You know you’re behind with your blogging when it’s taken you longer to write about a project than it did to make it. But I have the best of excuses in that I’ve been besieged by germs for what feels like months. I’m at the tail end of a bout of flu, sinusitis and a chest infection so I think I can be forgiven for letting my blogging slip a bit. Anywhoo, on with the long-awaited (by me anyway) unveiling…
It’s warm and squishy. It might have ears but it doesn’t have a face. It could be blue or lots of colours and maybe it has pom-poms. The recipe for the right kind of hat. A hat for Bubs. A very important piece of knitting because I know that, if I follow the recipe, it will be worn. Not like the cardigans knit out of the softest wool I could find and with sleeves that absolutely, definitely don’t touch her…
Every winter I am consumed with a burning desire to knit Bubs an entire wardrobe of fluffy jumpers, cozy cardigans, cute hats and little socks. We’ll just skip over the fact that I’m not the fastest knitter on the planet and the amount of free time I have in which to knit amounts to half an hour a day at best. What better way could there be for a knitterly mum to show her love than by covering her offspring…
Pattern: Ravi Junior by Carol Feller Size: 4 years. Bubs isn’t quite 2 and a half but she’s tall for her age. Thankfully there’s a bit of growing room left in the cardigan. Yarn: 2.25 skeins of Red Heart Baby in the Sky Blue colourway This is such a fun pattern to knit! I usually steer clear of garter stitch projects as I never like the feel of the fabric but this time it really works. Bubs hates wearing anything…
Well we’re a month into the new year and I’m still sticking to my “Finish what I start” resolution having finished two knitting projects last month. First the Hitchhiker scarf. I actually started this while I was pregnant with Bubs and it’s taken me two years to finish it! I really recommend the pattern as an easy project for an intermediate knitter. Next there’s the Lullaby Blanket. This is destined to go to the newest member of the family.…