Or whipping the WIPs into shape…
Do you remember me sharing photos on the progress of the pink Guernsey jersey?
Well I have finally finished it 🤗
It’s a Debbie Bliss pattern that I found in Prima magazine a few years ago. I have made it in brown before but I am much happier with this attempt. The yarn came from Aldi so cheap and cheerful. Next time I make it I will have the confidence to splash out on a more expensive yarn.
Hope you are having a good Sunday.
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
Another project started in 2020 but finished in 2021…
I have finally finished this little kitty coat for N’s granddaughter
The pattern came from Hobbycraft and it is made in their cotton blend DK yarn. It is knitted completely in garter stitch which is why it took so long – I got bored😋
Anyway it’s in the post now, hopefully it fits???
Meaow 🐱🐱🐱
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
Started in 2020 but finished in 2021…
I finished the knotty cowl the week before last and got it posted.
I have given it to my sister but I do think it will be rather warm but it was an interesting set of stitches.
Can’t get round to sticking to a big project so still keeping my hands busy making animals and storeage ideas.
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
Home and the sun has come out 🌞
But at least the holiday washing will dry quickly 😎
I completed the front of my jumper while away. Now I am home and able to access my stash I will be able to start on the sleeves.
I am quite pleased with the cabled yoke and look forward to feeling nice and snug while wearing it in the winter. And the knit goes on 😉
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
Dreary day, knitting day ☔
The weather is not so good today but the view is still fantastic.
The estuary is just starting to drain for the day but very windy and rainy this morning.
I have brought the pink Guernsey with me to work on. I have completed the back which I have left at home. The front is coming along :
I haven’t brought enough yarn with me to complete the whole jumper but will get what I can done.
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
The WIPs are piling up…
Instead of finishing things I appear to be starting new things.
Current WIP list:
– baby blanket
– child’s hat (awaiting pom pom)
– child’s mittens
– 2 x wrist warmers
– scarf (scarf-gate continues)
– Christmas stocking
– pullover
I get so excited about a new project and put everything into it until something else comes along. Concentration span of a gnat, sadly not the work ethic of an ant, so easily distracted!!! 🐜🐜🐜
Booties and bunting ♡♡♡
An exhausting morning spent running errands and pulling up nettle roots..
A much nicer afternoon using up a few ends of yarn. I have made some baby bunting, it needs to be bigger for grown-up but these little triangles are still quite cute 😙
I have finished the booties that were on the WIP list as well so a well deserved glass of early evening wine🍷
Crikey… too much cricket!
Not a great deal of knitting has been done this weekend due to the heat. The boys have been glued to the Ashes. I have to admit I find it rather dull, they would say the same about my craft I suppose. 🤔
I have been busy trying to reclaim a piece of land the otherside of my garden fence. It does belong to the property but we have never done anything with it as a public footpath runs through it but all of the neighbours have tidied their bits up. My tangle of brambles and nettles was letting the side down – definitely not cricket!
My lovely dad came and chopped down the nettles and brambles and I have since been pulling out old roots. This is going to be a big WIP. Hoping to have something to talk about next year.
On another note I have signed up to do 50 miles during the month of August with my slimming group. I know to some this does not sound like much but SMALL STEPS… A friend signed up to do 1000 miles this year and has already achieved this. I have a long way to go.
Hopefully, the weather will freshen up again so my needles won’t be as sticky.
Sadly another 5 weeks of the Ashes 😣
A good old rummage…
I am visiting nooks and crannies around the house that have been neglected for years. Hence …
A number of years ago I bought a load of cross-stitch kits to make my own Christmas cards. I remember doing a few and I remember the delight on parents’ faces on receiving them but, sadly, they were very time-consuming so the bulk of them were stuffed into a cupboard and forgotten about 😣. I have done a couple in the hot weather, good advice from Mildlygranola who suggested sewing was a more bearable craft during a heatwave 🌞.
On the WIP front I have nearly completed a baby blanket.
The interesting colour scheme is due to the fact that I am using ends of balls. Another 2 rows of trebles and a couple of rows of doubles to finish off ♡♡♡
And of course…
there is another scarf on the go.
Clickety click best get knitting ♡♡♡
Knotting not knitting …
Occasional posts on my dabbling with macrame!
I have completed the macrame market bag (Hobbycraft pattern 0160).
Now I am not going to get all of my market shop in this. It is a strange narrow affair. My son did ask whether I had done any width by depth calculations? My bewildered expression lead him to comment it is quite good for a first attempt…
Well that is how I am going to look at it. I actually really enjoyed the criss-cross pattern and in the end I was quite proficient at square knots. Sat on the floor cross-legged knotting away with just the sound of the river in the background was quite therapeutic. I am still not convinced about my gathering knot and would certainly not want to carry anything heavy in it for fear the bottom gathering knot would give way! 😕
Anyway it is the perfect size to carry a bottle of wine…
So yes I will have another go but meanwhile chin chin 🍷…
