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wool

A plan and a play

I’ve spent many spare moments (spare moments?) looking at different knitting patterns, trying to decide what to make with my beautiful alpaca wool. I finally decided to try a (hopefully) simple pattern from one of my mum’s old books (I am still pretty much a newbie knitter after all!).

From my mum

So because I took so long looking at patterns, I really haven’t knitted much. I think I got maybe 4 rows done! I’m also a bit nervous using such beautiful wool – I want to do it justice!

This is it… I think…

I did manage however to read another chapter of Beyond the Rainbow Bridge. I like to take this one slowly, mull over the ideas and try them out. And I must say the suggestions really help! I’m also enjoying the unfolding story of A Clash of Kings. It is quite a thrilling read 🙂

But while I haven’t got much done this week on the knitting front, someone else at my house has been doing a lot with wool lately…

…making cobwebs

…using it as a monster costume…

…silly hair…

…pirate hair?!

…but most often, great big spiderwebs – eek!

He winds the wool round and round before placing his spider in the middle (it’s actually a Y2K bug – lol).

He loves his ball (*ahem* mess) of wool, so much so, that he was very concerned when his nana-ma offered to wind it up for me!

So, what are you knitting and reading? Or what funny items do your kids love playing with? Joining Ginny for her Yarn Along 🙂 And, Nicole at Frontier Dreams for Keep Calm Craft On!

Warmly, Kelly

Little lamb… do you have some wool?

The gnomies I knitted are a hit with my kids 🙂 This morning Master D told me a gnome can fit in my pocket mum!
Meanwhile, Little Miss Q has developed a taste for paper… mmm, I can think of nicer things to munch on! Sorry, getting sidetracked…
 
Recently I discovered a beautiful blog, Moonbeams and Applesauce and I just finished knitting a little lamb using a pattern from there 🙂
Next I’m going to try something a little different, a baby bonnet using this lovely alpaca wool that my Nana sent to me – isn’t it gorgeous! Amazingly soft 🙂 Thanks Nana!
And I’m enjoying reading A Clash of Kings. New characters have been introduced and the plot continues to thinken 😉 Also, still slowly reading and digesting Beyond the Rainbow Bridge…
What are you knitting and reading? Joining Ginny for her Yarn Along.
Happy knitting, Kelly