Showing posts with label Pixie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pixie. Show all posts

28 February 2010

An update on the update.....

The Pixie Coat is finished.

I really like the colour, works very well on this unisex jacket, which is a 3-6 months size.  Also 6 pairs of white cotton bootees completed, calling it a day on those.  Now plan to raid my stash to knit another comfort blanket, feel in the need for some mindless knitting. 

Hope you've all had a good weekend, as I write Peter is making a Thai chicken curry and rice for dinner, I like the weekend when he takes over the cooking..

26 February 2010

Update

The Little Pixie jacket is still in pieces..... and still half a hood and the bands to do!
5 pairs of cotton bootees completed, another pair on the go, actually found 3 more patterns in my files and have enough cotton yarn to knit them.

No plans for the weekend, apart from maybe a bit of shopping tomorrow and of course knitting. Have a great weekend whatever you are doing

23 February 2010

The Good Granny Guide

I was given a copy of this for my recent birthday, so am duly reading it for tips on how to become a good grandmother.  15 weeks to go and counting.  What to be called though, that is the question. We already have a Grandma and a Nanny courtesy of the Mrs J's grandmothers, so you add just a 'great' to them and they are happy.  Both Nana and Granny sound old to me, and I don't really see myself as a Grandma.  Mrs J has been calling me Granny Sue for a number of weeks and I must confess its growing on me, so I think Granny Sue it will be, or old bag or whatever else the child decides to call me as it gets older.

I'm currently knitting up white cotton bootees, seeing how many pairs I can make out of the cotton yarn in my stash.  Still haven't finished the Little Pixie Jacket, half a hood and the bands to do, itching to start another Comfort Blanket.

The Monday Craft Group is going from strength to strength, one of the girls presented me with a large rectangle of garter stitch, asking what she could do with it, so we knitted up a long strap and turned it into a bag.  She went home very happy, wearing said bag and yarn to knit another.  I feel very pleased about the way they have taken to this skill and the enthusiasm they show for it.  The group has just been given a sum of money that will secure its future for the next 12 months and allow us to buy much needed supplies.

19 February 2010

Comfort Blankets are my favourite at the moment.....

I have knitted this blanket for one of the girls in the Monday Craft group, I hope she likes it.  Its such an easy knit and the results are good, well I think so.  You can knit it with any yarn/needle, start with one stitch and just keep increasing til its the width you want then decrease down the other side.  I've added a bit of detail to one corner and added the large daisy as we know its a girl.  Pattern available here for free Diagonal Comfort Blanket. I now need to finish the Little Pixie Coat that I started last week, before attempting anything else!  But with so many patterns out there the temptation is so great.......