Increasing My Stash Yet Again

Well I did go to the official opening of Purl City Yarns so how could I come away without buying something? I think that I was remarkably restrained considering all the goodies that were on display to choose from. Lovely as some of the yarns are as you know I do have a problem wearing anything wool so I chose some King Cole Bamboo Cotton DK as that is lovely and silky smooth and I know that it won't itch me in wear. I haven't yet decided what I will make with it so for the moment it is just in stash.

I bought 5 King Cole patterns. 3 for crochet and 2 for knitting. As the patterns are double sided I photographed them on one side and then the other so it looks like I bought 10 patterns. As you already know I find it very difficult not to buy every crochet pattern and book that I see but this time I didn't buy every one. When I manage to go down for another visit then the rest might get bought then.

I have almost finished my secret project and will photograph it and show it on the blog later in the week. I also crocheted a cuff for my jacket so that will be the next thing to get finished. My niece went to Yarn Barn in Shaw for some wool for me to make a scarf for a friend's birthday in December and my other niece's friend has chosen her pattern for a knitted cardigan so I will ask my local niece if she can get the wool for that. I think that this next couple of months is going to be a busy knitting time for me.

I went to the local Farmers Market on Sunday. They come about 4 times a year to the precinct. I just love the French bread. It does help that the two guys who sell it are very handsome and have such lovely accents! This time I managed to get to the stall as they had left a gap for my scooter to fit through. The downside of this was that I spent far more as I could see all of the wares. The pastries at the front of the photo were delicious. One was raisin and was similar to a Danish pastry and the long pastry was filled with chocolate and some kind of a custard cream filling and was truly scrummy.

I also bought some lamb for the freezer and some Greek Moussaka for later in the week. I cooked a Lamb Henry yesterday and there is enough left over for my dinner tonight. I am not sure which part of a lamb the Henry comes from but I roasted it like a leg and it was very tasty.

Time to finish off the secret project and then scoot up to the bank to pay something off my credit card. I have not been adding to the card but it does have the scooter and the recliner armchair on it. It will get paid off very soon but no doubt I will have to use the card over Christmas for presents etc. I am glad that I bought both of them instead of saving up for them as they have both come in very useful in making my life easier over the past couple of months.

It's cold again today and next door's cat is curled up on the spare bed in the warm.He is not daft. He leaves his house in the morning and decides it's too cold to be prowling the street so comes and taps on my patio door to come in here. No doubt when he leaves me he will tap on the window of next door to be let back in again. It's a cat's life!

I Can Crochet In Girly Pink

My friend fosters babies. Her latest baby left her, after over 12 months with her, a couple of weeks ago so she has been waiting for a new placement since then. As you know I have been making baby items for the new arrival and was praying for a girl this time as she has a tendency to get little boys placed with her. I have just had a phone call saying that hopefully this time it's a girl and if all goes well she will arrive on Friday. I will have to step up the size as she is a couple of months old and we don't know, at this stage, how big she will be.

I took a chance and made a pink matinee and a bonnet earlier but after that I tried to stay with neutral shades. I have finished off the cardigan from the King Cole pattern 3151 and whilst it has come out quite girly with the lilac trim it has turned out quite small and so I doubt will fit anything bigger than a small newborn. It will have to go into the bottom drawer for when another new small baby arrives. I am now making the waistcoat pictured in the top right hand corner of the pattern. Fortunately I had started making it in the next size up before I got the phone call so at least a waistcoat will fit her. I have not put pockets on the cardigan nor will I on the waistcoat as they are a bit superfluous on a new baby.

I knew that sorting out my wool and finding out that I had lots of pinks and lilacs was an omen. I think that it was me willing her to get a little girl this time that has worked it's magic. Yeah that means the girly crochet patterns that I favourited on Ravelry may get used along with the other patterns from Kay Jones that I haven't started yet.

The only trouble is that the boy's jackets will take a back seat now. I don't enjoy knitting at the best of times and especially knitting for boys. I do it because I know that the Mum prefers knitted things. Any excuse to stop knitting - I know I am terrible. I told you before that I am a thwarted mother of girls. If all of my babies had been born I would have had 4 boys whereas my brother got 2 girls. Obviously I can't make girls. Although I am sad that I only had the one child can you imagine me with 4 sons? I think not! We would never have fitted into my small house especially if they had been the size of my son. I doubt that I would have had 4 children anyway - we planned to have two but plans don't always work out in life.

Tonight I am going to finish off the waistcoat and drool over my baby girl patterns to see what I am going to make next. Thank heaven for little girls.