Alice Jean

There are many possibilities to get rid of scrap yarn. Like making toys or other small things. Some people are using it to knit the Fishy Blanket or the Lizard Ridge . Morgan is working on a 'I must be crazy' project and is making a Sock Yarn Blanket It took me a while to decide what to do with all that scrap yarn in my stash. With sock yarn I knit baby booties or socks for Dory or I send it to Morgan. However, I could not part with the DK and Aran. Many of it is hand dyed, most of the yarn is used to knit baby and toddler clothing. All the yarn has some kind of its own history. So I was looking for a project. I like the fishes, I like the Lizard blanket. But they have one drawback in common: there is a lot to knit and does not have a lot of variation. I was looking for something more variable and, if possible, not to much to assemble afterwards. A few months ago I received a lovely swap package of Christien . In there was a book full of knitting patterns, in fact all blocks...

Just some pics. The Rainbow longies are ready to send, along with some matching accessories. And here some work in progress: knitting a Hug Me shrug with Just Bamboo.

Tagged by Myrthestiek , who asked me to tell about an ordinary day. So I picked yesterday. 6:30 am Woken up by Dory who jumps into my bed. While she is playing with some soft toys, I do some reading. 7:30 am The alarmclock goes off. 7:45 am We really go out of bed, take a shower, get dressed, arrange the breakfast table, tell my youngest son where to find his planner, PE kit, tie, football boots and so on. 8:30 am The boys leave home for school. While having my own breakfast, I run through dozens of emails and have a look at Ravelry. 9:15 am Dory and I leave home and walk to her preschool. 10:00 am Back home again. Time for my first cup of coffee of the day (Starbucks Christmas blend) and to answer and write some mails. Later I start to prepare some orders and have more coffee. In between I do some knitting on these socks. Lozenge socks, using the yarn I got from Johanna in my Vintage Socks parcel . 12:00 Collecting Dory. She has had a good time at preschool. We walk to a busst...

I love to do them! And currently I'm participating in more than one. Through the Caffeine Addicts group at Ravelry I joined the Caffeine Swap. So I put some Whittard coffee of the month, Chai tea, a travel mug, a few goodies and yarn in a box and sent it out. Unfortunately I forgot to take the picture and my swap partner does not have a blog, so there is nothing to show. But she has already knitted a nice hat with the Araucania Pomaire. And then we have the Magic Ball swap, officially between residents of the Benelux. So I sneaked in I guess :). I have wound a ball for her . No secret anymore, as I am the only 'Briton' there it was not hard to figure out who was the sender of the British package. Just finished my project in the swap of the Dutch soaker knitting group . No secrets this time, so no problem to publish the photo's of the Tunic Dress I made. I used Scottish wool, dyed with Indigo . In this dress 300 gram of wool, about one meter left. And then I am in the...

YES! I like to have this title above a post, so therefore I decided to use it once. I am in quite some time now and have to say it is a great resource. They have wonderful stuff on there. But one disadvantage of Ravelry is it kind of interferes with posting new projects here on this blog. I will try to make it up with this post. The Wild West longies are done for a while now and on their way home. It was fun to make them. The pink ruffles longies are made of Blue Faced Leicester. Very pink, very girly... WIP: a pair of longies knit up with Pirates Treasure . I love how the colours are turning out. And then I want to share a colourway that seems to be very popular at the moment. It could have something to do with the name: Wicked Night .

WIP Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross To see a fine lady upon a white horse With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes She shall have music wherever she goes To be continued...

WIP Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses, And all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again!

WIP Hickory Dickory Dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down! Hickory Dickory Dock.