Last night I had very nearly finished the lime scarf. The last row didn't work out, I had two stitches left over. I was too tired to pull it back and try and suss out where I went wrong. I have spent time doing that today. And deciding how much longer I wanted it. I don't think I've been too switched on to it today. I have got all the increases and decreases sorted and how many extra repeats I have to do in the middle to make it longer. I frogged it half way down and started again. I'm going to do an extra 14 or 15 stitch pattern repeats in the centre. I've done two so far.
It is a pretty scarf and I like the colour. I shall Keep Calm and Carry On Knitting.
I was going to download some photo's but I think my memory card is finally giving up the ghost. Bugger!
Friday, 29 April 2011
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
A Bit Boho Scarf
I've started making a scarf, very similar to, if not a variation of a Baktus. I started it in lime and raspeberry solid stripes, two ridges a colour (ie 4 rows of each). I was happy with the form of it, but the colours! As much as I do like the two colours and think they go together, they just didn't sit right to me as solid stripes. This bothered me, and I had done about 12". All I could hear was a plethora of voices in my mind telling me that if I wasn't happy with it, then I probably wouldn't wear it, even if I finished it. Nuff said. It got frogged and I chose to do the scarf in lime. Which is a similar colour to my Yarn Gathering Scarf, but a very different yarn.
The yarn I'm doing it in is Yarnfield, it is all acrylic, so will wash easily, and suit the current budget! Next I will try this pattern in the yarn that I got from the Knitting Club, that is lighter and I have hope that it will knit up good.
I'm itching to play with my stash, but the time is not yet nigh for this activity. I keep dreaming of a big room, with a rocking chair that I can have as my knitting play room........
The yarn I'm doing it in is Yarnfield, it is all acrylic, so will wash easily, and suit the current budget! Next I will try this pattern in the yarn that I got from the Knitting Club, that is lighter and I have hope that it will knit up good.
I'm itching to play with my stash, but the time is not yet nigh for this activity. I keep dreaming of a big room, with a rocking chair that I can have as my knitting play room........
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Mary-Jane and The Rusk
I took these this afternoon, of Mary-Jane eating the aforementioned Farleys Rusk. She is watching the Magic Box (TV) behind me, so not overly interested in what I am doing. The flash did get ther attention!
Mary-Jane's hair is growing thicker and a little bit longer now - and seemingly changing colour as she gets older. When she was born she had very dark hair, now it is becoming a golden brown. HK says that I'm not to say that she has a hint of ginger to it.........She's beautiful whatever the colour of her hair!
Mary-Jane's hair is growing thicker and a little bit longer now - and seemingly changing colour as she gets older. When she was born she had very dark hair, now it is becoming a golden brown. HK says that I'm not to say that she has a hint of ginger to it.........She's beautiful whatever the colour of her hair!
Soup Lunch
Today Beckermet WI held their first Soup Lunch at the Reading Room. It was a scorching hot day. I was volunteered to do the washing up, which I did. There was four soups in the offing - Rough Vegetable, Smooth Veg, Bean & Bacon and Carrot & Coriander. The Rough Veg was by far the most popular, although it seemed that everyone enjoyed whichever they had. It is called 'Rough' as it has not been pureed - hence making it 'smooth'. Now I dont know if the terms rough and smooth are terms that the Soup Maker uses or are locally used terms. Apparantly they may not be local to here. I'm curious to find out where from. I'm also curious for the recipe of the rough - it's apparantly on the trusty t'internet! It's very tasty, mark my words!
I've not done any baking since the Bake-athon last week. Oh apart from 16 Rice Crispie cakes - do they really count as baking? I think they do in certain circles. I'm a bit baked out at the moment. Perhaps a rest would be good to re-charge the juices.
I won a prize in the raffle - a box of Quality Street, which now adorns the top of the book case. Lucky Me!
I've not done any baking since the Bake-athon last week. Oh apart from 16 Rice Crispie cakes - do they really count as baking? I think they do in certain circles. I'm a bit baked out at the moment. Perhaps a rest would be good to re-charge the juices.
I won a prize in the raffle - a box of Quality Street, which now adorns the top of the book case. Lucky Me!
MJ's 9 Month Development Check
MJ has had her 9 month developmental check. Albeit she is just 8 months old, apparantly these checks have a little lee-way on them. Mary-Jane is developing very well. She chatters alot and makes lots of sounds - dadadadada and babababababa are her favourites at the moment, along with blowing bubbles and making a clicking sound with her tongue. She is quite a happy child. The skin on her face is healing well at the moment, it is probably about the best it has been. However her back is flaring up quite badly and this is spreading to her front. She has exzema and parts of this are fungal. Her skin is responding well to a cocktail of clotrimazole, hydrocortisone 1% and diprobase.
Mary-Jane's skin is very fair so needs lots of protection from the sun. The Health Visitor, Sarah, has encouraged us to expand Mary-Jane's food and to try her on more lumpier things. Today for the first time she properly seemed to enjoy a Farleys Rusk as a finger food, although the sofa got a good share of the rusk as well! She has also tried cheese today and seemed to like that too.
We have been given a Bookstart pack, including a couple of books and many reasons why books, nursery rhymes and singing and talking to baby are so important. There are Music and Movement groups on a Friday, one in Cleator Moor and one in Gosforth that we can attend, which I think we will. A lot of people speak highly of these type of groups. Once the Easter Holidays are over and the groups re-start, MJ shall be going to one of these and a Play group. It would be good if MJ could make friends before the Summer Break.
Mary-Jane's skin is very fair so needs lots of protection from the sun. The Health Visitor, Sarah, has encouraged us to expand Mary-Jane's food and to try her on more lumpier things. Today for the first time she properly seemed to enjoy a Farleys Rusk as a finger food, although the sofa got a good share of the rusk as well! She has also tried cheese today and seemed to like that too.
We have been given a Bookstart pack, including a couple of books and many reasons why books, nursery rhymes and singing and talking to baby are so important. There are Music and Movement groups on a Friday, one in Cleator Moor and one in Gosforth that we can attend, which I think we will. A lot of people speak highly of these type of groups. Once the Easter Holidays are over and the groups re-start, MJ shall be going to one of these and a Play group. It would be good if MJ could make friends before the Summer Break.
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
New Knitting Club
Yesterday I went to a new (to me) Knitting Club in Whitehaven. It ran for 2 hours in the afternoon. I was welcomed and there was also another lady there for the first time. The club have a stall at the Farmers Market in Egremont and sell their wares there. The monies raised go back into the club. I'm not sure of all the ins and outs of that side of it. Raised funds go towards buying more yarn to make more products and to days out and maybe a Christmas Lunch. Things are also made for Shoe Box appeals.
The ladies seemed interested in my cloths and I said I'd bring some down next time for them to have a look at, as they may be ideal for the stall. They were also interested in my shawl - the Gothic Prague one. These shawls are quick and easy to make, so may also be a contender. I'm not really sure what sells on the stall and what doesn't - all in good time.
The ladies invited me to go to Zumba with them, on a different day. A couple go to Yoga, before the group. It's also held in the same building. I was given some yarn that had been purchased at a car boot - Wendy Capri, very similar to Sirdar Tiny Tots. At the moment I'm thinking of making a small shoulder shawl, neck scarf. I've found a pattern, but must finish the cloths first!
The ladies seemed interested in my cloths and I said I'd bring some down next time for them to have a look at, as they may be ideal for the stall. They were also interested in my shawl - the Gothic Prague one. These shawls are quick and easy to make, so may also be a contender. I'm not really sure what sells on the stall and what doesn't - all in good time.
The ladies invited me to go to Zumba with them, on a different day. A couple go to Yoga, before the group. It's also held in the same building. I was given some yarn that had been purchased at a car boot - Wendy Capri, very similar to Sirdar Tiny Tots. At the moment I'm thinking of making a small shoulder shawl, neck scarf. I've found a pattern, but must finish the cloths first!
Sunny Walking and Knitting
Mary-Jane was tired this morning but wasn't having any of being in her crate (bed) so the next best thing to get her to sleep is a walk. It was a beautiful sunny morning. I bundled MJ into her buggy, along with her pram blankie that was knitted for her by Sylvia. It's a very pretty blankie using lots of summer colours. Ideal for the walk. Along with funky sunhat, MJ was ready. I knew it wouldn't be long before MJ would be asleep, so my mind was ticking. I could walk into the village and have a seat in the park and do some knitting, as long as Mary-Jane was asleep. Knitting was soon stashed in my bag - a backscrubber for Auntie Ann-in-America and I was off.
True to form, Mary-Jane dosed off within minutes of setting off. In fairness she must have been asleep for nearly an hour altogether. We walked down Nursery Road . I always seem to call it Nursery Lane. Why it is called Nursery Road I don't know yet, but I do know it has been called that for a very long time. It was lovely to see the plants starting to come into bloom, mainly the gorse on the side of the road, at the moment. The daffs are starting to get past their best. Their are some small flowers as well, the name of which I don't know.
By the time we reached the park, Mary-Jane was still fast asleep, looking as cute as ever. The park is a tranquil place to sit. I have only seen one other mum and child using the park and that was today. I got myself comfy on the bench and listened to the beck. This is the beck looking to the right of me
And this is looking to the left.
And this is where I made myself comfy! I sat quite happily for 20 or 30 minutes before Mary-Jane started rousing and it was time to go. I think I'm going to like benches and these sort of walks. It's handy to have small projects that will fit in a bag. And it's really therapeutic and calming for me. But in surroundings like this, how can it be anything other than relaxing?
True to form, Mary-Jane dosed off within minutes of setting off. In fairness she must have been asleep for nearly an hour altogether. We walked down Nursery Road . I always seem to call it Nursery Lane. Why it is called Nursery Road I don't know yet, but I do know it has been called that for a very long time. It was lovely to see the plants starting to come into bloom, mainly the gorse on the side of the road, at the moment. The daffs are starting to get past their best. Their are some small flowers as well, the name of which I don't know.
By the time we reached the park, Mary-Jane was still fast asleep, looking as cute as ever. The park is a tranquil place to sit. I have only seen one other mum and child using the park and that was today. I got myself comfy on the bench and listened to the beck. This is the beck looking to the right of me
And this is looking to the left.
And this is where I made myself comfy! I sat quite happily for 20 or 30 minutes before Mary-Jane started rousing and it was time to go. I think I'm going to like benches and these sort of walks. It's handy to have small projects that will fit in a bag. And it's really therapeutic and calming for me. But in surroundings like this, how can it be anything other than relaxing?
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