Reasons to be cheerful

There is a new baby next door.
I dont ever knit the smallest size of baby outfit, I think I could have done with these - they might fit him when he is one !!

I was glad to see that I got the colour right as his babygrow matched when I delivered them :-)







There has been lots of knitting over the summer, two jumpers one in my handspun, a tank top, and several pairs of socks.....

But in the last month I have mainly been knitting with thin green


The centre of my wedding ring shawl is complete. I am now on the border, which does not photo well...


I was hoping that I might finish it before the end of the year but have been told that I cant wear green for my wedding which should happen sometime next summer. Yes, I have got engaged to Trig's Dad, and for those that know, I will end up with a silly name (the final frontier, for those that want to guess...)

This is a close up of the centre complete with mistakes that I'm hoping only I can see...

And this is now much of the first ball was left before I picked up for the borders. It is a lovely knit, not as complicated as I thought, especially now I've got the correct number of stitches.

So for my actual wedding shawl I've got some lilac yarn (from Estonia) and think I need some beads... I've been looking at a lot of pattern books and have decided on two of the patterns but cant decide on a border...
Good job I bought some other colours that I can swatch with, and the right border has got to be in one of my many books....