To do list: update blog...

It isn't that I haven't been knitting since July. It's purely that I haven't kept up with the blogging. Until there's an 'app for that', I probably won't either...

Still, while I'm here, a few items that have been made recently:

When my Nan recently fell ill, I decided to make her a scarf out of the remaining bright pink wool she'd given me (see jumper below) to cheer her up. And I used my newly-learned skill of double crochet! If I could just start to understand the crochet patterns I like, I might be able to use this skill for more than straight lines one day... I used a pattern for a ruffle scarf from Lion Brand, which came out rather well. So well, in fact, that my mum asked for one too, so I've made her exactly the same thing for her birthday.

My friend Sandy is having a birthday party at a pretty expensive restaurant in London, so I have to confess, what with the thought of all the money I'm going to have to spend and the fact that I'm not really sure what she might want as a gift, I decided to make her something. Sandy's a photographer, and one of her most popular photos is of a sea turtle, hence the obvious choice:


Mind you, he's so cute, I'm tempted to keep him... No surprises there...!!

I had a job finding an actual sea turtle pattern, but I eventually used this one and adapted the colouring.

I'm sitting on about six unfinished projects, which I won't bore you with, and I've finished the first side of my brother-in-law's Christmas scarf (well, it was supposed to be his birthday present in October, but it's still in need of a 'back' to cover up all the loose threads...). I will try and update again soon... :)

Finally, I can tick this off the To-Do list...!