Busy fingers ....

I have been kept busy the last couple of weeks with orders and am now desperately trying to finish a couple of little cardy's (and a beanie) for the Devonport Craft Market this Sunday.   Annoying things like work, making meals, supermarket shopping and "must do" exercise keep getting in the way .... wish me luck!

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Isabella .....

I'm doing what I term "boring" knitting at the moment, replacing stock that sold at the last Devonport craft market so I've decided to feature our much loved Isabella ....

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Raspberry set ....

Knitting with this cerise/raspberry colour is such a joy - the texture of the Touch merino plus the colour = a happy knitter

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Hearts ....

My heart wall.   Well actually it started with one wall (mainly to try and disguise the hideous alarm control panel by the front door) but has grown to three .....

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Hard to say goodbye .....

I love knitting and usually enjoy everything I make.   Mostly what I knit is for sale either in my Felt shop called strangely enough Glennieknits, or at the monthly craft market in Devonport.  Yesterday at the market two of my favourite little cardigans sold and I found it really hard to wrap them in tissue and pop them in a bag .....  I know, I know, I'm an idiot - I should be happy I'm making a sale .......

On a happier note our red camellia produced the first flower last week ...
 

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Sailor range ....

So I made this little sailor jersey a week or so ago - using a moody sort of a blue and my normal cream shade 0050, with the neck edges in this bricky red colour .....

Then I decided I loved the pattern so much especially the neck (do they call this an envelope opening?) as I think it would be really easy to pop over a baby's head but also unlike a lot of stripe patterns because of the 4 row colour repeat I was able to weave the wool up the sides by catching it every 2 rows thereby eliminating the tedious "sew all the ends in" task you normally have ... so I made another version with a crisper fresher blue, a white cream and a fire engine red at the neck and the ribs ...

I'm planning on another version with a narrow blue stipe every 4th or 7th row ....

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