Okay, so WonderBoy is sitting, watching Playschool last week... and he runs up to me, exclaiming, "Look Mummy, Alex is knitting! Look, knitting!" And what do you know, Alex Pappas is wielding the needles (awkwardly, but wielding them nonetheless) to finish casting off the little blanket that's been knit for Darcy the Donkey to keep her warm. I so wish I could source a picture to add - I was so stoked to see this happening on kids TV! What impressed me more was that they seemed to have deliberately tried to avoid the stereotype of a woman, especially an older woman knitting.
It looks like it's been quite a long time between drinks, blog-wise... perhaps only two posts this month. Boo. There's been a lot going on with the kids and the family during the last couple of weeks, with Lola-Frog and now WonderBoy feeling crook, a couple of birthdays and above all else, Lola-Frog being fitted for a new hip-brace that's to be worn twenty-four hours a day to finalise the treatment for her hip dysplasia.
It feels like I've barely got any knitting done this month.
Monday, 24 August 2009
Saturday, 8 August 2009
Finally
Done, and done.
We have July squares! Ends woven, blocked and dry. Looking lovely.
Here's Square One, knit at Lola-Frog's hospital bedside. I like to think it represents the high temperatures she was experiencing at the time of her pneumonia. Let's call it 'Fever', shall we?
This is Square Two, possibly the result of some hallucinations on my part after looking through a lovely book of children's knits given to me by our friends Sam and Stevie. I saw several beautiful Fair Isle jumper patterns and thought 'hey, I could incorporate that into a square for the blanket'. Mistake? Possibly, but how many mistakes could it be said turn out this well? Not too many. I'm pretty pleased with it, I have to say.
And now, Square Three. I've now knit L, O and R, and still have four more letters to go. Kinda getting a little tired of knitting the same thing over and over, but I think it'll look pretty good when all done - I hope!
I still have to knit the thumbs onto the pair of Fetchings I've knit for a good friend's birthday (which was waaaay back in July - bad me!), but I've still cast on the DK cotton I dyed awhile back to knit a wee summer dress for Lola-Frog. After that? There are plans afoot for a thick, chunky cabled scarf for another friend who will be living a New York winter - I think she'll need it!
And now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.
We have July squares! Ends woven, blocked and dry. Looking lovely.
Here's Square One, knit at Lola-Frog's hospital bedside. I like to think it represents the high temperatures she was experiencing at the time of her pneumonia. Let's call it 'Fever', shall we?
This is Square Two, possibly the result of some hallucinations on my part after looking through a lovely book of children's knits given to me by our friends Sam and Stevie. I saw several beautiful Fair Isle jumper patterns and thought 'hey, I could incorporate that into a square for the blanket'. Mistake? Possibly, but how many mistakes could it be said turn out this well? Not too many. I'm pretty pleased with it, I have to say.
And now, Square Three. I've now knit L, O and R, and still have four more letters to go. Kinda getting a little tired of knitting the same thing over and over, but I think it'll look pretty good when all done - I hope!
I still have to knit the thumbs onto the pair of Fetchings I've knit for a good friend's birthday (which was waaaay back in July - bad me!), but I've still cast on the DK cotton I dyed awhile back to knit a wee summer dress for Lola-Frog. After that? There are plans afoot for a thick, chunky cabled scarf for another friend who will be living a New York winter - I think she'll need it!And now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.
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