Organic Cotton

Recently I came across another brand of Organic Cotton yarn. I saw it first on the Loop website.
I then ordered myself the accompanying baby pattern book.
I was very surprised to see how much cheaper this yarn is compared to the Rowan Organic Cotton.
Yesterday we went to Bluewater and I found John Lewis has both yarns.
I got myself four balls to knit the cover cardigan in size 12-18 months. I am knitting the back and the two fronts in one go.

If I take photos for my blog, I have to hurry up. Before little Miss gets there.
Can you see the little hand in the top photo?

April Mystery

I feel I have just finished this month squares in the nick of time.
This month only saw one new square - the flower.
The other four squares are all repeats.
Yes there was another cow.
I really enjoyed knitting the flower.
The strip with the cow is now finished. It is the first strip now finished, a total of 20 squares are done.
Two more days and I should have all the instructions to start the May squares.
I finished three squares before we went away and then I nearly forgot about them.
Lucky I spotted some finished squares on Dawn's blog.
Debbie is already talking about the Mystery Blanket 2009 on her website.

Pinwheel for Miss T.

The Pinwheel sweater in the children size is finished.
I am glad I have another finished project.
I used 245 grams of Peaches and Creme double worsted cotton yarn. I had bought some of the yarn and my friend Johanne had a cone of white.
The pattern is free and available to download.
I enjoyed going round and round in this totally seamless project.

Worn as a hoody.

I had a little trouble following my model with the camera.
I have to think of a nice pin to use as a closure.

Round and round the sleeves

My three projects are all at the sleeve stage. All sleeves are knitted in the round.
The pinwheel jacket is nearly finished. I think this is the first time I knitted sleeves from the top down in the round.
St. Moritz is done in the round from the cuff onwards. I believe I am near the start of the colour work. I must sit down and count rows on the finished sleeve.
I started the first sleeve for the polo shirt. I only finished the cuff and then changed needles. I am knitting them in the round too. That way they make a nice on-the-go project.
I am off to the out of town baby store. I have to get two more stair gates. Somebody crawled all the way upstairs while I was cooking and big sister was doing her homework. I had such a fright when I could not find her anywhere downstairs. Since we moved the master bedroom in the loft we have two flights of stairs. I got the gates to go down about two months ago.
I am amazed that she can crawl upstairs from one day to the next. Tuesday we were safe and on Wednesday she is at the top. Has she practised without us?

Knitting and Traveling

We have been to Switzerland and are back home again.
Both children traveled well and without a problem. I cast on for the polo shirt from the new Debbie Bliss Babycashmerino 3 book as we left London. Remember it is the book with my darling in it.
I cast the top on in the round so I had nice easy knitting during the long drive. I did come to a problem as I started on the front neck opening.
It took me a long time to figure out what is wrong with the pattern. I can't read that well in a traveling car. I found the mistake but in the end I finished the front openings at home.
I now want to knit the sleeves in the round to. I bought some rosewood dp's in Switzerland.
That is if I ever get some peace.
Look who get there first as I tried to take a photo for my blog. She is fast and she will go into a room and start destroying stuff. We now have rolls of unraveled toilet paper.


Noor on the other hand enjoys Switzerland where she can go out and about by herself. She is allowed to go to the bakery and the local supermarket. Sometimes we let her go back to my Mums on her own. She did get stopped by the neighborhood policeman and asked why she wasn't in school. She explained that she was having her Easter holiday and lives in London. He was very impressed by her language skills.
We also managed to get some of the free footballs. Switzerland has been taken over by football fever. Even knitting kits are available.