Look! Something finished to share with you! The cardigan called is Ferris Wheel by Georgie Nicolson. I thought it was a simple, top-down, raglan cardigan pattern and maybe it still is but it really challenged me. The pattern contains a huge number of sizes and options, some sections are sized by chest size and others by […]
Tag: Made for kids
I just finished this. It is a design called Skrupsak by Signe Stromgaard. It fits perfectly and Our Dear Boy thinks it is pretty good. And yet, I have to admit this was a very joyless knit for me. It wasn’t boring. I decided to just use the design as a picture reference and worked […]
I finished this baby cardigan recently. It is for an almost-here neighbour. It is knit up in some cotton from deep in the stash, Patons Gem, a smooth unmercenized 4ply from an oppy many years ago. The pattern is my own. Well, more correctly, it is an evolved pattern. Six years ago, in preparation for […]
It began with a ripped bike seat last year and a crochet cover to hide all the tape. Then the mother of one of Our Dear Boy’s school friends made a special request for her son’s ripped seat. And then Our Dear Girl, whose bike seat is just fine, really wanted one just like her […]
We have been making crowns for birthdays. Easily made from bits and pieces from your stash, these are half crowns that fit across the front of a child’s head and fasten around the back with elastic. They fit a range of head sizes (2 – 5 years), they can be put on easily by the […]
Thank you to all who entered needle & spindle’s first giveaway of the year and to those who didn’t enter but left lovely comments. I have rolled the dice of randomness and the handspun, handknitted baby boots go to…Cable Stitch. There are boots in the post for you. I hope they bring your friend much […]
In anticipation of the arrival two new baby friends, I have been making Baby Boots. I made a version of these for my babes. They are sturdy and stay on kicking legs. You can tie them at the back, if your baby is of the untying inclination. The pattern is Cashmere Bootees by Zoe Mellor and […]
When I asked Our Dear Girl what she most dearly wanted for Christmas she said in a wistful voice, ‘Anything princessy, just anything’. Ah yes, she has reached that stage. She has worked out that she is a girl and now she is working out what girls are. I really want her to have more […]
As we head ever closer to the Yuletide festival that cheered our ancestors through the long dark winter, the peaches and apricots are ripening in backyards across Melbourne. We have had our first flushes of heat and in the scrabble for shorts and tshirts, I realised that whilst Our Dear Boy’s cup runneth over in […]
It is still Wovember, the month to pay homage to the wonder of wool. Thank you for your enthusiastic response to my last post Pelle’s Back to Back Wool Odyssey. Thank you also to Kate Davies Designs who linked to the Pelle post in her Wovember Wednesday. On this fine Wovember day, I would like […]
