Joining Ginny today for Yarn Along and Frontier Dreams for Keep Calm Carry On!
I finished the little shrug for Nola.
She doesn't stay still long enough for me to take a good picture of it.
She is such a busy, busy girl at the moment.
I tried all the tricks!!!
Distraction with ladybird stickers...
Cloud dough.... this was a messy one...:)
My soaking "fleece in the grease"
"Hey what's that over there. I must investigate!"
I'm really happy with how it turned out considering I was winging my way through the whole project, holding it up to her to size every few inches :)
The yarn was a beautiful gift from Amy.
I love using natural yarns with beautiful colourways. Just watching the colours fall off the needles makes knitting a delight!
Okay here's a sad story.... Tani put the shrug in the washing machine the second night after I'd finished it.
...I'm actually wincing typing this out :(
I "rescued" it from the dryer :S while it was still wet enough to re block.
Tani was so sorry.
The next day it started to roll up a little at the back so I blocked again and although it is a little on the fuzzy side it's pretty much back to it's original shape.
On the positive... those crocheted borders are really meshed in now, there's no pulling them off Nola Jo however hard you try :)
I haven't had much time to read. We've been pretty busy and I'm using all my extra time to work on commissions for my shop!
Happy busy :)
Happy Wednesday!!!
That's gorgeous - how long did it take you?
ReplyDeleteThank you so much :)
ReplyDeleteAn hour or so every evening for a week :)
Adorable little shrug, the colors of the yarn are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh poor Tani, he must have felt terrible! I am glad to see that no harm came of it and it looks just adorable on Nola. I love how busy she is learning about her world, she really is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt´s lovely and also the litle girl, she is so cute!
ReplyDeleteIts absolutely gorgeous, despite its adventure into the washing machine!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely vest! The colors are delicious.
ReplyDeleteThat is adorable. I'm so glad you saved it before it shrunk down to a Barbie doll shrug!
ReplyDeleteAck, the dryer! I'm so glad you saved it, it's adorable! I just love that wool.
ReplyDeleteIt turned out so nice! {I knew you'd find something lovely to do with it!} xo
ReplyDeleteit's so lovely suzy! as is nola. james did the same thing with the baby blanket i knit pearl... put it in the dryer the first time it was washed... a bit messed up but it has survived!
ReplyDeleteit is lovely, even if a bit fuzzy. the colorway is just very nice.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteit looks like a cloud. very fluffy and gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteIt's absolutely beautiful, just like your girl! I love the busy-ness of all those photos.
ReplyDeleteWell cone!! Cathy
ReplyDeleteThe shrug is GORGEOUS. I'm glad you were able to rescue it from the dryer.
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