Year of Projects - Week 6

I'm not in a good mood.  It started off with the realisation that my middle sister is not moving back.  I should have known when she didn't want anyone to know but me.  Then we went to the old people's house (Dad and Girlfriend) for lunch and when we got out the car, my two stepsisters came up and said, they are in bad moods.  I thought nothing of it, until they both ripped my head off and then started on my boys, which lead me to tell them to get knotted.  Packed my boys up and came home.  Oops forgot to feed them lunch.

I feel better now that I have ranted out my family.  I have to admit that this week I worked on a baby shower present and only yesturday afternoon managed to pick up my Red Butler again.

I love doing it and have completed over half the body.  It needs to be 62cm and last night I had done 35cm. 

I need your help,  I am new to top down and the row where you put the armhole on holders and knit the body, I get holes under the arm.  It looks dreadful, please, please, if I need to know some trick, share.  I am not sure how I am going to fix this when it's finished.

Quickie

HOORAY I finished the baby bundle blanket, but you will have to wait until FO Friday to have a picture.

The Springboks, and welcome back to the sexy, hunky, ripped bodies, I mean seasoned boks.  Even though they were finally beaten by the Wallabies.  The game was FANTASTIC.

I have had this odd feeling that I would have nothing to report tomorrow for YOP, so I am frantically knitting my Red Butler to get some decent progress made.

I actually started to resent the baby blanket I was making cause I would have rather been knitting my Red Butler.  I am loving it and can't wait for it to be finished.

FO Friday - Week 5

Baby Bundle is I say 80% completed. 

The booties and hat are not going to be blinged, my Dad's girlfriend, loves them just the way they are!  The cardi, I don't want to bling, I love the handmade mouse button that's on it and don't want to distract from that.

I have been plodding along with the blanket and I achieved my goal and then some yesturday, so this morning I went and had my nails done.  It's the little things in life!!

Thank you Northern Hempishere for giving us our Sun back.  Yesturday and today have been spectacular.  I know we have a cold front coming on Sunday but fingers crossed it's our last.  I am so over Winter.

My deadline is still Sunday and I am aiming, with the help of loads of Rugby tomorrow to have this completed tomorrow night.  I have an hour at swimming with the boys this afternoon so that will definitely help.

I will pop over to Tami Ami's site when I am back from swimming to check out all your FO Friday's.  Thanks for all the amazing comments that I get!  They rock!

Oh I must mention that even if I can't comment on your blog, I read all of them.

Baby Bundle Blanket

I finished the cardi for the Baby Bundle yesturday morning, but you will have to wait until tomorrow for that picture.  The button is so cute.

I attempted 3 times to do the blanket with the pattern I wanted to use and each time it wouldn't lie flat, it kept pulling tight like it was pleated and I couldn't afford to try and see if with blocking it would be flat, so I resigned myself to the fact that, the pattern will have to be put on hold for something else when I have more time.

I decided as I was in the swing of the ripple pattern, that I would do another one!  But was determined that it needs to grow quickly so I chained 98 with 3 turning.  Last night between cooking dinner, and going to parents night I managed to do 10 rows.  My goal today is to do 16 more rows,  I will then carry on tomorrow and Saturday morning, leaving Saturday afternoon and night for the border.    And that will be it.  Sunday sewing in all the ends.  And it can be handed over.

Thanks for all the comments and it was agreed that flowers would look cute, but again am frantic that I'm not going to have enough time.  One comment said thread ribbon.  PERFECT!  Quick and will look so cute.  I have thin white ribbon so that will be it.  I will attempt to do this today so you can see tomorrow.

WIP Wednesday - Week 5

I have been slightly off track with my knitting of the Baby Bundle, because I am worried about the blanket.  The cotton I choose didn't work with the pattern, too stiff, even though I have crocheted with it before, I think it is the combination.  So Bank Manager saw how much distress I was in and drove me to LYS to get alternative.  Now I am stressing that I won't have enough time.  I need to have it all by Sunday so that it can be gifted on Monday, as she leaves for Maternity leave.  Yes another suprise that I was given yesturday.

Here is what I have done so far, they are not FO items yet as they need something to bling them up.

Body, Right Front Side Completed

Sleeves for Cardi

I'm thinking crochet flowers for the hat and booties?

Head on over to see other WIP Wednesday's at Tami Ami's. I am.  See you on FO Friday!

Women's Day

Here is South Africa today has been a public holiday.  It's been Women's Day, a day to remember all the women who we admire.  From those who helped with the removal of apartheid, to our role models of the day. 

Today I spent it in the shops with my boys and bank manager.  Then came home and sat down to finish the knitting portion of the Baby Bundle.  I have to be honest I only managed to finish the sleeves of the cardigan, dreadful.

Yesturday however I finished the hat and booties, seems like a much more productive day yesturday than today. 

I can't seem to get the blanket pattern to be as nice as I want it, so I am searching Ravelry for square patterns to crochet.

No pictures as tomorrow is WIP Wednesday.

HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY

Announcement

We are all sitting in my Dad's boma (which is an open pit that get a huge roaring fire in it to bbq or as we call it a braai) after eating potjie kos (which is like a stew but you layer the food into a big black pot, like a witches pot, then you just leave it to cook).  My Dad's girlfriend, Granny Shake Shake (not cause she shakes, but because whenever she wants someone to do something now, she tells us to shake shake) announces that one of the theatre nurses she works with is pregnant and can I make a baby bundle (blanket, booties, cardie and hat) for her.  I say yes when is she due?  Oh she is 32 weeks!  What!  I have no yarn that is suitable for babies and if I did no colours! 

So I dragged the boys who have long weekend as tomorrow is Women's Day here to the LYS.  Armed with PSP's and headphones for them, they behaved beautifully.  I actually found some pink cotton in my stash, hidden away and so I just needed two other colours to compliment it.  As the sale ended on Saturday my pickings were rather slim.  But I managed to come out with these two colours as well.

How cute are these buttons

I am going to make these patterns from the Sirdar Tiny Tots Esstentials (351) and the Snuggle Blanket from Crute Crochet for Tiny Tots by Helen Ardley.

So no progress with be made on my Red Butler or Take My Time as I need to get these done this week.  Watch this space.