Baby book confessions

I only got this book out of the library for Laura because I like the illustrations....










....and I only bought this one in the library book sale for the title.

Behold!

I designed and made an actual garment!



It's baby-sized, clearly, but still. I'm very impressed with myself. It's a little cardigan, with short sleeves, designed to pull on over the top of whatever she's wearing, if it turns a bit colder than it was when she got dressed in the morning.



I think it turned out pretty cute!

I hope to write up the pattern and put it into different sizes and everything. I've never done that before, so we'll see how well it goes.

Tiny little things

I've been doing a fair amount of miniature knitting recently - the little cardigans have been quite popular on etsy, so I've been making them when I can.

This is the third one I've made of these:



And I've made a couple like this, for Christmas-y dollies:



I'm trying to make some Christmas stockings, now. Also I have some ideas for new cardigans - shrugs and boleros and many cabled things. Just need the time to get on with them! And I'm working on some other things as well that I will post about soon.

Also, I've renamed my twitter account (it was just being used to follow other people), and I'm going to use it to update about this blog and when I add things to the shop. If you'd like to follow me, my username is beepbeepdesigns. I contemplated a mailing list, but thought this would be easier for everybody.

Back soon, I promise.

Button Bookmarks

I've shown these bookmarks on here before, because I've been making them for a little while to sell on Etsy. And I did sell one or two. But a week or so ago the third person asked me if I had the pattern for sale, so I thought, y'know, I should actually do that. So on Monday I finally got it written up and listed the PDF on Etsy and Ravelry. And since then (so, in the last 48 hours) I've sold eight copies (two on Etsy, six on Ravelry). I had no idea it would be anything like as popular; I'm assuming that at this time of year people start thinking about Christmas presents, and button bookmarks make great Christmas presents! Really, they do.

As well as the adjustable button bookmark shown above, the pattern also includes instructions for this flower button bookmark:



The pattern costs £1.50 and can be bought from my Ravelry store. If you're outside the UK, Paypal will handle the currency conversion for you. So click here to buy it now! And make sure you put the bookmarks on Ravelry so that I can see them.

Found on my camera memory card

A double rainbow over the back of the house




Wind farm off the coast at Skegness




The cat's present from my trip to Germany in mid-August




And why I was there in the first place




I finished Clothilde! Photos coming soon.

Since we last spoke, I've:

- made two and a half squares total for my Sims Blanket (possibly name change - Snail Blanket, because of all the spirals. Not sure)

- started Clothilde, a lace shawl by the Knitting Kninja. The pattern is going well, it's well-written and not too difficult for My First Lace Shawl. I'm using entirely the wrong yarn. I hope it turns out OK. More on this later

- noticed that Laura's stacking cups are the same colours as the walls of my house (pale yellow, green and pink)

- become the mother of a one-year-old.



How on earth did that happen?

Sims 3 Blanket

Here is my Sims 3 blanket:



Some might ask what the point is of playing a computer game that allows you to knit at the same time, but possibly they have more RAM than I do and therefore don't have to wait quite so long for it to load, or save, or go from one location to another. Also, I like to have something to do with my hands while I'm watching the Sims complete the list of activities I've assigned to them.

The pattern is the Ten Stitch Blanket (Ravelry link) by Frankie Brown. I'm using leftover sock wool to make squares, then I'm going to sew them together. I'll hopefully end up with a pram or car-seat blanket, maybe even a cot blanket. One and a half squares done so far!