Huge Thank Yous

A big thank you to everyone who sent us cards and presents in the last couple of weeks. I have a house full of flowers and lovely gifts. Jacob should certainly feel very welcome. I'll be saving all the messages to show him when he's older. I was going to try and take photos of everything and post them here, but I fear if I wait till I've done it then it might not happen for a month.

The only one I've managed so far is picture of Jacob with Aunty Lucy's sheep. I love his hands and feet. Good for dancing around.

My two boys.

After being seemingly unwilling for weeks, Jacob Alexander was finally dragged into the world by ceasarian section, at 11.50pm 12th Sept 2009. Ended up staying in the RVI longer than we planned but finally home and even able to relax in the garden with my two boys this afternoon.

The return of the evil hemp cardigan

About 3 years ago, at the Knitting and Stitching Show in Harrogate, I bought enough hemp yarn from the House of Hemp to knit the Linda Cardigan from their pattern book. I didn't begin this project till the following Summer. When I began I had no idea it was going to take me two years to get to the end.

At first I was enthusiastic and threw myself into it, but I soon found myself getting bored. It was knit on 3 mm needles in a 2 row repeating lace pattern. The yarn splits often and isn't all the comfortable to hold. So it wasn't easy enough that I could switch off and just knit, but not interesting enough to hold my attention. It then got stuck for a longer period when I started to suspect that the sleeves were going to end up far too wide.

My enforced period of sitting has meant that I finally got round to finishing it. I fear that my feelings about the sleeves were well grounded, but I can't try it on properly because I am just way too large right now and it looks ridiculous. Here is the almost finished product. It does feel like a relief to get it done.

For anyone wondering why I'm still hanging round finishing tedious projects. I am not 12 days overdue and will be induced on Friday morning if nothing happens in the next 2 days.

Rosy Posy Tea Cosy

Inspired by Suzanne's efforts I decided to use the yarn left over from my first tea cosy and other odd balls from my stash to make this Rosy Posy Tea Cosy. I really like the way it turned out.

FOs a plenty, but no baby

I'm 10 days overdue now and the novelty of being at home with nothing to do has well and truly worn off. One way or another the baby will be here at the weekend and I will once again be able to bend in the middle and lay on my back.

I have been getting plenty of knitting done. Here's a small sample. I won't say much about them as they're Christmas presents, although I don't think any of the recipients read here. Knitter see my Ravelry page for the details.