It's been a busy week, but most of my projects have been quite large and I've not had anything to show unless you are interested in half-knitted wadges of yarn. I've been knitting some small Easter themed objects, which I am sure you will be seeing soon on Twitter and Facebook. The daffs are the only ones I can really show for now.
I have finally completed this rather splendid men's cardigan, which is a commissioned piece using a very old pattern - I can't find a date on it but looking at the style of aeroplanes, I'm putting it in the 1940's. The yarn is chunky so it was a relatively quick knit, but the patterns involved a fair bit of concentration. It also has integral pockets, a fitted zipper and a sizeable roll collar.
I don't normally knit clothing for other people (rarely for myself any more) but I could not resist this lovely design.
In any spare minutes, I've been knitting this lace shawl - I'm hoping this photograph shows the little sparkles in the yarn. It's a nice simple repeating pattern that I have knitted several times before in various different yarns and it is always effective. The good part is that although you start with over 300 stitches, it decreases as you go, so psychologically seems to get quicker along the way....that's my story anyway!
This came in the post today - first copies of the latest Adventure Time comic with a cover painted by....my son!
Nice big credit on the inside cover. I'm a proud mum again - especially as he has done the cover for next month's issue as well!
And finally, now that the builders are just a (bad) memory, it's time to get the garden sorted with no fear of anything getting wrecked. We have gained a long length of space between us and the new houses since they put a gate on the front end. I noticed last week that it gets quite a bit of sunshine along our wall in the middle of the day, so I am going to try and grow some potatoes and beans in there - it's worth a try!
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