Shhhh! Secret Birthday Knitting.

 I am secretly knitting these gorgeous butterfly fingerless gloves by Stephanie Dosen, a fabulous designer on Ravelry.  This pattern is in Yarn Forward mag, Spring 2011 issue. It also has an article on this wonderful designer. I'm knitting them for one of my daughter's birthday at the end of the month, so I'd better get cracking! I'm knitting the gloves in creme wool and making the butterflies in a soft angora blue.

 Check out my handy-work! I've made a kind of trellis for my sweet peas to grow up using branches from a silver birch and tortured willow trees. I used string to create a little climbing frame for them. I think it will look great when the sweet peas are in bloom!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Lifeline and Autumn Light

I am playing with hubby's new camera. It takes a lovely photo! It's a chilly morning here and everywhere you look there are Autumn colours! It's just gorgeous!

I planted some sweet pea seeds a few weeks ago and they have popped up in the last few days!

My knitting has been terrible! I created a lifeline, however the stitches were so complicated that it ended up being a big row of knitting confusion! I didn't cry -although I was teetering on the edge! I've knitted on through it and it doesn't look as bad as I thought. I will constantly be checking that row though, which has put a dampener on my shawl. I'm now up to the nupps and I'm feeling worried and self-doubt! What has happened? I'm usually a carefree and confident knitter! Ahhhhhh! Knitting mirroring life perhaps. My rheumatoid is terrible. I shall battle on, and try to be positive! The garden is glowing and that fills my heart with joy!:-)

Have a lovely weekend!:-)