11 October 2009

Long time no see!

I haven’t blogged for such a long time, and in fact the needles have been reasonably quiet for a while also. I never get much knitting done over the summer but now that the evenings are dark again I am back with a vengeance!

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I walked past this rail of handknit childrens clothes the other day and had to smile. There is no colour combination that doesn’t look cute on a baby. They can get away with murder. can you imagine an adult trooping up in this jersey?

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I’m on the crochet trail at the moment. I have just taught myself to crochet granny squares – just in time for the arrival of my first grandchild and I am well and truly hooked (pardon the pun!). I am trying to create a baby blanket. I don’t yet know how I will connect the squares or finish it off, but I’ll plough on with the squares for now and then the rest will work itself out – I think…