Saturday, February 16, 2008

Work, sleep, knit, repeat.

And throw a little internet surfing, a tiny bit of stitching too and that sums up life for the past month. There was also a rather nasty cold which floored me for a few days. Finally though the dark days of winter are starting to be over and it was actually light at 5 this afternoon. Its a downside of living in Scotland that the days are so short in winter, which is thankfully balanced out by long summer days.

There has been a little stitching in the past month. First off a stray Christmas ornament that I finished the stitching on in January and I did the finishing on yesterday. Its French country mitten by JBW designs on some Lambswool linen using Gloriana silk in Cranberry.

French country mitten

Then this afternoon I finished Autumn Silhouette by Blackbird designs. I used Crescent colors thread in Pansy purple for my version and the fabric is some R&R reproductions linen in Light expresso.

Autumn Silhouette

There is another project which I completed but its for an exchange so I can't share it until it arrives at its destination. Its a little overdue already so I hope the postal service hurries up.

Most of my off time in the past month has been spent knitting. I've finished a pair of socks using the remains of a skein of Lisa Souza sock yarn which I had already used to make a pair of monkey socks. One skein of this yarn seems to go very far, partly because I have small feet.

Lime n violet short socks


I've also been doing some baby knitting for a stitching friend. Sadly work stopped me getting to a GTG to give the knitted items in person but I was able to send them to Joy who was hosting the GTG.

The hats are knitted from a pattern in the book Itty bitty hats which I've used before. The socks were knitted using some of my sock yarn leftovers and took about an hour to knit the pair. And finally a Tulip baby cardigan which I bought the kit from Socktopus, my current favourite yarn supplier. If you knit and haven't bought from Alice yet, I would recommend Socktopus very highly. Many of the yarns she stocks aren't available elsewhere in the UK and the customer service is second to none.


Bunnytail hat

Little pumpkin hat


Baby socks

Tulip baby cardigan


Tomorrow I'm back to work which is not much fun at present as my workplace is being renovated around the staff and patients by the world's slowest workmen. I've got a week off coming up at the start of March which can't come too quickly at the moment.

13 comments:

stitcherw said...

My you certainly have been busy, what wonderful finishes all. I have a couple of the JBW ones in my stash to do too, they're such fun with all the little motifs working together to make a bigger design.
Sue

Jennifer said...

I love the richness of those purples in the Blackbird piece - very nice!

Seahorse said...

Really lovely stuff. I especially like the baby cardi!

Katrina said...

Everything is gorgeous, I especially love the BBD piece. You've got a lot done!

Karoline said...

They're all lovely Paula, congratulations. Thank you so much for the baby knits, they are all gorgeous. I'd been eyeing up the cardigan on other peoples blogs but hadn't got round to getting it yet.

Cindy said...

Wow! You have been busy :) The little knit hats are way too cute!

Mary said...

You have been busy! Everything is so lovely! Love the colors. Great job!

MandellaUK said...

What lovely baby things, especially the tulip cardigan. Lucky baby!

Lindylou said...

I loved reading your blog....perhaps we could become penpals ??

Anonymous said...

Everything is wonderful Paula, but I particularly love the baby cardigan! Such beautiful colours!

Juanita said...

Wow! You really have been busy. Congratulations on all of your finishes.

Leslie aka zoeandcooper said...

Wow, your knitting is fantastic. I love those little hats.

Anonymous said...

What a sweet little jacket - you just can't buy things like this for babies.
I would wear the bunny ears hat myself!!!
Your knitting is beautiful :)