Found some lovely cotton fabric in the local haberdashery shop last week, these two remnants of fabric, just on one metre each, for only £1 a piece.
Not sure what to do with the pirate fabric yet but the pink has been turned into these:
Pj's for Sophie for when she stays over with us.And inspired by Shell and the idea of a lovely crochet throw for wrapping up with baby on cool summer evenings, I have learned to make granny squares! The yarn I'm using is the Mirasol T'ika mentioned recently. Not sure how big the throw will end up, I'm getting six squares to each skein and have seven skeins each of red and fuchsia. Maybe I'll have to add some squares in another colour if there isn't enough, but at the moment I'm just happy to keep going and see where I end up.
The first squares, not perfect but a memory in the making:
And now for the disaster:
I knew right from the beginning that this wasn't right, so why did I continue? I suppose it was just seeing the colours coming through and wanting not to admit defeat. Mmm, note to self, trust your instincts. So now it is pulled down and ready to be made into something else. Hopefully with more success.
2 comments:
You are so clever making those pj's!! I love finding bargain material and making something out of it!
The knitting disaster made me smile too. I suppose it could have been a jumper for a VERY skinny teddy bear, but probably best to rip it back and make something else out that really pretty wool!
Must warn you - those granny squares are quite addictive :-)
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