Busy!

Eek, been nearly 2 months since I last updated this blog. And they have certainly been a busy few weeks!

We've had a birthday, M was 4



We had a strawberry cake :-)



And a picnic or two





We went on a steam train



I painted my nails a few times >.<





Ava has grown a bit bigger!



We went for walks in the sunshine with some friends



Did a little bit of gardening (ok, we pulled up the weeds and filled some pots with flowers!)



Went for some more walks



But still found some time to snuggle :-)




Oh and I finished a rainbow skirty :-)









I've just finished a pair of longies which have yet to be photographed and then I'm either going to make something for Ava or some scrappies for a customer. I want to make some booties for a friend's upcoming baby at some point too, but she isn't due until October so I've got a little time left!

It's fun being busy :-)

Buy British Month

So, life with 4 kids is pretty busy! However I have managed to get a bit of knitting done! Ava has some girly woollies now and I also managed to get some things knitted up for Buy British Month on Cloth Nappy Addicts

These rainbow crops have already sold



As have these girly ones



The following are still available at the time of posting, check out my Soaring Sheep thread on the BBM board :-)





I liked this bright colourway so much I made a smaller pair for Ava :-)



Finally here is my increasingly squishy little girl modelling her Mummy-made longies and rainbow top by Picklepaints

We got a girl!

Ava Rose was born on 28th March, at home as planned, after an intense 2 hour labour :-) She weighed 8 lb 1oz and was born at 41+2 weeks, over 2 weeks earlier than Eli was!

She's now nearly 3 weeks old, over a lb heavier and starting to get little fat rolls, adorable (I am biased though!)



My other three children adore her, especially Eli, he loves to give her cuddles and if she cries he immediately comes over and starts stroking her hair and her tummy to calm her down

Toddler tee

I dyed this yarn to make something for Bump but decided I was in the mood for some mindless knitting so used a skein of it to make this top for Eli:



Of course getting an almost 2 year old to pose for photos isn't the easiest task in the world!



I think he likes it though :-)




Pattern is here: Ravelry link

Original blog post

I used just over 100g of aran weight yarn on 5.0mm needles. I finished it with simple k2p2 ribbing to stop the bottom curling up. If I make it again I think I'll do matching ribbing around the neckline as well. It comfortably fits my average sized almost 2 year old and was a lovely quick knit :-)


The matching skein of yarn is currently otn being turned into a teeny soaker for Bump :-)

Last few customs

I'm now 37 weeks so no longer taking on customs. I'm hoping to get a few instock items knitted up for Buy British Month but for now I want to make things for my babies :-)

These are the last few items I've made for customers:

Lilac Blossom longies



(I liked the way these knitted up so much that I made a smaller pair which will either be for Bump or BBM, not decided yet)

Girly scrappy shorties with gentle ruffle cuffs



Festival shorties, a gorgeous colourway from Pixieknits



Medium boys scrappy longies, one of my favourite pairs of scrappies I've knitted. Really pleased with how they turned out :-)



Small boys scrappy shorties