Wednesday 29 October 2014

WIP Wednesday

It's half term here at the moment so my knitting time and energy is rather reduced. The combination of having 4 busy children at home and the clocks going back an hour has rather knocked me for six.  I've also got a touch of "knitters elbow" going on so being careful about not spending too long with my arm bent.

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Spent a while trying to decide how to do the border for this cardigan and Mr Soaring Sheep agreed a solid colour border would be the way to go. I decided to use this undyed yarn partly because of the way it sets the colours off nicely but also because I knew I had enough of it in the stash that I wouldn't be in any danger of running out mid project!

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The cardigan should finish nicely at around bum height so she'll be snug and cosy in it. I'm making the 6 years size despite my daughter being nearly 9. She's rather diddy lol. The project page is here.

I've got the in-laws visiting this afternoon, we're going to show them our new allotment. We've not done any work on it yet, I need to get round to ordering a few "how to" books! Have a good day everyone, thanks for visiting :-)

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15 comments:

  1. Oops, that is not nice, having knitting elbows :(
    The cardigan looks very pretty, so I think you like to work on it and it won't be easy to give your arms some rest for a few days.
    Anyway, best wishes to you and your family!

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    1. Yeah I'm rather missing not being able to knit. I've learnt from experience though that it's better to rest it for a few days otherwise it takes even longer to get better and hurts more too :(

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  2. I love the crazy colours. I bet she does too.

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    1. She does, and she's very impatient for it to be finished lol

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  3. It looks AMAZING!! I love how you got all those colors to work together.

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  4. What a cute cardigan on this petite miss. My oldest is the same way! She turned 10 and can fit into 6 as her age sized clothing is way too big.

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  5. The time change can be very disconcerting can't it, I hope that you are feeling yourself again now. xx

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  6. Ouch! I don't get knitting elbows but I'm certain that I hear my shoulder squeak sometimes when I'm knitting LOL. I'm not ready to get old! I suppose knitting injuries are a badge of honour, right? :)

    I love the colours of this cardigan and I think you made the right choice about the border - it looks lovely.

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  7. Knitters elbow? I live in fear of something like that!
    The cardigan is so gorgeous. I love all those colors.
    What is an allotment?

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    1. An allotment is a patch of ground you can rent off the parish council and grow fruit and vegetables on :)

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  8. I love the cardigan!! What a cheerful cozy little sweater. :) I hope your elbow feels better soon, knitting injuries are the worst.

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