Friday, June 07, 2024

 

Photo a Day Challenge - 7 June 2024 - I have.

My Great Aunt Carol taught me to knit when I was 5 years old... and I'm still knitting knitting and more knitting.

Here are the first two Aran Jumpers I knitted back in 1967/8, and each evening I'm knitting #12 Aran jumper, almost finished, started the second sleeve last night.

I also knit these little Dolls for Hornsby Hospital Children's ward.   Gosh that's 73 years of knitting... with a lot more to come.


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Thursday, April 25, 2024

 

Photo a Day Challenge - 25.4.2024 - Pastel.

Abi in her pastel Aran jumper. 
 

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

 

Photo a Day Challenge - 23.4.2024 - 2 Colours.


Charlie chose this Fair Isle jumper in just Red and White.
 

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Saturday, April 20, 2024

 

Photo a Day Challenge - 20.4.2024 - Pattern.


This is the pattern I use for the little dolls I knit for the children at Hornsby Hospital.
 

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Friday, April 19, 2024

 

Photo a Day Challenge - 19.4.2024 - One Colour.


 Here is the Aran Jumper I knitted for Tilly.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

 

Photo a Day Challenge - 16.4.2024 - Stripes.


 Lots hats with Stripes on these little dolls I knit for the Children's ward at Hornsby Hospital.

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Sunday, April 14, 2024

 

Photo a Day Challenge - 14.4.2024 - 3 Colours.

Nerys jumper is three colours, red, white and green... I copied it for her from the little jumper she has on her bottle wine.
 

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Saturday, April 13, 2024

 

Photo a Day Challenge - 13.4.2024 - Neutral Tones.


 David is wearing the first Aran jumper and I'm wearing the second Aran Jumper that I've knitted since 1967... up to about my 12th??  or more now.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

 

Yay! Last night I finished the back of Briony's Aran jumper!

This is the 12th Aran jumper I've knitted since 1967.
 

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Friday, December 29, 2023

 

Finished knitting this Teddy.

I really struggled with putting this Teddy together, not happy really.  I've made it for our Cleaners whose daughter is about to deliver their first Grandchild.

 

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Tuesday, December 05, 2023

 

What to do next or what not to do??


 The last of the wools in the stripes, I still have a lot of the top wool though... so what to do?  Leave it as it is and enjoy or... add sleeves - Nah!  I dunno, might decide next winter methinks!

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

 

Photo a Day Challenge - 15.11.2023 - I learnt this.

 

My Great Aunt Carol taught me to knit when I was 5 years old, I knitted our jumper back in 1967 and I've knitted this Aran Pattern about another 8 times for family.

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Saturday, November 11, 2023

 

On the eleventh hour on the eleventh month we shall remember them.


 

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Monday, October 23, 2023

 

Just Horrible! I'm so devastated and sad and angry with that new washing machine we have!

 I've always managed to do a gentle woollen wash over the many years I've used washing machines but... these two new jumpers that I've knitted for myself this year are now just rubbish!  Grrrrrrrrr!  So angry, how did this happen???  Not me it must be the new washing machine that has a Woollens wash!


Although?????  these three were in that wash together along with my bucket hat but... the vest on the right didn't shrink as badly as the two on the left which are now unwearable for me but maybe a small Grandie might be able to wear them... Grrrrrrrrr!  

The beautiful wools on the left are described as 60% Wool, 20% Alpaca, 5% Silk, 15% Neps!  What are Neps???  

Okay I looked Neps up... (Neps are best described as dense, tangled clumps of short fibres of the fleece.)

I do so love the wools from these two, so soft and lovely to knit but...  😢

Here is the only photo I have enjoying my lovely soft knitted cardie! 


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Sunday, October 22, 2023

 

Photo a Day Challenge - 22-10-2023 - Matching.


 

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Saturday, October 21, 2023

 

Photo a Day Challenge - 21-10-2023 - Pattern.

 




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Friday, October 20, 2023

 

Photo a Day Challenge - 20.10.23 - Two Colours.

Charlie chose this Fair Isle pattern for his jumper, only knitted this pattern about 8 times!
 

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

 

Photo a Day Challenge - 19.10.23 - One Colour.


 I knitted this jumper for Tilly who choose the colour and I just love it!  About the 12th time I've knitted this Aran pattern since 1967

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

 

Wrapped with Love knitted blanket #4 finished! Yay!

2014 - Wrapped with Love Blanket #1 using left over wools from my Aunt Anne, here's my cousins Simon and Megan enjoying it, I had a little help from my SCQuilter friends knitting up some of these squares which was lovely.

2016 - Wrapped with Love Blanket #2 I knitted using so many of my left over wools.
2020 - Wrapped with Love Blanket #3 also knitted using my left overs.

 2023 - Just finished this Wrapped with Love Blanket #4 and now I have no more left over wools, well I do have little scraps but not enough to make another blanket, I'm knitting little dolls to give to the Children's ward at Hornsby Hospital at the moment... I will have to ask the family if any one of them would like a knitted item or??? maybe buy more wools to knit another Wrapped with Love blanket???  Mmmm time will tell.  Can't not have any knitting to do that's for sure.

Check out this charity here...  https://www.wrapwithlove.org/

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

 

Photo a Day Challenge - 19.7.2023 - X is for...


 Lots of X's on this Fair Isle pattern I'm knitting at the moment.

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