Not more booties!!

I'm afraid so. Another boys pair for another new boy. I really think I could knit booties in my sleep now!

Handknitted booties make such a lovely baby gift though, and are small enough to keep as a memento of those tiny toes!

Blooming

I've been waiting for this flower to blossom for about three weeks and it has finally popped open. I must say it looks a lot prettier now than when it was just a big green stalk sticking out of a pot. And it happens to go with our living room colour scheme perfectly.

I shall enjoy its short life!

That blanket again...

I recently had a request to post instructions for the blanket I talked about making for Bea.

I can't take credit for the design as it is a pattern by Alicia Paulson that you can get here, but I changed the yarn for Rowan all seasons cotton and chose a different colour scheme.

Here is the young lady herself chewing on the velvet ribbon!

Finished at last! (and not too many mistakes)

I started knitting this cardigan for myself last January. Then I found out I was pregnant and got too poorly to knit. I revived the project towards the end of my pregnancy and managed to finish it all except sewing on the buttons before baby turned up. Now at last I have sewn on the buttons and can wear my creation with pride!

Its nearly perfect - I made a mistake in the moss stitch on the back - but I can blame that on the baby brain, and I can't see it when I'm wearing it so have chosen to pretend it isn't there!

This is the pattern in case you were wondering.

p.s I've just noticed my sleeves are way shorter than on their pictures. No idea why.

Toadstools

I have just added a new cushion cover to Little Green Button. I do love a cushion cover - both making them and using them. They are a great way to add a bit of colour to a room or tie a theme together. This one has toadstools on. I also love toadstools!

You can buy it here.

Heirloom

I mentioned a long time ago that I was making a quilt for Bea while I was pregnant. I never got it finished in time for her arrival as she was unexpectedly early! Instead I worked on it here and there after she was born and managed to finish it in time to give it to her for christmas. I will take some better photos soon - the light is too bad wit all this gloomy weather at the moment.

New in the shop

I have just added this new cushion cover to my Etsy shop. Same idea as the cardicushions but made from a shirt this time! Pop on over and have a look.

New blue booties

Yes another pair of baby booties! This time in blue and with a variation with pompom ties instead of ribbon. I find making pompoms very relaxing! These are a gift for a new baby which I had better get wrapped up - he could probably do with some cosy booties in this weather!

Happy new year!

Hello! Happy 2010! I'm back, and my new year's resolution is to post more regularly!

So to start things off here are some snaps of one of my fave christmas presents - a little metal bird tealight holder. He is white really but looks dark here with the light behind.

He is hanging merrily in the kitchen window, currently looking out on the neighbours snowy garden!

Merry christmas!