The Monday Smile

An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen. The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, 'Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great. I would recommend it very highly.' The other man said, 'What is the name of the restaurant?' The first man thought and thought and finally said, 'What’s the name of that flower you give to someone you love? You know, the one that's red and has thorns.' 'Do you mean a rose?'
'Yes, that's the one,' replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, 'Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?' 





Secret Shoebox Stash

I have a guilty secret...I love to collect shoes boxes, I can't bring myself to throw them away.  I don't see a shoe box, I see a handy little drawer where I can stash something inside.  

From where I'm sitting now I can see seven shoes boxes all stacked up on top of one another hidden behind the door and each one has treasure hidden inside. 

I might show you them all and even reveal their contents some day but for today you can see inside the one above with all my blanket motifs ready to be joined onto the blanket.  

There are eighty motifs there and when there is just one left of a particular colour I will make three more so I have a continuous supply of each colour hidden in my secret shoe box that's hidden behind the door :)

Each Sunday I place my blanket on the bed just to see how much bigger it needs to be and every week I change my mind about the size. This week I'm thinking it doesn't need to be quite as big as I thought so I made more new calculations which knowing me, will probably change again next week.

This week I joined 80 motifs on to the blanket and I made 56 which means....

I need to join 182 more and make 102.... it's getting there :)

Have you got guilty secret what do you like to hoard other than yarn of course, please don't tell me I'm the only one.

Spring is nearly sprung and we had sunshine yesterday

A little crocus in my garden smiling in the sunshine.

Have a great week! 

Block a Week Friday

Block 34 Allsorts

This block was fun to make and I love the stripy pattern.  The downside to stripes of course are all the ends, you carry the main colour up the side but the others have to be cut so 13 ends in all! I also felt that this square would look odd on it's own and so....

I made four and joined them together to make one big square, it took me ages, all them blinkin ends !!  I don't like the joins in knitting they are never as neat as in crochet or at least I can't get them as neat maybe you can...??

Rating - Easy

Curl - 0

size - 6"
ends - 13 for one 52 for four squares!!

Another example of block 34

By appledumpling Loving Hands

Progress -  number of different blocks made = 12

Numbers -17, 24, 30,34, 40, 41, 42, 45, 52, 56,  98, 113,

(Click on the number to see the block.)

Number of blocks altogether = 17

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Have a great weekend!

Cute Little baby Cape

Pammy Sue stumbled upon this little cape and went in search of the pattern, there was no pattern to be found but just by chance she found a Japanese chart for it.  Now I do like charts and usually I find them easier to follow than long drawn out crochet instructions. 

When I saw the chart I thought to myself I will never be able to follow this...the instructions are in Japanese! but the clever Pammy Sue managed to decipher it in no time and pass the how to on to me, so it's thanks to her that I was able to make this little cape.

Because I wasn't sure how it would turn out I just used an acrylic yarn I had in my stash.  I found that once I got started, following the chart was very easy and it works up in no time, however it didn't block so well, I really think that blocking acrylic is a waste of time. 

I think it's a very versatile cape and could be made in pretty colours for a sporty effect, It will be ideal to wear over a sleeveless dress in the spring or summer to keep little arms warm, or made with a beautiful yarn in ivory, cream or white it could be used as a exquisite Christening cape.

It is described as a baby cape but it is very easy to make it any size you like.  I made mine smaller than the chart beginning with an 83 chain instead of 101.  I'm sure it would fit a baby from 3 months up to 18 months.  I do wish I had a little model to try it on :)


Stats 
Made with Double Knit yarn and a 4.00 mm hook. 
It took 80 gram.
Measurements
length - 27cms 
width around the neck - 45 cm
width around the bottom - 103 cm

If you haven't seen it already you can see Pammy Sue's amazing version here .

It appears that the chart for this little cape is no longer available but I have a copy if anyone would like it please just email me with your email address.

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