Royal Wedding Celebration

Union Jack has been hung out to air, scones (pronounced scons) freshly baken, china plates, butter and jam ready to go -- a Scottish treat for my workmates tomorrow to help commemorate the wedding of Prince William and Catherine. I'll miss the carnival-like atmosphere that is sure to be felt all around the British Isles much like the Queen's Coronation in 1952; even though I was young, the lovely memories linger on - we had a fabulous street party and all of the children were given tins of toffee with the Queen's picture on a Union Jack background. Happy days.

New Bag

My wrist cast is OFF! Haven't had a lot of time lately as my Mom has been ill and I still must "favor" my wrist for a couple of weeks. Even though I haven't been able to felt or use my machines quite yet, I managed to finish this bag which was my very first project on the Brother 260. When you "full" (shrink in the washing machine) knitted wool it shrinks quite a bit and I wanted this bag to be a really firm and hard fabric so I washed it twice and it shrunk at least 50%. A crochet ruffled flower in seafoam with orange mohair ruffly edging was added to spice things up as well as a little of the same color along the top edge; the leaf was a piece of felt leftover from a previous project. The lining is a lovely orange/gold upholstery fabric and I added plenty of pockets.

Our Littlest Guy

Isn't he the sweetest?

Check out those baby blues!

The Most Beautiful Knitting Book

This is by far the most beautiful knitting book I have every seen - I have more time to gather inspiration and is this ever special. You really must look at the Oleana website and watch the movie - it is breathtaking - the scenery, the models, the colorways - oh, what a beautiful treasure!

I'm Sooo Lucky!!!

What a dream of a machine just sitting there waiting for me!!!

"she" is going to work so hard once I get this darned thing off my wrist.

I did manage to stitch a sample of the various stitch lengths on butter soft felt which is what I plan to use it mostly for - what else? felt!

Fulled Short Row Bag

A few weeks ago (before the wrist break) I practiced short rowing on my Bulky knitting machine and used the results for this bag and fulled (felted) it in the washing machine. The lining along with a few curls and a small embellished shibori ribbon tulip adds just the perfect sophisticated touch!

Waiting . . .

Most of you know that our littlest guy, Win, had surgery on his leg a few weeks ago and has a cast from his foot to his thigh - pretty tough for a "just turned two-year old" - Nana (me) thought she'd make a little doll so he wouldn't feel so alone (little did she know when she made this that she would have a cast of her very own to keep him company (grin) - actually at first, I think he was scared of it --and when we skyped - no wonder! the hair now stands straight up on end but I think he is a little more use to it by now and when Win gets his cast off, then "little Win" will get his off too :-)