Finally finished Friday…
My partner becomes a grandpa at the beginning of April. His daughter is expecting a little girl – I went to the Baby Shower last week. I have been working on a little cardi for her which I have finally finished this morning 😊
So this month I will be using up some of my baby yarn stash so as to have some bits and pieces to offer on the big day ☆☆☆
Maybe something in just one colour next so as I don’t have all of those ends to sew in…
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
Woolly bits and pieces AND rain ☔
Happy Leap Day everyone.
I went to a Baby Shower today and I have eaten far too much cake 🐷
So quite a productive month:
And there was also the baby Guernsey but that is with baby O now ♡♡♡
WIPs:-
The wavy jumper;
A scarf;
A baby cardi.
And a big clear up after the floods.
Hoping for a drier March but Storm Jorge is blowing a gale outside so don’t think next week is going to be much of an improvement!
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
The power of nature 🌨🌨🌨
The river is very high
The fence is nearly completely submerged!
I dragged this out yesterday afternoon, not because I am particularly fond of it or the old wood inside it but if it floats away over the fence it will be a piece of single-use plastic further down the river!
The river breached the flood defences the other night and neighbours round the corner have been evacuated!
I am cheering myself up by packing my gift for the baby shower on Saturday ♡♡♡
Apparently there could be another 10 days of this ☔☔☔
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
WIP winning 🏅🏅🏅
My week off started today. My plan was to make a start clearing up the mess in the garden but it has rained all morning and I am a fair weather gardener!!! However, I am glad I didn’t make a start as the river is rising again and guess what it is in the garden again 😣 really is getting rather boring…
So to keep myself amused I dug out a baby blanket that I keep listing on my WIP list but do nothing about. I think it last appeared on my blog in the autumn. Anyway celebration time 🍻🍻🍻 I have just finished it 🎈🎈🎈
Rhubarb and custard baby blanket ♡
Feeling quite pleased that it is done but I am already thinking about colour combos for another one…
If the weather continues like this I will have no WIPs left or maybe that is just a bit of wishful thinking on my part 🤔
Trying to keep dry ☔☔☔
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
Baby Guernsey finished 🎁
My sister is off to visit baby O on Tuesday so I have had to finish the baby Guernsey that I have been on about for weeks…
I love the therapeutic action of knitting and keeping to a pattern but hate the tedium of blocking and sewing up so have a nasty habit of just leaving it 🤔🤔🤔
So will brave the weather 🌪☔🌪 and pop it round later.
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
Not doing very well 😕
Back in January I made a few lists of things I intended to get done in 2020 and all of my intentions were craft related. And so far I am quite pleased with my progress – I am plodding along quite nicely!
I decided back at the time that I was not going to set up myself up to fail by proposing weight loss or lots of exercise. So I have done very little in my free time other than woolly pursuits 😃
Now that the days are getting longer I am planning my walking regime and to get back in the garden – but not today as it is horribly windy out there🌬🌬🌬
And I really need to be doing something as my stash busting has hit a snag!!! Aldi have had a craft event, I thought I would pop in and just have a look! I came out with a bag full…. I have picked up a couple of kits and more yarn. The stash has grown! And I have added something else to the WIP list 🤔
Lost in woolliness?
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
Woolly bits and pieces 🐏🐏🐏
So quite a sense of achievement for January. Admittedly a number of my completed items are for babies so don’t take that long. All yarn used is from my stash 🎈🎈🎈
Baby booties, mitts and hat ready for baby shower next month.
Blue booties and hat for gift next month.
Woolly pom pom hat started just before Christmas.
Scarf made from the Aldi stash, started September, finished yesterday.
WIPS
– wavy jumper
– baby Guernsey
– baby blanket
And the knit goes on!
Woolly wishes ♡♡♡
These boots were made for walkin’ 👣👣👣
Baby booties ready for my gifting commitments in February.
This year I am planning to do a round up at the end of each month. I will have a few items to show at the end of January 😊 Admittedly they are for tiny people so don’t take much knitting but hey ho!!!
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡
To frog or not to frog 🐸🐸🐸
I have picked up the wavy jumper I started last year. I completed the back just before Christmas but put it down as I raced to finish Christmas gifts. I picked it back up a few days ago and started the front.
Sadly I didn’t read the instructions and went at it like a bull in a China shop. I had read the pattern back when I started but that was weeks ago so I had forgotten wave sequence was slightly different on the front. When I realised I was so annoyed with myself and questioned should I just leave it and carry on regardless or undo it???
The jumper is for me but I would know and it would annoy me so I have spent the morning frogging and picking up stitches 😕
Hopefully no more dramas!
Baby knitting updates!
I have completed the pieces for the Guernsey jersey and done the neck but then I put it down. As I think I have said before I am not a fan of sewing up and pressing. The Guernsey is second size as the little boy will be 2 months when he gets his gift. From my point of view the deadline is mid February so it will probably stay in the knitting bag until then and then it will be a mad dash to finish….
I have made a couple of baby beanies (whilst avoiding sewing up the Guernsey )! The blue one is for the same little boy, the pink one is for the baby shower at the end of February.
I have just used stocking stitch on the beanies which gives that nice little roll on the rim and then just a bit of shaping for the top.
And 🎈🎈🎈🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾 celebration time I have only used yarn from my stash. There have been no crafting temptations this week so I still have money in my purse 😆
Have a lovely weekend everyone ❤
WOOLLY WEDNESDAY 