finish it. This morning the time had come. I even had the lining pinned into it. I only had to sit down for a whole 2 minutes and sew it in. I am happy to say that it’s done once and for all. As soon as Olivia saw it, it was promptly snatched and carried into the lounge room with her morning sippy cup of milk. Now together with cup and bag, she is happily sitting down and watching Postman Pat. What a lovely start to the day.