Spinning Sue

Ooops!

I forgot to post on Sunday - oops!

I've finished the baby kimono and only need to sew on the buttons. In Mason-Dixon Knitting they use ribbon ties but I prefer buttons. How cute are the buttons!

I've been dyeing. These are going to be put up for sale 100gm 75% superwash wool 25% nylon sock yarn for £10.00 each. I'll get better pictures on the weekend when I can play in the daylight. I really like all of these! They'll knit up with fairly random colours rather than striping. I must get to work on a proper website!

Its almost two years since I started blogging - amazing! I was never any good at keeping a paper diary but this form seems to work for me.

To finish, the rest of Saturday's alpaca pics. Check out the one of the fleece - don't you just want to dive in? And yes, they really are as soft as they look (and they do spit but not as much as camels!)

The Dobby Hat

I can't help myself. I have a fit of the giggles every time I look at this latest finished object. Its not that I think its awful, because I don't, but its just too cute for its own good. :-)

The pattern is the Dobby Hat from Stitch 'n' Stitch, a Harry Potter fan! Its very simple, knit in the round with no shaping, other than that caused by changing needle size, with a three-needle bind off at the top. When you wear the hat, the corners fold down and look like ears. That's what causes the giggles. Too cute! Unfortunately, due to my complete inability to wear a hat with anything even approaching style, the model is a saucepan! Mum wouldn't model for me either. I'll just have to hope that Meg likes it and sends me a photo of her wearing it. She wears hats well.

I've spent hours messing about with Typepad and early indications are that I like it. Its quite different to Blogger but adding links to the sidebars etc. is a lot easier - once you figure out how to do it! Their knowledge base is quite good and does actually tell you how to do things. I'll be continuing to tweak here and there so things will appear and disappear no doubt. I've signed up for a 30 day trial and will decide at the end of that if I'll stick with them.