Two more cardigans!

I have this tendency to start knitting and feel I have to keep going until it is finished lol! So in the space of one and a half weeks I finished 2 cardigans for my Grandson - they are now on the way to him. The green one has a dog motif on the front and spotted buttons - I did not have enough of the green to complete the button band so I knitted that with yellow - which I think blends nicely. I then hand stitched the crosses around the base of the cardigan and the sleeves with the yellow. This one is size 6-9 months although I am not sure if it will fit to 9 months - it is stretchy.
The blue one was an afterthought as I found the wool amongst my stash and loved the colour so it was knitted very quickly and simply - with just the cat motif and the striped buttons added as a contrast. This one is size 9 - 12 months and is noticeably larger.

The basic pattern for the cardigan is the same one I use for all of them found here: http://www.knittingonthenet.com/patterns/babysweteddy.htm




 

Back after a short break!

It has been some weeks since my last post. Our visit to the UK in April/May was short but the main purpose was to meet my beautiful Grandson. He is perfect in every way and it was a delight to spend time with him - and of course my daughter. The village she lives in looks like a picture from the top of a chocolate box - so pretty. We had a wonderful time and the weather was so warm that I forgot my coat and left it hanging in the hotel and flew back to the Netherlands groan! - not a problem though - my daughter collected it and posted it on to me.

We had been home 4 weeks and had to fly back to the UK for another visit. One that I did not want to make - to attend my sister's funeral. It was very unexpected and a great shock to us all as she was only 54. It has knocked the wind out of us all. This is partly the reason I have not been keeping up my blog and partly because our computer was broken.

The summer holidays seem to have flown by too quickly and all the plans we made - most have fallen by the wayside as time overtook us.

My other sister had a birthday in July and I made her a Paddington bear and crocheted her an owl tea cosy in pink and made my daughter a ladybird one for her birthday in August. I shall be starting another cardigan for my grandson soon as Autumn approaches.

I hope that you have all enjoyed the summer break and that the weather was kind to you? We have had wonderful weather here in the Netherlands - a little too hot for me! It is good to be back.