Busy busy busy

Less than three weeks to go until the wedding....
Things were looking very disorganised this morning, but I've been busy rushing round and doing..

Flowers are ordered, not very subtle, I'm hoping for some amazing clashing of colours, gerberas in a mixture for buttonholes for all the guests - sounds extravagant but there are only going to be 20 of us !

And I have been baking and knitting:

When I came up with the idea of having knitted muffins as well as real ones, Tutley Mutley was with me. Terri very kindly offered to knit some for me, I have managed a few as well...

We measured and decided on a size for the knitted ones - when I put them on the stand I noticed that the knitted ones are considerable larger than the edible ones...

At least it should be more obvious which are which...










This is the first batch iced and ready to freeze.

So on the morning of the wedding they just have to be taken out and arranged on the stand

I'm trying to do something very different for the top tier, but being challenged with tension, and a small dog....







And once the muffins were iced they took on a more rustic look....

Think I got carried away with the amount of icing....


I've still got my trousers to make, but that is a job for tomorrow.

I've also been suffering from an ear infection for the last month, so far I've had drops, antibiotics and now I've got a spray - doctor thinks it has gone to my middle ear, hopefully it will be gone soon, I am getting lots of knitting done in the waiting room....

Himself's house is on the verge of being ready to go on the market - it will be ready before the wedding. I will only be working on it this week, landing and large sitting room to wall paper. Then I will have two weeks of calm sorting myself out and making space for a man and a small dog in my house....

I will try and share a few more wedding things soon

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....