Hello Sunshine!

Its been very cold for too long so its been lovely to have a few days of sunshine and warmth recently - we went down to the beach for some fresh air and sun today - you would hardly know its winter!

I managed to wear my new Sylvi Jacket that I just finished.

We finished the outing off with a very nice fish & chip lunch...

Pink Hedgerow

I've finished my first ever adult sock - I'm quite pleased with the result - too nice to hide away under boots this winter though! Am madly knitting up the second sock so I can wear them.

Socks!

Its so cold here that I'm just wanting to sit and knit - I suppose I should make the most of it for as soon as the new puppy arrives with us the knitting will be taking a back seat!

I started making some socks yesterday - Hedgerow pattern by Jane Cochran. the stitches are really easy - just knit and purl and very effective.

The yarn is from my favourite hand-dyer Vintage Purls from the South Island here in NZ. All of the colours she dyes are fabulous! This one is called 'Blushing Beauty' but reminds me of the colours when Raspberry Ripple ice cream melts. Mmmm!

Ishbel Blocked

Just blocked my scarf - the lace pattern is so pretty!

Ishbel Scarf and New Pup

I've been holed up in my home knitting away whilst struggling with a nasty flu bug so haven't felt like looking at the computer much this week...

I have finished knitting a scarf - another Ysolda pattern - Ishbel - just got to block it today.

We've had some photographs of Oscar, our new puppy from the breeder - we just can't wait to go and collect him in 3 weeks' time - it seems ages away but I know it will fly!

He looks the sociable and playful little chappie!

Clasps n' buttons

After a lot of searching on the internet I chose my clasps and buttons for the Sylvi jacket...

Unfortunately they're about half the size I had hoped but I think they will still be OK.

Luckily I ordered double the amount of buttons by accident so have enough to sew 2 on each cuff which looks quite pretty...

I'm just blocking the pockets and a flower to go on one of the pockets... then I can wear it! Here's a photo from the back:

Blocking

I'm blocking Sylvi today - yay very exciting but its very cold here so it will take a while to dry - boo! Unfortunately the photos don't do it justice but I hope you can see the cables on the back...

One of the front panels, the back and a sleeve...

Another sleeve and front panel and the flower petals that I will sew onto the back...

One of the petals...

Knitting up the pockets whilst I'm waiting for it all to dry out...