No time to knit one this year, so Miss E will have to make do with a felt stocking. Not bad for a couple of hours work.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Christmas cardigan
A sleeping baby means I've been knitting. Emily may get a Christmas cardigan after all.
Monday, October 22, 2012
More ripples, a cardigan and tiny socks.
Yet another blanket is in progress. This time I get to keep it, as it is for baby #2, due in a week.
I started this on the 8th October, so I doubt it will be finished in time for the new arrival - unless of course it delays it's arrival for a couple of weeks!
Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino again, this is what I planned when I started....
I am using Lucy of Attic 24's Neat Ripple Pattern again, but this time using the series of integrating stripes she used with her most recent ripple. Each set of 4 rows takes about 25g of yarn. The blanket is 10 repeats of the pattern using a 4mm hook.
It has been growing slowly... as of 17th October
and then today, 22nd October
I've changed the colour sequence a little, as I needed to buy a couple more balls of yarn (not enough gold/yellow to make a set of rows and it needed the yellow), but I should have more than enough to complete it now.
I'm still not great at project monogamy, so I've also been working on a little cardigan for our Jubilee year baby. Beyond Puerperium - 0-3m in fingering weight.
and some matching socks
I've 20g of yarn left, so I reckon I can squeeze a hat out of the skein of sock yarn (The Yarn Yard Toddy in Jubilee).
I started this on the 8th October, so I doubt it will be finished in time for the new arrival - unless of course it delays it's arrival for a couple of weeks!
Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino again, this is what I planned when I started....
I am using Lucy of Attic 24's Neat Ripple Pattern again, but this time using the series of integrating stripes she used with her most recent ripple. Each set of 4 rows takes about 25g of yarn. The blanket is 10 repeats of the pattern using a 4mm hook.
It has been growing slowly... as of 17th October
and then today, 22nd October
I've changed the colour sequence a little, as I needed to buy a couple more balls of yarn (not enough gold/yellow to make a set of rows and it needed the yellow), but I should have more than enough to complete it now.
I'm still not great at project monogamy, so I've also been working on a little cardigan for our Jubilee year baby. Beyond Puerperium - 0-3m in fingering weight.
and some matching socks
I've 20g of yarn left, so I reckon I can squeeze a hat out of the skein of sock yarn (The Yarn Yard Toddy in Jubilee).
Monday, October 15, 2012
African Flower Blanket for Emily
My latest crochet baby blanket is an African Flower Blanket for baby Emily who arrived a few days late at the start of October.
Once again, I have been inspired by the amazing palette of Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino.
This time coming up with a variation on a rainbow - with hexagons rather than stripes or rounds. I used about 25 different shades (mostly from my stash) plus cream for the flower part.
I started making this at the beginning of August and have been working on it on and off for a couple of months. Each hexagon took me about 30 minutes. The blanket is made up of 59 hexagons and 8 half hexagons.
I joined the hexagons as I went along, loosely using the instructions here and I made up some half hexagons to fill in the ends on the 6 hexagon rows.
I added a border of double crochet followed by a round of shells (1dc, skip 1 (or two on the long side), 5 tc into next) -the shells were meant to mirror the insides of the flowers.
The blanket weighs 570g and measures 85cm x 100cm - large enough to wrap around my toddler - and hopefully big enough for my good friend Lauren and baby Emily to snuggle under on the sofa.
Once again, I have been inspired by the amazing palette of Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino.
This time coming up with a variation on a rainbow - with hexagons rather than stripes or rounds. I used about 25 different shades (mostly from my stash) plus cream for the flower part.
I started making this at the beginning of August and have been working on it on and off for a couple of months. Each hexagon took me about 30 minutes. The blanket is made up of 59 hexagons and 8 half hexagons.
I joined the hexagons as I went along, loosely using the instructions here and I made up some half hexagons to fill in the ends on the 6 hexagon rows.
I added a border of double crochet followed by a round of shells (1dc, skip 1 (or two on the long side), 5 tc into next) -the shells were meant to mirror the insides of the flowers.
The blanket weighs 570g and measures 85cm x 100cm - large enough to wrap around my toddler - and hopefully big enough for my good friend Lauren and baby Emily to snuggle under on the sofa.
Monday, October 01, 2012
Sunday, September 30, 2012
September 2012
I'm still here, taking a photo (nearly) every day. Blankets, bumps and boys are all growing!
1. Cheeky, 2. Socks for gloves, 3. Garage Progress, 4. Teddy Sunflowers, 5. Garage Roof progress, 6. Flaming, 7. Mechanics, 8. Sofa sleeping, 9. Jubilee baby cardigan, 10. Handprints, 11. Jubilee Cardigan Progress, 12. 86,000, 13. Shining Light, 14. Me see, 15. African Flower Blanket, 16. Severn Valley Railway, 17. Kiss for the bump, 18. Evening entertainment, 19. Builder Thomas, 20. Flower blanket progress, 21. Bump, 35 weeks, 22. Enjoying some juice, 23. Wolves vs Wednesday, 24. Bisous
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August 2012
A little late with this one!
1. Thomas & Bunny, 2. Too fast, 3. Stripes, 4. Feeding the ducks at Baggeridge, 5. On the platform, 6. Ben & Thomas, 7. Lacy Baktus, 8. African Flower beginnings, 9. In the sandpit, 10. Shoulders, 11. Closing Ceremony, 12. Helping in the Kitchen, 13. Blanket progress, 14. More Ducks, 15. New Stand, 16. Pop!, 17. Driving with Grandpa, 18. Asleep at Lauren's, 19. First home game of the Aug 12 033season, 20. Engrossed in the TV, 21. Bantock House, 22. Cosford with the gang, 23. Pop!, 24. Flat roof, 25. Folding Sliding Doors, 26. More Hexagons
1. Thomas & Bunny, 2. Too fast, 3. Stripes, 4. Feeding the ducks at Baggeridge, 5. On the platform, 6. Ben & Thomas, 7. Lacy Baktus, 8. African Flower beginnings, 9. In the sandpit, 10. Shoulders, 11. Closing Ceremony, 12. Helping in the Kitchen, 13. Blanket progress, 14. More Ducks, 15. New Stand, 16. Pop!, 17. Driving with Grandpa, 18. Asleep at Lauren's, 19. First home game of the Aug 12 033season, 20. Engrossed in the TV, 21. Bantock House, 22. Cosford with the gang, 23. Pop!, 24. Flat roof, 25. Folding Sliding Doors, 26. More Hexagons
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