Another hat!

I finished the day-glow handwarmers yesterday (Ds2 has disappeared with them) so I thought I would start on a hat for myself (not the first one - I just never seem to get the sizing right) with the same wool that I made my thumbless handwarmers with. I used Soulemama's hat pattern and added a few more stitches so the gauge was right this time, then knitted away. I finished it this evening but the bloomy thing still doesn't fit!!!!! I like my hats to cover my ears and come down to my eyebrows at least but it's too short. I'm just not meant to have a hand knitted hat for myself :-(. Maybe it's because I haven't found the right shade of wool yet - purple really isn't my colour. I'll just have to look much harder won't I.

Can't decide whether to try the pyjamas next or knit the handwarmers for my sister :-/.

Another Hat Finished

Well I've finished the luminous hat, with dangly bobble as requested. It actually doesn't look quite as bad as I imagined ;-). Just got to brave the scarf now.

Birthday card and hat

This is the birthday card I have made (using watercolour pencils again) for Ds1 who will be 11 on Saturday. He's into horror stories at the minute so hopefully he'll like this.

I've also been knitting the luminous yellow hat for Ds2. I have to say that the wool (100% acrylic) is horrible to work with - it squeaks and pulls tight - but it's what he wanted so I'll knit away :-)

Hat finished

Well I actually had enough wool to finish the hat I started yesterday...and it still doesn't fit me. I added extra stitches and adjusted the pattern slightly but I'm just not destined to have one in this gorgeous wool. Never mind - it just means that ds3 has the next size hat when the other green one is too small ;-).

I also finished the latest toadstool fairy order at the weekend - that's no. 11. And I think I've finally decided what I'm making for the Green Parent Forum season table swap as well.

Ordered More Wool

I love the freedom spirit wool so much I searched the internet last night, when I should have been going to bed, and found a few websites that stock it. I ordered some more of the green (or nature 514 as it is called) and some air 506 from oh sew simple. I thought they were very reasonably priced as well - £2.69 per 50g ball plus £1.30 p&p (for 4 balls). Lets hope they deliver quickly as I've started another hat (for me this time, so I've had to make it slightly bigger as I'm using this wool again).

Other projects I've got on the go are:-

• Christmas stocking for my unborn nephew
• Advent calendar for my unborn nephew
• Dressing up cloak for one of my son's friends
• Dressing up mask for another of my son's friends
• Season table swap gift for a member of the Green Parent Forum

I'd also like to make my youngest some oven gloves to go with his Christmas present, and we shall be making some handmade cards (blank inside so they can be sent) as a Christmas present for my wonderful Nan. There will be loads of other things in the run up to Christmas as well, but I'll talk about them as we go.

Wool

The wool used for the hat in the last post is freedom spirit 100% wool by Twilleys of Stamford. Its absolutely gorgeous to use - not quite the right weight for the pattern - but the hat fits my 2 year old perfectly. I have made the hat in a chunky denim wool as well (above) which fits my nearly 11 year old perfectly.

Some of my work

This is my Autumn bag that I made. I got the fabric off Ebay as I just loved it. I didn't use a pattern for this bag.

The next picture is the first piece of crochet I have managed to do all by myself, as my Mum used to start it off for me and then I would take it from there. It's the first time I've done any in years. The next two pictures are cushion covers that I made

The green hat is the first time I have cast on stitches properly (my Mum did this for me too and then when I did learn to cast on myself I never did it properly). It has been a sad week with regards the knitting and crocheting but also a week where I should be proud of myself. I wish she could have been here to see that I have done these things myself . The book I used to help me with the casting on was Usbourne book of How to Knit, and the crotcheting book I used was hooked on Crochet by Candi Jensen.