Wow It's 2008 Already??

Crikey where has the time gone???? Boy it's Feb 08 already and what have I done from my "Knitting Box"??? Not a thing!

With the hot weather and having Pat sick with Bronchitis over the Christmas/ New Year break and most of January, having him so sick on top of his occupational asthma....... I have not opened my "Knitting Box" at all.

So now I am trying to get back into knitting as I do so love it and find the whole idea of turning wool into something useful, very relaxing.

Tomorrow I will poke around in my "Knitting Box" and see what I have in each box, (though I know already) and hopefully this will give me the push I need to pick up the needles.

Maybe I could knit up a baby jacket as sitting with an adult jumper on my lap may be uncomfortably hot on these summer days/evening.


Yes this is a good idea and has me thinking..... I have a ball of white baby's wool I can turn that into something and pop it away for when someone has a baby.

Yeah I am happy about this. A lovely cool drink and some baby pattern books spread over the bed. Yep I am sure this will have me knitting again.

Thanks for listening and I'll post a photo of the pattern I pick out tomorrow.

Until then....hoo roo

technorati tags: baby jacket, baby jumpers, adult jumpers

Pat's Jumper Part 1

I find it very exciting when I start a new knitted piece and I must say with this one I had mixed feelings about the colour & pattern, Pat had picked for his new jumper for winter 08.


I loved the colour of the wool, but I wasn't sure the pattern suited the wool colour. As I was knitting I kept asking Pat "are you sure about the jumper style and pattern?"

After a four week break from knitting I picked this jumper up last night and I actually loved the look of it.




Back of the jumper is being knitted on a circular needle and this is so much easier than knitting with two needles.




Closer look at the panels of pattern, 28 rows to this style. Colour is hard to show up correctly as the lighting inside isn't the best for showing it off. Outside is yuck today and so I'd have to say the first & third photo is more truer in colour.

Once again I'm knitting with Cleckheaton and it's called "Country Naturals" and it's a 8 ply wool.

Machine washable with
85% Pure wool
10% Acrylic
5% Viscose.

Until next time....hoo roo

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No Knitting For A Month

Until last night, the last time I picked up my knitting needles as just before the 18th of November.

Going away on a holiday was lovely and coming home was even better.

Just finding time to sit and pick up my needles was a struggle. Seemed to be something always needing to be done, since we came home.

Including me picking up a virus that left me flat for a few days. Now Pat has come down with a chest infection and having only 1 lung (full of asthma) makes for 1 sick husband to care for.

So last night I left dishes draining in the dish rack, forgot completely to bring inside my canary and 2 budgies. Thank goodness it was a warm night, as all 3 birds were bopping round in their cages no worse for their night out on the town.

I got 2o rows of the right front side of Happy Potter's cardigan done. Great to see the knitting growing and getting closer to shaping the neck part.

So I am hoping I am back in the swing of sitting down and picking up my knitting each day.

Once the front is finished I'll post a photo.

Until next time...hoo roo

Knitting Mistakes

Couple of nights ago I started the right side of Happy Potter's cream cardigan. What I found was a series of mistakes in the pattern.

First off I thought it was me and after back tracking over the pattern and what I had knitted I was able to find the boo-boos were on the publisher's side.

So that night I rewrote the pattern as I knitted each row. Thank goodness the pattern is easy to read and easy to compare to the left front side, already knitted up.

In the past I have done some of the following when finding a mistake in a pattern. You can use these tips yourself as well.

• Looked the pattern up on the internet, at the company's website. Some sites will have a link to a section with corrections published.
• Contacted the publishers by phone or email and let them know of the problem with the pattern.
• If really desperate pull the project apart and pick something new .......

Only time I haven't completed a knitted item was a pair of baby booties when pregnant with both my kids. I always put it down to me being the problem with the pattern, now I am thinking...maybe it wasn't me.

Now the pattern is sorted out and it's knitting up smoothly I have added the other pocket to the front right side.

If you really love the item you are knitting and having problems with the pattern, until its sorted out and fixed up try the following...

• Put the said problem item away and leave it until you have calmed down. Throwing it across the room in frustration might make you feel good at the time, but when you pick it up off the floor or from behind furniture...... is it fixed or still a problem ?
• Wait until it's quiet and have a look at the knitting and pattern.
  
• If you need to ask someone for help, ask.
  
• There are forums out there that can help or even visiting a fellow knitter and getting them to help.

Something A Little Different

Something a bit different for you to look at.

Another craft passion for me is my cross stitch I do. I have a series of these in patterns, but this is the only competed one. I also have some big cats on the go, tigers, jags and I think a lion

As you can tell I don't go into this craft box all that often.

Anyway this one is framed and on the lounge room wall.

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Oh So Comfy

Hello readers My name is Lucky and I am mummy's spoilt little angle. I just thought I'd let you know this blanket my mum crochet for me is lovely and warm tonight.

I have been watching television as I lay here nice and snug under my blanket on my dad's lap.




For some reason Harley got upset and walked away, while Abby just sat there. I think she is waiting for me to use the little girl's room.

I really do wish they would stop thinking this blanket belongs to them as well.



Abby has a long wait for me to use the little girl's room. Little does she know, I have my legs crossed.

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Blue Ladies Cardigan 8 Ply, Part 5.

Well after 3 years of knitting this cardigan, most of it this year my first cardigan I have knitted for myself is finished.

It's lovely and warm on and I know next winter, I'll be snug as when wearing it.




Still need to buy the buttons for it, so for the photos I used safety pins to hold the front closed.



I am just so thrilled with the colour and cable pattern of this cardigan. The best thing is, I shouldn't see the same cardigan down at the shops.



Closeup of the jumper.

Now I have only 2 adult jumpers on the go, Happy Potter's 12 ply cardigan and Pat's fawn coloured cable jumper.

Gee looks quiet in my knitting box now. May need to fix this at some stage soon.

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