Although I enjoy a lot of different crafts, my main one is hand knitting. I have been hand knitting since I was about 8 years old when my mother taught me.
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Posted By Shirley on December 29, 2008
This is the set to go with the 4 ply shawl
This is my favourite 4ply baby set. It is fairly quick to knit up and I have sold a lot of them over the years.
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Posted By Shirley on December 23, 2008
This is the jacket, bootees and bonnet that go with the circular shawl I knitted a while ago. You can see the shawl here
The jacket was knitted from the top down. There are no button holes. The buttons just fit through the holes in the pattern.
The most difficult part of doing this set was the front finishing of the jacket. There was a lot of sewing for the picot edges, but it still seemed to go quite quickly.
Technorati Tags: Baby Stuff, Finished Projects, Hand KnittingPosted By Shirley on December 22, 2008
This is just a very simple Pram Blanket using Sirdar Snowflake DK.
It is a two row pattern repeat, but the yarn makes it look and feel very special!
Pattern
Using 5mm needles and thumb method cast on 85 sts loosely.
1st Row: (rs) K1, *yfwd, k1, sl, k2tog, psso, k1, yfwd, k1, rep from * to end.
2nd Row: (wr) Purl
1st and 2nd rows set patt.
Keeping coninuity of patt as set (throughout) cont until blanket measures 64cm, (25 1/4in), ending with a ws row.
Cast off loosely in patt.
When I knitted this blanket, I did 140 rows to reach the required measurement. The yarn stated is 2 x 50g of Sirdar Snowflake DK, but with my tension, I could get two blankets out of 3 balls.
Technorati Tags: Baby Stuff, Free Patterns, Hand Knitting, pram blanketPosted By Shirley on December 20, 2008
This is the pink and white version of the white and pink version. Boy am I glad to be finished with these! This is the biggest size of this pattern, so hopefully my customer won’t be asking me to do any more of them.
This is the fourth one of this pattern that I have done and although I enjoy the knitting of it, I hate putting all that ribbon in! And trying to get the right ribbon is just a nightmare.
Technorati Tags: Baby Stuff, Finished Projects, Hand KnittingPosted By Shirley on December 19, 2008
I am finally getting some free time to take photos and post them to the blog. I am nearly up to date with all of my orders and would like to start the new year clear of all orders.
This is the white and pink baby set. I had a real hard time getting the right ribbon for this and there is so much of it. It nearly takes as long to put the ribbon in as it does to knit it. 
Posted By Shirley on November 16, 2008
This is the baby shawl that I have just finished. One of my customers has a friend who wants a baby set including a shawl, so I have done this one to show her.
The shawl is knitted in 4ply yarn. It measures approx. 44″
I am in the process of knitting the jacket and bootees to go with it.
Technorati Tags: 4ply yarn, baby shawl, Baby Stuff, Finished Projects, Hand KnittingPosted By Shirley on November 13, 2008
I am still knitting but we have a new family member who has been taking up a lot of my time recently.
Her name is Milly……
and she is an 8 week old Jack Russell puppy.
Here she is with a 50g ball of 4 ply yarn so that you can see just how small she is.
She is full of beans and loves to chew fingers and everything else.
I am still managing to get some knitting done, I have nearly finished a 4 ply baby shawl, but it is taking a bit longer than usual.
Although I have never been a fan of dogs with jackets, I have been very tempted to knit a jumper for Milly although I have not given into the temptation yet.
