Still Knitting

I have been busy, with work, getting settled in our new home, being sick (gastro and now a cold - all from grand-daughter).

I have been knitting, I have finished the knitting on grand-daughter's jumper from the yarn I dyed at the Knitters Retreat in April, I do have to sew it up. Below is the yarn I dyed still in the skein and then in balls. It is an Australia pure wool 8ply from Flinders Island yarn. It dyed and knitted very nicely.

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I have knitted her 2 beanies, 1 hat, and 2 pairs of mittens with a 3rd pair on the needles.

The hat is an old pattern, I actually hat one when I was a baby, from a Patons book. It is a pixie hat with braid at the front. Very pretty. The pattern is for 3ply yarn, but I did it in Shepherd 4ply pure wool as I like the darker pink colour.

The mittens are knitted in Sirdar 8ply Fair Isle yarn, they look so cute. They are suppose to have the long cord attached to thread through the child's sleeves, but I am not keen on that idea, so just crocheted a cord and attached at the wrist to tie up.

So the stash knitting is going along well. Still way too much to get through as usual.

Still smelling my roses each day, they are so beautiful in perfume and colours. I even have Ruby (dog) smelling the roses that I cut before I put them inside. She must think I am a very silly human.