Not Knitting this time

I still have been knitting, but thought I might share with you what I made the other day.
Hmmm! Should I tell you what they are, or let you guess?

Think I'll let you guess.  I will say however that they are all the same type of thing.  The middle picture is a little blurry. Sorry about that, glass seems to reflect.

Quick post

I have just received some Mochi Plus yarn...it is so scrummy...the cotton top I am making for me might take the back seat while I make this up..
It seriously is a beautiful yarn  :D

More baby cardigans and my first ever socks

 First there's a stripey boys jumper.  I love the neck on this as it fastens on both sides with a couple of buttons.  Getting a wriggly bay's head through a jumper neck is not everyone's idea of fun.  This would look good in any colour stripe I suppose, and I might make one in girly stripes. No home for this one yet.

 The above bolero cardigan just asked to be knitted as soon as I got the magazine with it in.  I've given this to my great niece Amelia. I love the edging, which is a knitted lace type edging as opposed to the more usual rib bands.

 This ballet top has no home as yet either.  It was a quick knit as it is entirely garter stitch.

Last, but not least.  The first ever pair of socks. They should be with their owner by now as I posted them last Monday. I hope he likes them.

Baby cardigans and a couple of squares

The baby boom is still continuing at work so I've been making more baby things. I also made three crocheted squares from some yarn Blue sent me.  There wasn't quite enough to finish the third one and I had to finish it with something else, that was a bit too thin, but as it was only the last two rounds it is only ever so slightly smaller. I was going incorporate them into a blanket for my bed, but as Aran weight cotton yarn is thin on the ground in the UK, they'll have to wait.

The one's that got away!

I was looking through my photos and there are some things I've made, but not shown. So here they are. The third picture is of a hat which I had then to felt. It ended up in the washing machine, because the centre wouldn't close up and it was far too big, and there's not a lot you can do with wool once it has been felted. They were all knitted during the winter months.

Doing my own thing

I decided to try top develop a hat using the "scarf" yarn that is so widely available these days.
I started with a basic bonnet pattern and decided to add the scarf yarn every 3rd stitch, but it wasn't quite the effect that I was looking for, so I finished it off plain after using the yarn for two inches.
The second I worked the scarf yarn in every other stitch, but only every third row.  Still not what I wanted.
The final try I used the yarn every other stitch and every row. I am happy with this result.

It isn't that the first two are wrong, they just are not what I was aiming for. When I'd finished I noticed that it doesn't really matter what colour your base yarn is, so long as the bonnet ties blend in with the bonnet.

After looking through my photos, I've found pictures of stuff I haven't posted here, ah well, never mind. Must remember to post when I upload photos to the pc in future.

Latest knits and one I forgot to post

Thought it was time I updated a little on here.
I have been knitting, just not blogging about it.

This lovely cosy hoodie is from a pattern that was in The Knitter magazine, called Hudson, I think.  I knitted it in  James C.Brett's Monsoon. It did take quite a while as it is in rib, moss stitch and stocking stitch rib which grows even slower than normal rib.  I am very pleased with this and love wearing it.