Yay it's Friday!

It's nearly the weekend and since Craig isn't working I get a nice lie in tomorrow and a chance to get some housework done while he keeps an eye on Seren.  I'm on a mission to sort out our spare bedroom since all the junk from every other room has found it's way in there. This is stitchy related since included in the junk is a load of cross stitch magazines and various bits which need sorting! I did start yesterday but didn't get much done. 

I did sort out my knitting last night though. Then I decided to do a row on a square I'd started and did it wrong! The square is in moss stitch but I started on the wrong stitch. What a donut! I don't even know how to undo the row so I've had to put it on a stitch holder 'til I can get someone to sort it out for me. I'll learn eventually but I'm finding it much harder than cross stitch at the moment. Once I start to learn the finer technicalities of knitting I'm sure it'll all come together : )

On a stitchy note I've been carrying on with Feathers & Friends though I have another project in my head!! I will resist the temptation to carry that through at the moment!

Lots of WIP and pics too!

I handed in my childminding registration form on Thursday after a year and a half of work. I finally did it! Now I can spend my evenings doing whatever I like and the only thing I need to feel guilty about is not doing housework!!  So I spent most of the weekend either stitching or doing housework LOL!

I worked on my Summer Sampler for half the weekend and then changed to Feathers & Friends. I'm starting to get used to my mobile phone software now and got these pics uploaded on my PC in no time today. Yay! 

I was going to see if I could finish this by December but there's no chance of that so I'm aiming for April instead. 

I really need to get back into my knitting too. I'm running out of space to keep all the balls of wool especially since I'm getting the Art of Crochet mags too. I'll have to get it all out this week and have a sort out. Saying that I'll be glad when the knitting series ends. I really can't afford it anymore but won't cancel it when I'm already 130+ issues in. I think there's only 10 left thankfully!

Kntting for charity

I'm not usually the one for doing stuff like this, not that I don't think it's a good idea but I don't really have the time. I've been looking to practice my knitting though with something other than squares for my throw. I didn't realise there were so many projects though so which ones to pick?

Nearly a finish!

I didn't realise it's been so long since I posted anything. I've almost finished the birth sampler for Faith. All I have left is her date of birth and add some beads. I changed the pattern a little in this. Originally it was supposed to be silver metallic swirls but I didn't think they stood out much so I left one or two and replaced the others with 2 different shades of DMC Satin instead.


While I've been waiting to find out her date of birth I started stitching on a UFO. I don't have a pic yet though. This one is Feathers & Friends by Butternut Road. There's a long story behind it but to cut it short - it belongs to my mother and I'm stitching it for her.

I've also been making progress on my knitting. Here's a pic of my first four squares.


I've also finished one other square since and I've nearly finished the 6th. So far they've been relatively straight forward with just knit and purl. The worst one was the white with the blue diamond which I had to have help with joining in a new colour. Going good though :)

A different kind of stitch

I've been subscribing to The Art of Knitting for 90 issues now. The idea is in the 1st issue you learn to knit and each one you learn to make a different square and it all makes up into a throw. It also includes patterns, stitch library and other useful information and you get all the wool to make the throw too. I've been meaning to get down to doing it for ages but just haven't had the opportunity.

Last week what do I see on tv but an advert for The Art of Crochet! I'd love to crochet so after much persuading and a promise that I would start the knitting one I was allowed to buy it.

So good to my word, I sat down this week and learnt to cast on, knit, purl and cast off. This was my practice piece.
It's rubbish really but I was very thrilled with myself lol! The top and bottom sections are garter stitch and the middle is stocking stitch.

I also got a photo of my cushion cover from the other day.