Since I started knitting again, I seem to have amassed loads of wool, and spent the autumn knitting lots of tiny things for our new grandson, Otto. It was very enjoyable and now they are being used. I especially loved making a little green set in Rowan Baby Alpaca Dk from Black Sheep Wools, which is gorgeous to knit with and feels so soft - perfect for such delicate skin.
When we were in France in September, I spent the evenings knitting this Apple Tree Blanket from Rowan Yarns. It definitely stretched my knitting skills, which I like doing, and I think (and hope) my daughter Claire was really pleased with it. It was such fun to do, though I must have made it about six times over, with the amount of times I pulled rows out and re-did them!!
Not a good picture above, and the colour looks really horrid, but below is how it really looks...
X is for... X-emplary? No! X-pert? No! In January, what else could it be but XS - I mean EXCESS!!
We are still eating Christmas cake, and have both XL'd ourselves at eating too many bad things once again!
Weightwatchers looms on the horizon, (well, on my links bar, actually!) and we have to start being good soon. I have to say, I love the Weightwatchers Online site, as we make a lot of different dishes and I can copy recipes into the database, so it works out the points per portion. I have a list of my recipes and there are tons more on the website too. Once we can get ourselves into planning a week at a time, because that's the only way we personally can do it, we don't feel too badly done to, as there are lots of treaty things.
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| Me and George :o)) |
2 comments:
congratulations on the arrival of your new Grandson. It's brilliant receiving hand made knits especially in gorgeous alpaca wool, I'm sure Claire's thrilled. I think 'w is for will power' is appropriate for the determination you've shown to to get your blanket just right and complete your A-Z!
Thank you, Nic. They were here for the weekend and I've had lots of lovely Otto cuddles. :o)
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