FO Friday: Rainbow Cardi

It's finished and I'm really pleased that my Instagram friends made me finish it.

Unfortunately it didn't dry quite as quickly as I thought it would so here are some pictures of it blocking

I wasn't sure that the buttons I'd bought would go with the vibrant colours of the yarn, but I think they work.

In other crafty news, I received the most amazing box of craftiness from the most amazing American lady

Just this view made me go squeeeeeeee!!!!

  

I'm so touched her generosity. 

In the sewing section, I'm working on a dress for my eldest daughter. Her school have some Jubilee celebrations coming up and have asked that the children go to school dressed in red, blue and white for the occasion. I've had a pattern for a cuppy cake dress for a while now, so I thought I'd make use of it and make her a Jubilee dress.

These are the fabrics I'm using

I started cutting the pieces yesterday and will hopefully get some done today too.

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WIP Wednesday: Doll bloomin' doll & a secret

Happy Wednesday! 

For those of us that are Mother's or Mother's-to-be, I hope you had a lovely Mother's Day. Being a Mum is by far my most favourite "hobby". I know hobby is a strange word to use, but to me a hobby is something you choose to do because you enjoy doing it. I chose to be a mother (twice) and I love it...so yes, it's kind of my hobby, one I take very seriously 

(when I'm not goofing around with my girls :P). 

Some snippets from my Mother's Day

                   

 

and of course my amazing girls, that make Motherhood so worth while.

Ok enough of the soppy stuff. Onto the bane of my life

THE DOLL!!!!

She currently looks like this and can you believe I've lost the back of her head? 

So just as I thought she was nearly ready to stuff and sew up. I find I have to knit the head again...AND, I have to sew (out of fabric) a whole doll to stuff and insert into the knitted doll! Let this be a lesson to you all, to read the pattern fully before starting a project, if for no other reason than to have a realistic expectation of how long it will take you. 

 I WILL finish this doll (if my eldest daughter has anything to do with it)

I'm going to try get it done for FO Friday...watch this space. 

In the meantime, to keep myself sane, I've cast on something special for a friend. Sorry I can't say more than that at this point. 

The yarn is Sublime extra fine merino wool (4 ply) and it is divine! So so soft and squishy. 

Before I wrap this post up. I thought you might like to see a couple of other crafty bits I got for my Birthday. This first lot is what I bought with the Birthday money I got from my Mum.

The yummy Sublime from above and 3 Symfonie circular needles so I can finally have a go at making socks on circulars instead of DPN's

I gave in on the Spectra. I wasn't enjoying knitting it, so the lovely rainbow yarn that I won from A Stash Addict, will become socks or gloves (haven't decided which yet)

I also frogged the scarf I was making with the Knit Picks Chroma, twice! I somehow kept getting something wrong and with so many SSK's and YO's in there I was finding it hard to go back and correct, so I gave in. 

I got this luscious Malabrigo sock yarn from a friend for my Birthday. She doesn't knit or crochet so I'm really impressed with her choice. It's to die for! I can't wait to knit with it. I've been thoroughly spoilt for my Birthday. 

Ok I'm sure after that long post you are ready to go see someone elses WIP's over at Tami's Amis. Thanks for reading xxx