Lovejoy Slouchy the Second

Good morning.  

I managed to photograph one of my latest knits late yesterday afternoon.  The light still wasn't the best, but it's got to be posted off the recipient, so this was the last chance I had to take a half decent photo.

It's another Lovejoy Slouchy hat.   This one is for my Aunt's birthday.

I used Madelinetosh Tosh Merino DK,  in Antique Lace.

Sadly, after a long day at school, my model was too tired to smile :0(

This time round I remembered to keep adding a 'life line', just in case any of those pesky stitches decided to fall off my needle.  

I've fallen in love with this pattern. It's such a pretty design.  I can definitely see me making more of these.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

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Lovejoy

You may remember this beautiful skein of loveliness...

It was a skein of Madelinetosh Tosh DK Merino in a gorgeous colourway called Celadon.

It was destined to become a hat for my Sister In Law as a Christmas present.

I didn't get time to blog about it before Christmas, so thought you'd like to see it today.

The pattern is called Lovejoy Slouchy, designed by Thao Nguyen and you can find it on Ravelry here.

It's a beautiful pattern.  The only thing I would say about knitting this is, that I learned the hard way about putting a life line in my knitting. I'd nearly finished making it, then I lost a stitch, and because it was a lace pattern, I couldn't for the life of me pick it up.  It was a disaster and I felt like crying.  There was nothing left to do but rip it all back and start from scratch, which is what I did.  

Lesson learned.

This is one of the nicest things I think I've ever knit. Sister In Law seemed to like it too, which is good.

I showed it to my aunt, and now she wants one for her birthday.

And, the yarn - utter bliss to knit with.  Don't tell anyone, but it's become my favourite yarn.

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I'm getting into Christmas mode.

Apologies for my absence over the past week.  I've been extremely busy helping out at Violet's school, including assisting in the organisation and running of the school Christmas Fair.  It was a lot of hard work, but a huge success. Though I have to say that I was glad to climb into my bed on Friday night. Phew!!!!

Saturday saw us travelling over to my birth town of Nottingham to see this years Panto at The Playhouse.

I love a good panto.  

If you don't know Nottingham at all, the above photo is of the Council House in slab square.  Doesn't it look great?  Very Christmassey.  

I'm totally in Christmas mode now.

Ding dong!  Look what the postie's just delivered.  It's  my latest order of  beautiful Madelinetosh tosh merino dk, in the gorgeous colour called Celadon.  Aint it pretty?

It's destined to become a new slouchy hat for my Sister in Law - watch this space.

Right then, I'm off to write some Christmas cards and wrap some presents.

Fa la la la la, la la la la................

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