Monkey progress

A week on holiday meant there was quite a bit of time for Monkey planning.
However the Monkeys appeared when we got home. They now look like this:

I was a little worried about the transition from brown to fair isle. However the button band and cuffs will be in the pale colour, so I think it will work.
7 Monkeys in total

With smiley faces

And even the back is quite neat for me!

Now I need to go and knit some arms!

7 Months

Thomas, Tony and I spent his 7 month birthday in the Lake District.
Building towers

Lounging around

and laughing

Monkey Magic

Look what happens when you find monkey buttons in a knitting shop

And one of your friends gives you some of your most favourite yarn to knit with (in monkey colours)

You remember the monkey blanket you wanted to knit....

But decide that Thomas needs a new cardigan far more than a blanket....

And so the plotting continues....

A new hat...

The matching Mother and Son hat is now finished, much to the amusement of those in York this weekend!

Brownie, from Twisted Woolly Toppers in Malabrigo Worsted, left over from my February Lady Sweater. Gorgeously soft and very warm. It is lucky I have a small head, as this only just fits..

I found I couldn't pick up nearly enough slipped edge stitches to make the earflaps... but I'm not sure I need them.