Quick note!

Just a quick note to say I'm still alive!
And, I'm knitting, knitting, knitting - but as it's all for presents, I have to keep quiet for a time...
Will post photos when I can.

And - I have all these opinions and ideas of what to blog about, but.... not the time to do it! One day I hope that the thoughts and time coalesce and harmonise.

Knitting projects #2

Oops - herewith, the image from the pattern of the top I posted about earlier.

Knitting projects

Gosh I suck at updating this! Anyway - here's some of the projects I've completed lately - images from the pattern, followed by what I did with it.

These are all from: Welcoming home baby by Tricia Drake.

Didn't feel like a pom-pom, but felt
it needed something... I-cord it is then.

The Queen Bead has promised to send me a photo of
Baby Bead inside its pod.

This is now Mum's driving blanket. Keeps her knees warm,
but doesn't get tangled in the peddles.

Doctor Who thoughts

Thanks to Doctor Who on facebook, I found this series of articles on how to dress like the various incarnations. In, and of, itself, this is fun! But... as you head on through the Doctors, the insight into their characters is fascinating.

So, make a start... find out how to dress like the First Doctor.
There's a bit of an oops after the Sixth Doctor... the post just says 'coming soon'... so here you go: Seventh Doctor.
Or, you could be boring and read in reverse order from this link.

PS You HAVE to watch the vid at the end of How to Dress like the Fifth Doctor.

Knitting update

I've been a bit busy lately... what with knitting and all...

I've had a break from socks - apart from an itty-bitty pair for Baby Bead. I've done beanies, fingerless mittens, started on a scarf for my mummy.... but what has occupied my knitting time (and dishes, and cooking, and tidying, and...) has been this!

The pattern is from Brave new knits. Best thing - no seams! (Well, only one itty-one - the lace panel on the neckline - and no one can tell. My sewing is getting better.)
PS the brooch I'm wearing as a choker was a 21st present from my grandmother. She'd bought it in the 70s in London.