Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Why Does Everybody Call me Big Head?


I am still smarting over my blanket disaster. I can't face undoing it to re-knit, the mistake is about halfway, so I would have such a lot of it to knit again. Thank you so much for all your suggestions, and I do think covering the mistake area with flowers would have been a great idea, but the baby was born at the weekend, and he is a boy. I thought about applique, maybe a boat or something,  but the border of the blanket is a delicate mint green and I don't think I could match the colour. A better sewer than me could probably embroider something, but I know my limitations. So I am giving up on it, and I will buy a present at the weekend.

I made this scarf for my Mum for Mothering Sunday, but I couldn't post the picture until I had given it to her as she reads the blog. I made two of these, as Curly Girl fell in love with the first  one I was knitting for Mum, so I gave it to her, and then bought exactly the same yarn again and made another. It's a quick knit, they take me about two hours and I am not a fast knitter. I have finally got around to putting details of my projects on Ravelry, you can find the scarf here. Mum loved it.




I am reading The Good Father, which I am enjoying so far. The wurm hat is going well, but seems to be HUGE. However, it fits my head.


Joining in with Ginny's Yarn Along

9 comments:

  1. Sorry about the blanket disaster...I wish there was something you could do. I'd put it in time out until a solution presents itself. Your mom looks lovely in her scarf!!

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  2. At my craft group today a couple of people kindly offered to help me find a solution, re appliqued shapes of some kind. I am taking the blanket along next week to my friend's house to see if we can sort something out.....

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  3. Trust 'a crafty group' to find a way to make your blanket wonderfully unique .

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    1. Yes, I am hoping between us we can come up with something, so I can still give the blanket as a gift.

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  4. Oh, I love your scarf! It looks magnificent!

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    1. Thanks, Cameron! In a serendipitous twist of fate, my brother gave her a gorgeous red cashmere jumper, and the two go together very nicely.

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  5. Sorry to hear about the blanket. I am sure you could still use it and I am certain people would happily love and receive it :) The scarf is awesome and isn't the wurm hat great? I still have to make one for me...

    Happy knitting :)

    PS - your Sweet Fifteen post made me laugh. Bless you!

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    1. One of the very very few times I have been in that condition. Ugh!

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  6. Lovely scarf - that 'yarn' is very pretty.
    Glad I'm not the only one with a big head. I was reading ravelry notes about the hat I made recently and they were mostly saying it was just too big - the one I made nearly fits me - and yes I got gauge for the large size!
    Nice Wurm, it looks snug in that gorgeous yarn.
    Hope the blanket is redeemable.

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