A finish for April

This month has been busy so far with work, studying and family stuff.  I'm coming to the end of my current module so am working on a final assignment for that.

I have found the time for some knitting - my latest finished object is a hat.







The pattern is Gretel by Ysolda Teague and the yarn is Soft Donegal by Donegal yarn.  It's gorgeous green colour and is a souvenir of my visit to Dublin in September.  I visited the lovely This is knit in Dublin whilst I was there and bought a few skeins of this in green and in purple also.  The yarn is absolutely fantastic to knit with and has great cable definition.  I foresee a cabled hoodie in my future with this yarn someday.

The pictures in this post are the first ones I've taken with a new camera.  Sadly earlier in the week, my much loved Fuji camera hit the floor for what must be the millionth time but this time it  didn't recover from the fall.  So I treated myself to a very compact Lumix FS40 which is tiny compared to my old fuji.  The first few pictures are much better than with my old camera so its looking to be a good purchase.

May the fourth

Today being Star Wars day, I have a very appropriate knitting finish to share. One of my work colleagues is due to have her first baby very soon. Both she and her husband are fairly geeky (like me) and her husband is a huge Star Wars fan. When I mentioned that I planned to knit some things for the baby, she was very keen and the idea of some more non traditional knits appealed to her.

So I knitted a outfit very appropriate for a new born Jedi - Baby Yoda Hat and sweater with felted baby sized light saber




I knitted a couple of other things also

Tiny Shoes designed by Ysolda Teague in Old Maiden Aunt Sock yarn in Lon Dubh



And one of my favourite baby knits - Little pumpkin hat from Itty bitty Hats



I'm in the process of finishing a blanket and some baby socks, pictures to follow. The Mum to be is finishing up work in a couple of weeks so I'm planning to get the baby knitting finished for this weekend so I can hand over the gifts next week.