Knitting - love a quick knit!

Pattern - King Cole 3179

Yarn -  Zettl Monte Carlo - from Aldi

Size -12-24 Month - 22/24"

Buttons - Wooden - from charity shop

Knitting - a splash of spring

I finished the cardigan for Jessica last night and several people on Facebook have commented that this makes them feel happy as its so springlike.  Great comments, thank you.  What do you think?

The inspiration for this cardigan was a sleeveless all in one jumpsuit which you can just see in the photos.  The yarn was from Aldi.  The pattern was made up from a couple I had by me. Buttons from my store but I  got them at the Knitting & Stitching Show last October

My next project is a cable/moss stitch/stocking stitch cardigan - yarn and pattern details here.  This is for my niece

Family - A weekend full of grandchildren

It was a great weekend, very tiring, but then with two lively little boys its to be expected.  Miss Jessica put in an appearance on each day and the boys got to have cuddles, she also got to meet her great uncle Simon and her Great Grandma got to have cuddles too.

Saturday we took the boys into Cambridge and got their haircut at Peter's barbers, then took them for a spot of retail therapy before going home to enjoy an afternoon in the sun.  It was an amazing weekend weather wise and most of the weekend was spent in the garden having fun.

I did get a bit of knitting in and you can see the results here .  Here are a few photos from the weekend

Friday -

Saturday -

a kid in a sweet shop!

shopping just a bit too much for him

then Sunday

very enthusiastic cuddle!! 

Knitting - The jumper has sleeves

I did it, I got the "Ronnie" jumper finish on Sunday morning.  I got the sleeves completed on Saturday and as Rufus woke us early again on Sunday, I got up and sat and sewed it all up.

Here are the boys wearing their new jumpers.  The fit is really good and the yarn nice and soft.

I will be doing a post of the rest of the weekend shortly, but I thought the jumpers deserved a post of their own.

Knitting - for want of a sleeve

I have two projects on the go both need sleeves.  The garden wants attention. Its an on going battle at this time of the year.  As my daughter has pointed out I promised my grandson his sweater by the end of the weekend, so I best get on.

I lost an evenings knitting last night as I was fortunate to win a pair of tickets on Facebook for a play at the Cambridge Arts Theatre  Translations by Brian Friel

Set in 1833 Ireland, it covered a lot of issues - relations with England and the speaking of the King's English, translation of place names from Gaelic, potato blight worries, schooling, love, humour and the troubles. Well acted and we were amazed at how well the mastered the Irish place names!!  Thank you to the Arts Theatre.

Aldi yarn for this little cardigan for Jessica

Sleeves needed here too and to finish by Sunday for Rufus

clothes needed for this dolly - Swavesey Festival June 2014

The doll was given to me on Monday, she needs some clothes, she will be part of an exhibition at the village festival in June.

So as you can see I have plenty to do