Glennie Knits: December 2011

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Normally it looks like this

With the addition of love

A touch of Christmas has been added in - still a work in progress I think!

Issie's waiting for the first glimpse of Santa

Button stash ....

As the rain over the past couple of weeks has dictated indoor activites I was forced to tidy a couple of cupboards - oh, and my button stash .......

Raspberry ...

This beautiful cerise/raspberry is fast becoming my favourite colour to knit with .....

And I found these gorgeous buttons that match in perfectly at Wild & Woolly in Devonport ...

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Before my left hand decided to stop knitting properly I had started some little berets for newborn to 6 months. More "pouchy" and loose fitting than the beanies I usually knit they are really sweet .... but hard to photograph! I've popped them on top of a bowl and then up on the mantlepiece so you can see the buttons/little flowers. P.S. the raspberry coloured one does not go up in a pixie type peak like it appears to ! .....

The button on this one is a gorgeous raspberry/cerise and gold one that I found at WIld and Woolly in Devonport ...

Xmas wreath .....

Last year our wreath got "weathered" so it was time for a new one. Our front door is very old (if it's our cottage's very first front door then it's 120 years plus!)so to pretty it up I've had a red lei wound around the doorknob all year. Rather than remove that I decided to tart it up and got Steph from Liberty Lane to make us a reindeer with a long ribbon to go over not just the door knob but the lei as well. I think it works just fine ...

Mr Glennie Knits thinks it's too small but Issie and I like it!

I'm a bit frustrated as I've hurt my hand and can't knit as quickly and furiously as I like to so my frustration is making it's way felt through the house where I have been moving cushions, re doing the mantlepiece etc. - again much to Mr GK's horror ...

Here's what a $4.99 bunch of gerberas, some griselinia from the garden and a $7 Warehouse vase (bargain!)looks like ....

Issie doesn't care what cushion is where as long as her mohair blankies stay where they are meant to be ...

P.S. she starred in the Four Legs Good blog on Stuff last Friday along with other cats and dogs in their "What you can still see me" column - no guesses as to what Issie was up to!