October 2016

Wow! This year is going by at an expediential rate. A year that has had some ups and some very low downs. As spring has sprung I am going to move forward as best I can, with the ones I love and doing the things I love. I will have to do things I don't like for a while, like de cluttering this damn house. It is out of control. Testament to the year we have had I guess.

Knitting is starting to come back at a faster pace than it has been all year. I finished the blanket I was knitting for Aahliyah for her bed here for when she visits. I did get the yarn, needles and pattern out for the Seasons Beanie by Jarod Flood, I bought the wool on a trip to America back in 2012 from a beautiful yarn and tea store in Santa Barbara. I couldn't start it, my head isn't in the right head space. Damn, I like to kept to my list of knitting to do, but at the moment I have moved forward to others things to knit.

Today I have another Mermaid Tail blanket on the needles, this one is for my baby grand daughter Bailee, getting ahead for next winter, I will do her twin brother Levi's next. As they will be 1 year old next Autumn I am knitting the 2-3 year size, that way they will get a few winters out of them.

Photos of some of my latest knitting. Beanies and mittens for Bailee and Levi. Shawl for me, it is the Mother's Day 2016 Knitalong by J.L Fleckenstein (I Live on a Farm). A cotton hand towel and the blanket for Aahliyah's bed here at Gran and Pops house.

The twins have arrived

My twin grand babies have arrived. They are nearly 2 weeks old now. They will be coming home this week and I am so excited. I got to cuddle them on Mother's Day for the first time. I have been busy knitting more for them.

I joined JL Fleckenstein's 2016 Mother's Day Shawl KAL on Ravelry. I am knitting this in Zauberball in Creme Chocolate colourway. It is looking pretty good, I am really liking how the colour changes are going.

Winter is coming and the weather is starting to cool now with the nights a bit cooler which is so comfortable sleeping. Not that I seem to be sleeping much, I have been up way to late knitting of a night, even through the week when I have to get up early for work. I need to stop this bad habit and go to bed a lot earlier. I get so wrapped up in my knitting and once I am past the first time of feeling tired and then all of a sudden it is "lights on" and I am wide awake and knitting along nicely.

Some of my knitting the last couple of weeks has been a feathers yarn beanie for a lady at works mothers who has cancer and had brain surgery, this type of beanie is soft and comfortable to lay on after head surgery. A nice pair of Cable Fingerless Mittens, I only got a photo while knitting them and not when they were finished. A Mock Cable jumper for my new grandson and a matching beanie I made up the pattern so it matches the jumper. I finished the pink and the blue matinee jackets for my grandson and granddaughter, Oh how I am loving that their parents want me to knit, I am in "Gran" knitting heaven. What else, what else have I been knitting, time goes by so quick I forget what I have knit. At the moment with 2 projects on the needles, the first being the shawl KAL and an adult beanie in Cleckheaton California, this will be a nice chunky beanie in black, grey and white colours.

And it is now April in 2016....

The time is just going so fast, so much to do, so much happening.

I have been busy knitting two baby shawls for the twin grandchildren due in May. I decided on the EZ 100th Anniversary PI Shawls, one the Camping design and the other the Hearts design.

I am extremely pleased with myself. They are just beautiful. The Camping shawl won 1st prize at the Albion Park Agricultural Show in January this year. I didn't have time to finish the Hearts shawl for any of the local shows this year, I am sure it would have been a winner too.

I have to knit some Mothers Day appropriate items for the Tuesday Night Knitters Group as we are in the Old Fire Station Community Arts Centre in Kiama for a week including the the Sunday of Mothers Day. I have started with some hot pink ladies felt slippers.

I have seen the Mermaid Tail blankets around on Facebook and decided to knit my grand daughter one. I was lucky when I went to the Reject Shop to see if they had some cheap acrylic and they had just got in a 12ply multi colour which was perfect for what I wanted. These would be lovely in pure wool, but for a child and having to be washed who knows how and her two dogs may damage it, acrylic was the best choice.

Now back to baby knitting for the twins, a small baby jacket each, same pattern, one in Blue in Patons Emotion 4ply a beautiful Merino and Cashmere yarn and the other will be in Pink, not sure of the yarn yet I will have to check out my stash on Ravelry. I will put photos up when I have finished them.