Mmm, Cake!

Happy Birthday Jasmine! My little girl is two today!

I'm a good mummy, I made cake. Well, I didn't actually make the cake, but I did make the icing. Well, I coloured the icing blue and pink and put it on the cake. In the shape of Iggle Piggle. Must be worth some bonus parent points I reckon.

Mmmalabrigo Knitting Mitts

These were so amazingly quick to make, they took two evenings (cos I am a slow knitter).

I wanted something to keep my hands warm when knitting in bed in the evening and these do the trick. They would also be good for avoiding mouse-hand!

30g of Malabrigo worsted, colour Orchid, using 4.5mm needles. I used magic loop for the first time and I love it!

The pattern is Web Surfing Mitts by Melissa McCurley.

I Made Some Socks!

Wow! I love these socks!

This was my first attempt at socks. I bought Getting Started Knitting Socks by Ann Budd. Following the step by step instructions made it so simple to do. I wonder why I didn't do it earlier.

It was not without it's hiccups though. The first sock I somehow rearranged the stitches on the three needles so that my toe decreases were completely messed up. Instead of having half the stitches on needle 2 and a quarter of the stitches on each of needles 1 and 3 - I had a third of the stitches on each needle. Anyway, frogged the toe and sorted that out.

The second problem I had was I did 12 rows of ribbing on the second sock, didn't notice it was too many until I'd turned the heel so frogged it back to the ribbing and did it properly with six rows.

Here's the first sock in progress:


Here they are in all their socky glory:



The yarn is Soup Dragon in colour Country Garden. It's lush - a Silk, Angora, Cashmere, Merino mix that is divine to knit with and even nicer to wear. I've looked and I can't find anymore for sale anywhere which is a real shame, I definately would have used it again. I used 2.5mm bamboo DPNs.

I have 50g of yarn left, so I think I'll make a pair of mini socks for Jasmine as she tried on mine and liked them.