Small rugby jumper done!

And given away before the photo was taken. I will need to ask for a photo. Small amounts of knitting on the sofa have been occurring intermittantly, but just haven't had much time or headspace for any major work.

Holidays are for knitting

Well, it's the only chance I'm going to get for a while. Finished off the 1st side of the front on the charity knit, just need to do from the neck split up on the other side and the front is finished. Then onto the sleeves...

Everything else still languishing - must do some sewing up shortly.

Fairly quiet on the knitting front

Have finished the back and started the front of the kiddies charity jumper, not much progress on anything else as yet, will need to wait for the holidays to have a bit more time to concentrate on knitting.

warm woollen mittens...

Two pairs knitted (though not sewn up) so far. Started on the Kids Jumper - will be a modified version of the cotton jumper I just knitted. Haven't had much time for kintting just at the moment - hope to do some more over the weekend.

Second sock syndrome

I'd heard about second sock syndrome - where the first languishes waiting for its companion. It wasn't so much that I didn't want to start it - it's just that I needed a quiet space & time to cast on as I find casting on in the round to be tricksy. So yesterday I had a spare quiet 20min and cast on pink sock 2. Of course now that it's cast on I've knitted a couple of cm of the cuff already.

All the knitting part for the cotton jumper is done. Minor variation on neckline required - but it all looks good. Just need to sew the arms on & the side seams, weave in the ends (that will take the longest - must do even numbers of stripes in future) and it's done.

Ms Q is organising a charity knit for the bushfire victims. I have offered up the pink scarf I made some time ago that still doesn't have a home and also a child's jumper and whatever other little projects (hats/mittens) I can get done before the bundle gets sent off. I need to look through the stash to see what I can turn into a nice, and quick to knit up, kid's jumper.

Pincushion!

Two pincushions were made today out of felt, not much other sewing or knitting has been done as I have been on a tidying frenzy - the type of one where the boxes that moved without being opened got opened and dealt with. Oh, and framing photos that I've had put away for years too...

A sundress or two

Well one is done and the next is ready to be cut out. The blue square cut neckline one is OK, but could have been better finished (my kingdom for an overlocker!). Even managed buttonholes that don't look toooooo manky. Actually I think the next time I make that particular dress I will just line the whole bodice, it seems a darn sight easier than fiddling about with facings - would make the skirt attachment neater as well. Oh and not use a slippery self-crinkled poly-cotton as the material - that would help a lot too!

The next dress is a sweet 6-panel A-line with short sleeves - to be made up in a white (100%) cotton with teeny coloured polka-dot print. The only fiddly bit will be the zipper - but thankfully I seem to be getting the hang of those... The one after that is the crossover top pattern that has already produced one nice sundress - I just need to scale it up.

The tealy/beige print material is going to be made into some sort of floaty summer top for me and there's bags to make with cute off-cuts, another tiered skirt etc etc...

It's just been too hot for knitting - finished sleeve 1, cast on sleeve 2 of little cotton jumper, and it's going to languish til the heat comes down.

I am also in the in-depth tidying mode - the one where everything gets sorted into it's proper place or gets chucked. The storage closet is almost done, the big job is then the sewing room - hopefully I will have the energy to keep going!