I first knitted this man a jersey while we were still dating. I remember my (superstitious) grandmother expressing some misgiving. At that stage I hadn't heard of the Sweater Curse. I'm pleased to say we appear to have triumphed over it and will celebrate 15 years of marriage in a few weeks. I thought he probably deserved another jersey for putting up with me for all these years.
I did a bit of satisfying, fast, colourful, feel-good knitting in the weekend.The three bigger squares on the right are for UNICEF's Unite For Mothers. There's still time for you other knitters to whip up a square or two and get them to UNICEF by this Friday. We sent three to represent my three healthy children. The one on the top was knitted by Miss Nine - a cool mother-daughter project! She used wool I hand-dyed with a group of friends a couple of years ago.The smaller squares will be sewn into a snuggly, love-filled baby blanket for a friend's brand new baby girl.
I'm not a crier but this week I cried reading Wearing the Poppy to my children. It makes me sad, sad, sad thinking of mothers losing their children through war. And does this remembering we do make it stop? It makes me sad, sad, sad thinking of mothers in Darfur, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan............
I first knitted this man a jersey while we were still dating. I remember my (superstitious) grandmother expressing some misgiving. At that stage I hadn't heard of the Sweater Curse. I'm pleased to say we appear to have triumphed over it and will celebrate 15 years of marriage in a few weeks. I thought he probably deserved another jersey for putting up with me for all these years.
I had a lot of fun creating this felt princess crown for a wee friend of ours who turns five today. She loves her bling so I went a bit overboard with the pretty shiny bits;-) I used the tutorial here. There is another good one here which would be great for using up smaller pieces of felt. I foresee more of these in my future.
I did a bit of satisfying, fast, colourful, feel-good knitting in the weekend.
I'm not a crier but this week I cried reading Wearing the Poppy to my children. It makes me sad, sad, sad thinking of mothers losing their children through war. And does this remembering we do make it stop? It makes me sad, sad, sad thinking of mothers in Darfur, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan............
Games
Dragons, of course.
Dragon's Blood (Beetroot) Soup
(Yeah, it kinda really was that bright!)
More Tomtens to lead us through Autumn into Winter. I may even share my sultana and cinnamon porridge with them.
Mr Hedgehog rustles around in leaves we collected on a fine day recently. (His eyes should be beadier.)