The whole family is recovering from the flu and I can’t think very well, so everything is in point form today.
— Admiring this jumper. I loved it when I first saw it on ysolda’s blog last year. I love everything about it — the stripes, the shape, the neckline, the buttons on the neck opening, the buttoned cuff. Now she’s planning a series of posts on making the jumper, which I’ll be following with great interest.
— Belinda and Kate are organising a scrap swap! Well I love patchwork (see here and here) so I can’t resist pretty scraps to turn into patchwork. I’m in! Sign ups are open until 31 August if you’d like to join in.
— A bunch of goodness…
— If you like to sew/knit/crochet/etc with Japanese patterns but, like me, can’t read Japanese, check out this (new to me) Japanese Pattern Help from my little mochi. She has translated commonly found words in patterns, from japanese characters to english. (Found via the Amigurumi group on Ravelry.)
— Loving this tutorial for refashioning a button shirt into a toddler dress. And the result is so cute! Will consider making this for Annette sometime.
— Little Majolica is progressing. I’ve finished the back, and now on to the front. I’m a bit worried that I might run out of the dark brown yarn (d’oh!), I’m on the second ball now, and I only have 3 balls to begin with (I was going to make a scarf with the brown yarn before I thought of Little Majolica). And my local Spotlight doesn’t have any more left (d’oh d’oh!) as they seem to be stocking them for one season only (grrrr!). I think I have enough to finish the jumper… I hope so anyway. I’m trying to knit faster to beat the yarn to it 😉
