A couple of weeks ago I mentioned the Dora cushions I made and that I’d made a skirt for Little L at the same time. I forgot to put pics of my efforts on here. I’ve never made a skirt like that before without a pattern so I was fairly pleased with how it came [...]

Tags: Darling Daughters, Knitting, photo of the day, scarf, Sewing, skirt
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This last week has been full of some very difficult situations. Some of them belonging to my immediate family and some belonging to a close friend. I always find that my creativity is totally stifled when I have other things taking up my thoughts. I’ve been applying the verses in Philippians about anxiety and trust [...]

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Yesterday morning this is what was waiting for Miss K at the breakfast table. I don’t set up the table every night before bed although I try to do it before Kindy days to make things easier. Usually I draw a little picture for the girls but this time it was this little knitted jacket/dressing [...]

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I have finally finished the two vests for the girls and I’m quite happy with them. Little L’s probably could have been a bit bigger but it will do. As you can see from the photos the bottom rolls up like the other vest but I’m trying to fix that with wetting it and weighing [...]

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This past week was a quiet one. The girls were back to good health and we all got a tiny bit more sleep. Now to the list:
Revision of the Weekly What List for the week of May 18 – 24
Physical
- Giving myself a week off – well sort of
Spiritual
- read through the rest of Philippians [...]

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Two weeks ago (wow longer than I thought) I wrote about a child’s vest I was knitting Miss K. Last night I finished it. I always knit a bit too tightly and so the bottom of it curls up after a while but I really like the finished vest. I have some beautiful blue wool [...]

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Instead of getting on with the things on my Weekly What List I seem to have become distracted by knitting this vest for Miss K. This is side one complete. The bottom where the needle is actually is finished, its just curled up due to my tight tension. What an easy vest this is to [...]

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I have continued with my sock knitting, its very addictive (although I think I’d better knit something else after this set…I have a couple of Milo Vests in mind). This one is shorter than the last two (here and here) sets and it has a tweed pattern for the top half. I quite like it [...]

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A few weeks ago I entered a give away over at The Design Files. It was for a pair of Nikki Gabriel Ebony (wood) knitting needles. I was so surprised when my name was drawn randomly and I won!
Here’s my new needles, I already tried them out:

After knitting socks on 2.5mm needles for the [...]

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I finished off the medallion from the other day and would say that I might need to loosen up the tension a fair bit. Even though my first attempt didn’t turn out anything like the picture in the book (they never do), I can see this as the top of a cupcake for the girls [...]

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