No Mommy, don't knit that!

This was the reaction from my 3yr old dd when she saw the bolero pattern I'd bought to make for her. "You look lovely in red", I told her, "but I want a pink one, I don't like red, no Mommy, don't knit that". I have a saying in my house " The tail doesn't wag the dog" she will wear it & learn to like it !!! Never had this trouble with any of the 3 boys!

Bad News from Childrens Hospital...

My 3yr old dd was born with a dislocated hip. This was found on a routine scan at 8 weeks, offered because she was a breach c.section. She had surgery at 3months to put it back in, followed by 12 weeks in a hip spica. She's been x-rayed every 6 months since then. We know that the hip socket is shallow & not forming as it should & a further op may be necessary. We went on the 7th March & actually saw the consultant for the first time in ages. He says the time has come to do the surgery. I can't remember the technical name for it but they've got to cut some bone from her hip & place it in the socket to shape it so it covers the femeral head properly. She'll be in a Hip Spica for 6 weeks, then another GA to remove wires from the bones & the spica.

The op is performed to prevent early arthritis in the hip which would probably lead to a very early hip replacement, possibly in her 20's or 30's, so we know that to put her through this is the only option for her.

We're on the waiting list with surgery expected around July/August this year.

Monkey Socks

Caught by the sock bug again...darn it. I'd been officially sock-free for 5 months until Christmas, annoyingly addictive little blighters they are too!

After seeing some of these completed on the Crafty Threads forum, I've joined the knitalong. Here's progress so far:



Yarn is the very gorgeous Online Bamboo, new for this Spring/Summer 2007. This stuff is fabulous to knit, I'm in love!


All finished, I did 7 repeats of the pattern on the leg as I hate having odd bits of sock wool left, that I can't find a use for. I'm proudly wearing them today!

Regia Surprise Socks

Regia Surprise Colour - shade Chianti. The surprise being, that until you make them, you don't know how the pattern will look. These are mine, 64sts done on 2.5mm:

I was rather hoping for something more like the left side of this picture:

CPH Central Park Hoodie

I saw 2 of these completed on the Crafty Yarns & Threads forum & decided I had to get one too. As we all know, the pattern is from Knitscene Fall 2006. Mine is in Sirdar Donegal Tweed DK shade Oatmeal. I learnt that this knits up to an aran tension on 5mm pins. I didn't do a swatch, I just started knitting & it does indeed, knit to aran tension!

All pieces knitted, just about to graft the hood. Grafting the toes of socks takes all the concentration I can muster up, I can feel this bit going pear-shaped before I even begin!

Well, I did it. I didn't realise that grafting leaves an annoying one stitch difference when completed, but as DH would say, no-one will notice it from the M5!

All done, just waiting for buttons from an ebayer who's sent the wrong size! I'll post up the finished piccy when it's all ready!

Love Hate Relationship...

with this, my sweater made with Rowan Chunky Print. My first experience with Rowan yarn. Love the yarn, hated making the fringe. Love the finished look, hated washing & blocking it. It took 3 days to dry & was headed for the bin if it got into day 4. DH calls it my line-dancing sweater, bless-him! Pattern is from Simple Stylish Knits by Hilary Mackin. The armhole depth came out too short after sewing up as her sleevecaps were small (her pattern, not my knitting I might add!) I managed to convince it during blocking that 7.5" was more beneficial to us both! Some side-shaping would've been nice too, I'd try to incorporate that if I made it again.

Very Belated Happy Birthday to me!

Happy Birthday me for 28th Jan. Happy Birthday to Owen who was 5 on the same day & now moans that he wants his own birthday, never mind son, one day you'll have them on your own!!

Gorgeous flowers from DH, special treat as I was 40