Pop!

This special handspun yarn has been waiting for the perfect project for quite a long time. It is a a 3ply yarn made up of 3 singles each single coming from a seperate 100g braid of The Yarn Wench Falkland:  464m / 310g - 16wpi
I got it in a swap with a friend on Ravelry back in 2009. I thought it might make the yoke of a cardigan for me, but when I saw Knittingtastic's Pop! Cardigan I knew it would be perfect. The patttern is from Knit Now magazine (issue 11) - (this magazine also has an amazing pair of socks also designed by Rachel) and was designed to be a quick weekend project with 100g of DK yarn.
 
 It took me 3 evenings to make the smallest size - and then another week to choose buttons!
I wasn't sure how the yarn would knit up, but now I am left hoping that my bump is a girl... as don't think I can part with it!

African Flower beginnings

WIP Wednesday - another blanket started

Ripples for Sophie

The latest big project has been a crochet ripple blanket made from Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino using the Attic 24 instructions.
I dug out all of the scraps and half balls of this yarn I had accumulated over the past few years and started rippling in the middle of May using a 4mm hook. After a few rows I decided to use a random stripe generator to make my yarn selection easier. I'm still not 100% happy with the way the colours work together, but it got better as it went along. I finished this on the 9th July by adding a border of trebles in cream and then a row of double crochets in purple.
 
 It measures 75cm x 95cm and is making new baby Sophie very cosy!
 

July

1. Big track, 2. Rockin', 3. Big boy bed, 4. All I need now is a cake!, 5. Building inspector, 6. Tired boys, 7. Birthday Boy, 8. King Thomas, 9. Brown clothes from Uncle Bodger, 10. Boys, 11. Tiger PJs, 12. Ripples, 13. Lilian the Engine, 14. Bude beach in summer!, 15. Sunflowers at The Eden Project, 16. Making pancakes, 17. White Lady Waterfall, Lydford Gorge, 18. SAND!, 19. Nose stealing, 20. My first haircut, 21. Monkey, 22. Hat for Grace, 23. Sliding, 24. Baktus, 25. Jul 12 050, 26. The Tiger Who Came to Tea

June 2012

 1. West Park Steam Rally, 2. Patriotic, 3. Diamond Jubilee Party 2012, 4. Tuesday night ripples, 5. Lupin spikes, 6. Tractors at the Staffordshire show, 7. 23 Months, 8. I still love my dummy, 9. Lost in the undergrowth, 10. New wheels, 11. Herman and ice cream, 12. Kingfisher Baktus scarf, 13. Nelly, 14. Allotment progress, 15. Old school stairs, 16. So many ripples, 17. Here comes trouble, 18. My first geocache, 19. Tettenhall pool, 20. Tractor boy, 21. In threes, 22. Come on England, 23. Another cache, 24. We do love our tractors, 25. Gone to seed, 26. Trains, 27. Smile for the camera, 28. Olympic Torch in Wolverhampton Created with fd's Flickr Toys

In threes

In threes, a photo by RooKnits on Flickr.

A cardigan for Thomas' best friend Katy who is two the day after. he is.

WIP Wednesday

So, this is what I've been working on for the last 4 months, and the reason I am capable of nothing other than ripples and garter stitch at the moment.
The amazing picture above was taken on Monday and I am 21 weeks pregnant as of yesterday. All is well with the next little Baby H and I am starting to feel more human again.
A winter baby this time, due on 30th October, so a good excuse to cast on something tiny for the wee one to wear.