Beaches and Birthdays

Well nearly a whole month since my last post which is very bad of me.

At the begginning of the month i went to stay wuth friends in the new forest for Fin;s 3rd birthday.
It doesnt really seem possible that he's 3 already but he is. So his mum and dad threw him the best Birthday party and then we went to the beach with the dog Milly - here are some pics of the boys on the beach:

That's Tom in the hat and Fin in the matching hat and scarf.
And this is their doglet Milly:

This weekend was home time agian for my Dad's 60th birthday party. I will add some photos but only when i get them of vic as she was ic photos.

At the mo my knitting time is wholly been taken up by my ISE5 scarf. It's going well but slowly - I am hoping it will be done by the 10th Nov - the weekend of the stitch and bitch weekend, as my sister is coming down to stay and i am hoping she will help me block it.

So not much knitting to report but there's still a bit of knitting time to go before christmas!

ISE5 On the GO!!!

My ISE5 scarf is well and truly on the go although making slow but steady progress.

This is the yarn

and this is the scarf so far - the pattern can be found here.
Progress is slow but it is getting there.

Hats Hats Hats

Recently I've knitted three hats all in the same exciting pattern - knit three, purl three. 4 Hats really if you count the one that ended up in the washing machine.

The Purple Yarn is Soft Tweed Classic Yarns in Loganberry and the grey is Rowan Cocoon in Mountain.

Both yarns are absolutely lovely to work with - The Rowan Tweed i bought from I Knit London and the classic yarns i think was a stash buy in the John Lewis Sale.

Thank you Mark for being my lovely model.

ISE5 A Gogo

Hurrah i have my ISE5 match, i have made contact with them and they have replied - i have also heard from the person knitting for me and replied to them so it's all systems go.

I think i have a yarn and pattern in my head and will give it ago this weekend to see if the yarn and the pattern suit each other.

I will post a photo a soon as i can.

Hurray i love swaps!

ISE5!

Just to let everyone know that ISE5 signups are open!
This i am very excited about as i loved ISE4 - it's super fun knitting for someone else and very exciting waiting for that parcel to arrive.

I really can not wait to be sent the details of my pal so that i can get to my LYS and get knitting!!

On a very sad note - I knitted my boyfriend Mark a lovely hat last week - unbeknown to me it had fallen into the washing basket and got washed last night, only on 30 mind but that was enough for it to shrink to the size of a hat suitable for a gnome. My sister suggested that i should felt it more and turn it into a bowl - any other suggestions?

Mark was very sad and i am knitting him a new one - putting my new winter hat on old!

Pictures to follow when i have a spare moment.

Dinosaurs

This is one of the Dinosaurs that we saw when we went to Crystal Palace a couple of weeks ago. They are huge and listed as they date from the mid 1800's. Well worth a visit.

this is one of the family of deer that live by one of the lakes - not quite as impressive as the dinosaur.

Tea Cosy's and Teddy Bears

Having not blogged for so long I'd hoped that I'd have more to show for it in finished knitting terms but sadly not.

I mentioned in an earlier post that we went to a friends wedding - as a present we bought them a teapot and i knitted them a tea cosy:


I made it out of Rowan Cotton Rope which is a particular favourite of mine. And as i had so much left over i managed to make these as well!




These are for my friends son's third birthday - as modled by my able assistant. - I've got until October 8th to sew the ends up! (This is always my worst part)

I have another hat finished and one on the go.