WIP Wednesday

I have decided to post my Works in Progress on a Wednesday. Here are 2 I am working on. The multi coloured is my Baby Surprise Jacket mark 2 for a KAL on ravelry. Nearly finished part 1.

These are my first ever socks. Done on 2 needles so still have some seaming to do.

My family's entries

The red top is my entry. The aqua tea cosy is my nana's entry. The green cardi was mum's entry and the purple scarf was my aunt's entry.

Knitting Challenge Entry display

here is the window from my LYS showing the entries.

yay me!!!

Yay me! I won the knitting challenge my LYS held over summer. And to make it even better, it is the first thing I have created myself with no pattern!! I used a top I got for DD2 for Christmas from my Aunt L for the measurements. Then I just used a stitch dictionary and worked out some patterns. Here it is!

This is the yarn I am using for my ravelry BSJ kal. I have cast on and completed a couple of rows but already am way behind some participants! :P

Here is my belt - i used linen stitch and yarn my aunt dyed for me. Only problem is my photo taking. The colours seem not so good in this photo. Oh well....

These are the results of the jelly and food dye dying. This is the best photo I took but the blue seems much brighter IRL. The pinkish one was made using port wine jelly. The top two using regular food dye. All using patons totem creamy/white as a base. Not sure what to use them for..

housitting, heat wave, hopeless

Hi all
well since last posting I have stayed at friend's for a couple of days while they went away and moved in with DP's dad for a couple of weeks. It was a good break and I did get some stuff made and finished lots of stuff.

Which brings me to hopeless! It is official we have lost the cord for the camera for the last time! We have ordered a new one so hopefully we have learnt to put it in the same place so we can find it all the time. So photos of my finished things are coming but not ready yet.

What to do with a toddler in a heat wave! Ideas I used and want to remember.
1. Playing in the bath.

2. Make jelly. (Though make sure there is enough room in the fridge for it. Will need to look up other no-cook recipes I think.)

3. Dye wool. Yay! Finally got to try dying with jelly and with food dye. Photos have to wait unfortunately.

4. Paint with water colouring book. (yep, it is a mess but it did occupy time and I have now
found a book with paint with water pictures that as they dry they fade so it can be used over and over. excellent.)

5. Hand wash clothes in a bucket - well the bucket was from the shower and we just added salt to wash the clothes which are still losing dye. Only one mistake made with these when the blue pants were put in with regular washing. DD2 now has several suits that are blue.

Does anyone have any other good ideas I should file away??

Oh alright I will now return to my challenge knitting (see previous post for explanation) which I have now frogged twice! ARGH!

Cloth and Soap Swap

What a shocker of a pic. Sorry. Have since used this cloth though. This is what I got in my first ever Cloth and Soap swap on ravelry. The stitch markers are a beautiful red and the soap which is the rectangle at the back is a Black Boy rose and Emu oil soap. Very nice. Will do this swap again.