gathering it all together
Three finished objects in one post!
“It seems like forever since I began the Baby Surprise Jacket. I had just heard that a friend and former colleague and his wife were to have a baby. Baby was due December 16th, but I couldn’t resist casting on immediately. I got most of the jacket done in a day, knitted a bit more the day after… then it languished – for reasons I am now uncertain about.
The project took a kick in the pants when N e-mailed me this week …”
New stash from Socktopus.
“Scrummy yarn. All I wanted/needed really was the Eucalan that came with it today. I just kind of slipped off the margins of the wagon…”
December’s solid club yarn from The Yarn Yard has arrived, bringing a little whiff of Spring with it…
Toddy, from The Yarn Yard. A sock yarn review.
Toddy – the perfect pick-me-up! Toddy is 75% merino for softness and cossetting and a cuddle when you need it, and 25% nylon for strength.
Earl Grey socks in Toddy yarn. Basically a lovely semi-plain bloke pattern…
These are really splendid socks. The recipient loves them, and so do I.
I have a new book to teach me to crochet.
“A few days ago, my pal Fenny announced that she had begun decluttering for 2009. One of the items that she was getting rid of was a book on crochet. I know that I have to get to grips with crochet some time…”