Lizard Ridge for p/hop

p/hop (although it sounds like a rapper’s name) means pennies per hour of pleasure. It is a fundraiser for the international medical aid organisation Medecins Sans Fontieres (Doctors Without Borders).
Lovely designers from all over the place have pledged to donate patterns to MSF, which you can download in return for a donation! Once you have your newly knitted/crocheted scarf/socks/sweater in hand, you donate an amount that corresponds to the amount of pleasure you got from making it…

As well as the patterns, a group of us have extended the p/hop ethos by donating knitted items to auction off at the various knitting festivals that p/hop attends.

Following on from the success of the Barnraising Blanket we made last year, a group of us in the p/hop group on Ravelry decided to make a Lizard Ridge blanket.

Over the last few months I have been receiving lots of cheery squares in the post and in between feeding Thomas I have managed to assemble them into a blanket.

If you would like to be in with a chance of winning the blanket, come and see the p/hop stall at Fibre Flurry in Birmingham on the 30th October

12 in 12- Pair 3

Tom's Golden socks

In the Alchemy Juniper left over from my Rumpled Knit Love Club socks.
Twisted 1x1 rib, then 3x1 rib over 32 stitches with an eye of the partridge heel over 15 stitches.

2 Months

How time flies.
Thomas is 2 months old today

We are settling into a bit of a routine, and starting to enjoy life a little more!
Note to self: add knitting project to changing bag- I spent an hour and 20 minutes waiting in the baby clinic yesterday with NOTHING to do - Tom was asleep. Think how much of a sock I could have made!

12 in 12 Pair Two

I missed out on finishing a pair of socks in July - I was otherwise occupied!
However I have managed my August pair... for a very small boy with ridiculously large feet (for his size at least)

Knit in left over Socks that Rock Mediumweight in the nodding violet colourway.
A 2x2 rib, over 3o stitches on 2.5mm needles . I thought I'd cast on 32 but then couldn't be bothered to change it so made a "feature" of the 4 knit stitches together at the back of the leg!

You can see in the photo above how long his feet are - 9cm - newborn socks are already too small, as are the feet in most of the sleepsuits we have.
A perfect excuse to knit more!

Plus you can take comedy WIP photos. Oh the joys of having a model who cannot do anything about it.

Blankets and Socks

Squares for the Lizard Ridge blanket we are making to raffle for p/hop / MSF have been rolling in. I've made a start at seaming it together (second column is seamed). As you can see, we still need a couple more squares.

Meanwhile I have also managed to do a bit of knitting on my latest socks - a modified version of Prism in Yarn Yard Clan. The cuff and leg of these were knit whilst in hospital waiting for labour to start. The heel was the first bit of knitting I did since Tom was born. The foot is in progress - this picture was taken whilst sitting on the patio after returning from the shops the other day. Tom was asleep in his car seat so I took the opportunity to get the needles (and camera) out.

Where has July gone?

In a blur of hospitals, labour, feeding, sleeping, crying, laughing and happiness.
I still have no knitting to show you. Actually, I have half a sock- which was mostly knit during the "waiting for labour" days at the start of the month. I turned the heel a day or so ago in a spare 5 minutes. It felt good to have the needles in my hands again. However, to show you I would have to find the camera, so instead you'll have to make do with Thomas in his Garter Yoke Cardigan

and some fabulous cakes his Auntie Rachel made.

The latest FO - Thomas Anthony

All knitting has stopped.
Thomas Anthony was born at 15.45 on 7th July 2010 and weighed 6lb 14oz.
After a bit of a traumatic birth and a very long week in hospital we are both home and finding our feet as a family of three.
My gorgeous boy: