Party Princess

In case you are wondering it is not me who is the Party Princess. It is the name of the baby cardigan from Candy Babies book by Candi Jensen that I have just finished crocheting. I didn't do the blanket stitch edging as I am not much use at sewing and I didn't think that I would be able to make it evenly spaced like the one in the pattern. I chose instead to just add a row of UK double crochet around the edges and put ribbon in place of the crochet cord. I did this mainly because as usual I had only a couple of yards left after I finished the jacket. I made it from 4 balls of Rowan Cotton Rope which although it was the correct thickness for the pattern I find it to be a bit thick for a baby. The yarn is beautifully soft to crochet with and I would like to use it again for an adult sized garment.

I went back for my second trip to the osteopath and he was pleased that I could give him a good report back on how his treatment has helped me. My knee is still tender but at least I have the correct walking movement so am really hopeful that I will get a good result with a few more treatments. I am continuing to ice the knee 3 times a day and take my Devil's Claw tablets. My neighbour says I look much better and am back to my old cheerful self which I take as a good sign.

Another of my expected neighbourhood babies seems to have made his or her appearance. I had seen the cards on the window bottom but could not gain any clues from those. I caught a glimpse of the baby yesterday but it was all dressed in white so I will have to wait until I see them properly to enquire. There are still 2 babies yet to arrive. This year and late last year has been baby time on our street. At the moment we have 6 boys and 1 girl and 2 girls on the next street.

I have finished off another project but as it is a surprise for someone who might read this blog I can't post any photos until after it has been given to her.

I am going to start yet another baby jacket tonight for the soon to be baby girl that this jacket is for. She was due at the end of this month so she should be here very soon.

I'm Singing in the Rain

I am making another jacket from the Candy Babies book. I don't know why I say that as I have made this jacket 5 times now and not once have I made it to the pattern. The pattern calls for chenille which I don't think is a practical yarn for a baby and is bound all around with fabric cut on the cross to make a bias binding. Since sewing and I don't see eye to eye that was ruled out right from the start. As I don't use chenille I alter the pattern stitch to an alternating UK double crochet and treble which gives a nice texture to the jacket.

This time I am making it for a baby boy so the ribbon trim is definitely our. I am once again using oddments from my stash and yet again I am running out of cotton and so it might have to have stripes on the sleeves. Sorry Sylvia I know that you don't really like stripes but I am sure that the baby won't mind. I have picked out the balls and assumed that they were 100 gram balls but when I realised that the ball was diminishing rapidly I checked and found there were only 85 grams per ball. Such an unusual amount for a ball of cotton.

The bolero is still soaking wet on it's blocking boards adding to my thoughts that it is cotton as cotton takes forever to dry naturally. Not that we have had much sun in the last couple of days. I went food shopping today and thankfully took my multi coloured golfing umbrella. Boy did I need it. The rain came down in torrents but my brolly kept me nice and dry.

I hope to get the little jacket finished today as I want to take it up to the Knitting Noras Knit Out this Sunday as I know Sylvia will be there. We usually only meet up once a month. I think that the jackets I have made for baby are quite large for him now but I have underestimated his size before and I don't want them to be too small for him by the time he gets them.