socherryknits

Presenting .... : Bedtime Bear! Made for a work colleagues 1 year old little girl. Pattern: Simply Knitting Magazine, Issue 13 April Yarn: GGH Amelie [now discontinued, but still available at Loop] Skills learned: First time making a knitted toy and embroidering onto knitted fabric. Modifications: None - had to knit blind as I had no idea how it was going to become a bear until nearly sewing up time. An added label on her bum! I wanted it to look like the old-fashioned style bears, but with the more modern yarn, and I hope she loves it.

I was home in Elgin at the weekend and got to chatting with my mum about knitting and one thing led to another and doll's clothes, our baby clothes, knitting magazines etc. got pulled out of the attic. There is so much to blog about that this is post 1 of 2! Above is a cardigan my dad knitted for me when I was born [pic of me in it below]. It's blue not because they were expecting/hoping for a boy, but because blue would look OK on a girl, but pink maybe not so much on a boy. My mum helped by casting on and off, and seaming the sleeves, but other than that this is all my dad's work! This was knitted by my great-granny for a doll - although there are pictures of me in it. A doll!! Look at the work in it - I could never give so much for little girl's doll, and I took a lot of photos of it - Fair Isle is next on my list, so I was entranced by this stunning cardigan. Reverse photos ... This pink shawl was knitted by my granny for my mum when she was a baby - it was cream th

Finished! Pattern: Free - Bernat Cotton Crochet Market Market Yarn: Bernat Handicrafter Cotton 3 balls Skills learnt: All of it - brand new to crochet. Modifications: The strap originally went the other way, but I felt tote-style made it lie better - it just felt twisted the other way [see pattern link] I'll be taking this with me to Japan as it expands and therefore can fit lots of yarn. Not an awful lot else to say really... I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Encouraged by K1 Yarns and Sarah , the boy and I visited the Lighthouse this weekend for the Scottish Show / Six Cities exhibition. There were lots of cool things to look at and think about - in particular someone's suggestion to improve the entrance to the Mitchell Library by covering over the gaping motorway hole with a lovely flat green space. So simple, but such a lovely idea. He wrote to the relevant authorities but no answer as yet ... Anyways, we climbed alot of circular stairway steps to get the top of the Lighthouse tower - I had to be persuaded, and had I not been wearing my pedomoeter the boy probably wouldn't have got me up there [no pedometer = wasted steps]. It's amazing how a different perspective can shed a whole new light on a place [click for giant pics]; The Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art [spiky pointy roof] The formidable Gorbals Towers How did they get there to tag this? A lovely roof garden - bet they love all the people staring at them from the Ligh