Knit Club and MJ's Pinwheel Sweater

Woodlands Knitting resumed today after it's summer break - well we didn't meet for August as it the cafe's busiest month....  There was only four of us there, so it was quite cosy.  I had a good chat with one of the ladies, when there was just the two of us.  We chatted about a few different things - school mainly and a bit about work.  I was surprised how emotional I felt talking about school.  So many feelings and things that I don't talk about came to the fore, quickly boxed back up again and control regained, but left with surprise for the happening of it!

I am continuing to work on MJ's pinwheel sweater.  I am quite enjoying it at the moment and the colours are growing on me.  They are still bright though! I have changed to a longer cable and have nearly filled that one up.  I have yet to work out how much I need to go to finish.  I am guessing the same as the back or to the point of the armholes.  I shall leave the excitement of looking at the pattern till tomorrow!  It is just creeping past my bed time and my eyes are getting stingy.



 We have also had our WI committee meeting tonight.  Busy Busy Busy.  I have volunteered to make some cupcakes for the main meeting on Wednesday, to help celebrate the WI's win at Gosforth.  Now just to decide which cupcakes to make - that will be the difficult thing!

I have also been given the pattern for jumpers for the Fish & Chip Babies.  I will find out more about this.  In essence, in Africa, some parents/ mothers are that poor that they have no clothes for their new born babies, so they wrap them up in newspaper, hence the name 'Fish & Chip Babies'.

Items for Knit Club

My needles have been whirring. It's good to get up to speed and be able to knit. I've made a Grrlfriend Market Bag in some Ice yarn that I bought a few years ago. The yarn is half bamboo and half cotton. It's beautiful colours and has a slight sparkle to it. I started it on Monday and had it done by Friday night. I enjoyed doing it. It's a pattern I've done a few times before.

This is the base of it. You start on dpn's, two stitches on four needles. Fiddly. As it gets bigger you go onto trusty circulars and off you go. It's simple, effective and a practical bag.

Mum likes it so much that she has bought some Patons Sorbet to make some in, to sell on one of her stalls. So far I've cast on with a nectarine colour. It's looking good. The yarn is ideal. We are off into Whitehaven shortly to get some more yarn.......

Ive also made a Neck Deccy. I used Sirdar reflection. One ball did a large deccy. I bought a couple of balls as they were reduced to 99p. Bargain. I like bargains.

Here's a close up.

I'ver also made another Boho Scarf, not sure if I mentioned it or not? I used, I think it's called Capri, maybe a sirdar one, I can't remember off the top of my head. It's a good pattern, you can use different yarns and make it longer etc. I like patterns like that!