F.O – Julia’s house donation knit

So.. drum roll please… this is now a finished object. For a number of reasons this ‘quick project’ has taken a lot longer then it should have.

But it’s finished on time to donate for a raffle to raise money for a charity for Julia’s house – it helps support families of disabled kids. So really hope it helps and it’s always feels so rewarding to donate knits.

This infinity scarf design is in ladder stitch pattern on 6mm straight needles – which always feels weird as I usually knit of circular where I can. But it looks so effective in the pattern with the single block colour. In all honesty, I have enough of this yarn to knit another scarf for myself… which is seriously tempting and will happen next time I need an easy project and I loved the yarn to.

That all from me for today (want to get some sleep in before Lily wakes up for a feed!).

Love to you all and happy knitting!

MrsKirstyHoll

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Lily Shopping... Opps I did it again!

Does Lily need more clothes? No. But she has more anyway.

Mummy and Daddy went shopping again... To be fair we only go to Dronfield about once a year, so it was our first time taking advantage of their baby shops!

Our first stop was the adorable Tiny Tots Boutique (Dronfield). The owner was super lovely and super helpful. We brought Lily some beautiful outfits - although we were sensible and did buy bigger stuff. So she'll look adorable while she's learning to walk! I'm not going to say exactly how much we spent... but I will admit that by the time she's big enough to run through puddles I will not be spending this much!

6-12 months

The light weight organic cotton will make this ideal for the summer

12 Months+

I was about to pay... then I saw this dress and I couldn't leave without it!

This was half price.... So it would have been rude to leave it behind....

This dress is absolutely adorable. Enough said.

In an effort to then be slightly sensible in our financial decisions we then hit the local charity shops. These are up in the local civic centre and include a Banardos Children's shop (highly recommend!).

Mummy's purchase...

Hoping to use this super chunky yarn to knit a miny blanket for Lily - using my super huge needles. So technically a Lily buy really...

Lily shopping

Lily's first moneybox

£2.49!! Size 12 - 18 months. Also a super colour

£3.49. This red dress is also 12-18 months and is seriously cute.

John Lewis dress are about £20 new. So for £2 this is an absolute bargin. Size 3-6 months - so Lily will pretty much fit this now.

At £2.50 with the original label still on it, I couldn't leave this behind. I have a leather jacket with almost the same design... so when Lily fits this next year we'll match!

I love Quentin Blake. 25p!

£2.00. We have the Gruffulo equivalent of this book already. Love the sounds and story combo. Also really colourful - so ideal for kids!

£2.99. The joys of co-sleeping? This is now hanging over my bed...

So that's a summary of our purchases for the weekend! Thankfully I don't get much time for shopping at the moment so I don't end up buying to much... Also back at work in April so I can then have less time and more money (for yarn food and bills and other stuff).

Anyhow... I'm off to see if my daughter has any space left in her wardrobe...

Love to you all

MrsKirstyHoll

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Finished object - Rainbow Cowl

So this actually got finished in a day. Which is a bit of a positive twist on the tooth ouchie issue.

This wool is chunky but knits as super chunky. I'm using 7mm circular needles with 80cm length.

How fantastic does the stocking stitch look with this wool??

This is a pic of the whole scarf.  I wore it to work this morning. It's really warm!!

I am totally in love with this make. It's really useful and looks awesome - which is a total win!

What do you guys think?

MrsKirstyHoll

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