WIP Mountain Tuesday Update

Oooo my needles are smoking, I've just finished another WIP! This time it's the lace cardigan, "Oh Summer" and I'm really really pleased with it. I'll do some proper show off photos when it's been blocked but for now here's a sneak peek



Not sure what I'm going to work on tomorrow, probably the blue "Summer Storm" vest. It's the last day of school/pre-school tomorrow so I don't know how much time I'll have for knitting anyway. Still, it's nice to be making progress :-D

WIP Mountain Monday Update

On Saturday I posted about how I was going to spend this week reducing my WIP pile and already I'm excited to tell you I've done just that! My "Wingspan" shawl is now finished and just needs a couple of ends sewing in, blocking and photographing ready for Friday



I managed to get my 9th triangle and knitted a few extra rows too to get the effect I wanted. I'm pleased it's finally finished and my 7 year old daughter has already claimed it for her own!

Mr Soaring Sheep has been wonderful and sewn on 7 of the 8 buttons needed for the "Summer Storm" vest. He would have sewn on the last one too but I've not yet knitted that bit. Hopefully it will be done very soon :-)



My project for today is the lace cardigan "Oh Summer". I've not really done that much yet to be honest as I keep forgetting YO's at the end of the row and then having to tink back. Hopefully after a cup of tea and with some peace from the little ones who are currently having a nap, I'll be able to make some decent progress on it :-)



As you can see I'm magic looping because... well I guess because I can and I'm too lazy to find my 3.5mm 30cm circs! I've also just noticed the feather on the carpet in the picture, I think the little darlings have been having pillow fights again...!

Hope the sun is shining where ever you are :-)

WIP Mountain

I have got too many WIP's at the moment...



I've got this crochet ripple pattern which needs to be turned into a cushion. I've got the cushion, I've got a fleece blanket I could sew the square onto and then sew into a cushion cover. But I haven't because it involves hand sewing which for no logical reason gives me the heebie jeebies!



I've got my Wingspan shawl which is on probably it's final triangle. I might be able to get a ninth out of it but I haven't tried yet. If I just decided to stick with the 8 triangles in the pattern I could probably get it finished in an evening or two...



I've got this beautiful lace cardigan that just needs the sleeves lengthening to elbow length and a pretty tie detail. But it involves transferring the saved stitches onto a circular needle and attaching the yarn and then lace knitting... It's easy lace, it's just the effort to get there...



This vest needs a collar, short sleeves, pockets and then buttons sewing on. I bought the buttons today and I'm sure Mr Soaring Sheep would sew them on if I asked him nicely. But the knitting is going to involve picking up stitches so I'm putting it off.



Instead, I've taken the completely logical step when one is feeling overwhelmed with WIP's. I've started making squares for a single bed sized blanket!



This is why I try not to have more than 2 projects on the go at a time! I need an early night to stop me feeling so tired and then a kick up the bum so I get some of these projects finished! Next week I'm going to dedicate myself to one project per day and get them FINISHED!

For now though, I'm going to finish my pink square :-) Does anyone else want to join me with a bit of WIP wrestling next week?

Fluffy post

I've had some lovely fluffy post recently, some beautiful sock yarns :-D



Two are from Flamboyance Yarns, they are called "Giftwrap" and "Top of the Pops"





The other two are from Sparkleduck who I've not bought from before. The first one, "Mint to Jade" is a lovely mint green, I'm imagining it in some sort of lacy pattern



This one is my favourite though, it's called "Neptune" and is a gorgeous rich blue/green colour with silver sparkles. Yummy!



I'm still trying to decide if I want to take socks to knit on my Summer holiday or start a crochet blanket for my youngest son. I did enjoy working on my blanket last year in the evenings with it draped over me to stay warm. Socks are more portable though. Tricky

WIP Wednesday

Hi everyone :-) It's so warm here at the moment, it's lovely although I would quite like an occasional breeze... I'm still working away on the two mystery KAL's. I'm up to date with the girl clues, the next one is out on Friday. It's a lovely open fronted lacey cardigan. Perfect for Summer weather :-)


And here's the front


The boy pattern is turning into a vest. I've worked the left front, now I'm doing the back



It's fun not knowing how things are going to turn out. I'm wondering if the boy design will have a collar and possibly some sort of short sleeves. The girl design I had to buy some pony beads for but I've no idea how those are going to be used. Exciting!

I'm linking in with Tami's Amis as usual. Enjoy the sunshine if you've got it :-)