Another hat!

yes I know, yet another hat. I experimented with different stitches this time. The green wool is left-over bamboo/angora. Cute, I think.

I'm working on some little crocheted shoes, but they are quite tricky. My wrists have been quite sore, so I'm pacing myself. The arthritis is really quite bad at the moment, especially in my knees -they are very swollen and stiff. My teenaged daughters are back at school today after school holidays, so I can take it a bit easy this week. I tend to over-do it on the holidays!

The garden is looking cold and bare. I'm keeping an eye on the budding jonquils and daffodils though! Hope you have a fabulous week!:-) Keep stitching!

Ohhh, it's lovely! I just can't help myself with baby

knitting! I'm knitting a gorgeous Vine Lace Hat from Knitting Daily in a soft Panda Lustre 8ply. The pattern is deliciously tricky! It is for a friend's baby for a naming ceremony in a couple of weeks. I'd forgotten how much I love knitting in the round. I'm also still plodding along with Beth's stiped cardi. I'm onto the left front side., having finished the back (see piccie). It is really long, and I should have done it on smaller needles I think. It is lovely yarn.

We've had a lot of rain and so the garden is green and weedy! Check out the picture of zucchini flower! We are having lovely Autumn days here, but the cold is doing awful things to my joints! My hips and knees are shocking, and my fingers don't bend from the middle knuckles at all, but I can still knit! Yay!

Big W has just started to bring in their winter yarns! It's so exciting. I went in the other day and a whole new area was dedicated to yarn! Wooohoo! I'm going to do some felted crochet flowers next and turn them into hair clips and hair elastics for my girls.

Keep knitting! :-)