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I knit another cardigan for elodie!

October 28, 2011 By 22 Comments
Woohoo! Another finished cardigan for little Elodie. I’m on a roll. This is actually the third baby kina I’ve knit but the first for Elodie. It’s such a sweet and easy pattern. Knit all in one piece from the top down. You just need to know how to knit, purl, increase and do some yarn overs for buttonholes. Great for beginners. I also love how modern it looks too.

still big squishy cheeks
I knit this in Bendigo Cotton 8 ply, the gorgeous colour is Blush. A very pretty coral colour that suits her perfectly. I knit this on a short 3.75mm circular needle rather than 4mm as I find the cotton doesn’t stretch as much eventhough the recommended needle size for the 8 ply cotton is 4mm. I also cast on with a smaller needle like a 3mm to get a nice cast on edge.
trying to crawl
baby kina on a tunic dress I made
baby kina
baby kina for elodie
back view of baby kina
finn don't drop your toast
And now I’m ready to cast on another one for summer! You can never have too many sweet little cardigans when you are one. Ravelry details are here, yarn here and pattern available here.
I’d love to hear what you are knitting this summer………..
Filed Under: bendigo, kina, knitting, ravelry

my summer knitting plans

September 22, 2011 By 10 Comments
Well I know some people are winter knitters but I’m an all year round knitter and love knitting in the warmer weather. I don’t get as much done but I do love it. Favourite yarn to knit with in summer? Has to be Bendigo’s cotton in 8 ply! Huge fan of the Bendigo cotton as it’s silky and knits up beautifully and every year Bendigo add new colours to the range. They also tend to take a few colours away which sees me stocking up on my favourites.

another knitted tee
I picked up some Debbie Bliss baby cashmerino for a couple of baby kina’s . This was knit in Bendigo 4 ply and I must get some buttons on this and finish it off.

 and I’d love to make each of my girl’s a little shrug to wear over dresses. This is the Debbie Bliss’ Party Shrug and is knit in 2 pieces and then seamed up the back. Super quick and easy and by sticking to a neutral or girly colour will go with everything in their wardrobe.
and I just bought this book and would love to make this for elodie.
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and then I found this lovely little bolero last night which would be adorable on my Elodie and Tillie.
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oh and I love this little dress from Phildar – it’s in French though. I really need to stop falling in love with french knitting patterns because I’m sure i’ll spend more time translating than knitting.
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And, I’m also hoping I can squeeze a couple of tiKKi’s patterns in there. First up is  Jane which was just released this week. Georgie tells me she is working on an adult version! I can’t wait! And there is  a sister pattern to Jane called Elizabeth which is about to go to testing too. Bring it on. I love that tiKKi is a homegrown aussie designer.

thank you Georgie for letting me use your gorgeous photos! 

and maybe I can squeeze in a Baby Acacia which looks like such a sweet and quick little knit for Elodie

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 I think that should keep me busy this summer. And I’d love to know your favourite summer knitting or crochet pattern – nothing like adding a few others to my wish list.

Filed Under: bendigo woollen mills, knitting, summer

the bug

October 4, 2010 By 13 Comments
Remember when it was just you? Ok, you might have to really go back now. And remember when you got sick? You’d take a day or two off work, catch up on some oprah on the couch and take it easy. All you had to do was worry about yourself and getting better. Fast forward to running a family and when someone gets sick…….well in our experience everyone gets sick and mummy works overtime keeping up with caring for everyone.
I'm reading
Keira picked up a tummy bug on thursday and it kept me busy for a few days…the dr said it would pass in 48 hours but it didn’t. By Sunday retro daddy was down and yesterday all 5 of us were down and eating hydralite icey poles (best invention eveeeeer!) and lying on the couch. We took it in turns to change nappies on the twins but really we could have permanently manned a nappy change station………it was non stop nappy action. There wasn’t much chance to sleep last night and retro daddy and I had a ‘buddy’ each and took it in turns to grab more towels, change pj’s, change nappies until about 5am……yawn.
and knitting

So today you can’t enter my laundry on account of the piles of laundry which I’m madly washing and drying, mummy and daddy are exhausted while the kids are back to their normal rowdy selves. On the plus side we did all cosy up on the couch yesterday afternoon to watch Home Alone 3 and other kids movies, I read over 40 pages of Eat Pray Love and cast on a new baby kina (photos of a finished kina coming tomorrow)…..so not all bad. 

Filed Under: knitting, parenting, reading

where do weekends go?

September 26, 2010 By 14 Comments
yes, where do weekends go! You wake up on saturday morning with it all ahead of you and before you know it it’s sunday night and you’re getting ready for the week of pre-school/outings/work and so on. And this weekend flew by. Saturday we did shopping (I now have a few pairs of pretty pyjamas for my hospital bag and a new baby bouncer), odd jobs around the house mixed in with a bit of AFL – secretly I think retro daddy is happy it was a draw because now he has another excuse to get some beer and chips into the house for a saturday afternoon in front of the tv while I look after the little ones!
'helping' daddy with his jobs
Sunday was church and we were rostered on reading and morning tea which means getting there early and leaving late but I love the chatting while you’re on morning tea (retro daddy doesn’t see this benefit as he chased the kids around the playground in the sun for an hour). Then it was sushi train for lunch, a bit more shopping as I hunted around for the perfect slippers for my hospital bag (work with me here – I’m in there for 5 nights and everything so far screams grandma not new mother).

watching daddy clean
And the afternoon was spent doing more jobs around the house including cleaning the pool and washing the weatherboards and windows out the back. I should point out that I sat on the couch and ‘supervised’ the work while doing my knitting. Here is my Baby Kina progress so far, it’s going well (ok I’m not so proud of the edging down the front) and is a quick knit. I should be finished this week and can’t wait to put it in baby’s wardrobe……
baby kina progress so far
 Hope you had a great weekend too!
Filed Under: homes, knitting

a new project

September 22, 2010 By 14 Comments
Nothing like starting a new project before you finish your last one. Story of my life. But when a bag of wool from Bendigo arrives on your doorstep and your whole body aches from the growing baby inside your little body then there is nothing to do but start a new project and get a little satisfaction (and rest!).
Over the weekend I discovered these very cute patterns and think the Baby Kina will be perfect for my little bub in the warmer weather. I also love that you can buy the pattern for bigger girls and their mummies too. To buy the patterns just follow this ravelry link for more details, but basically you just pay US$5 per pattern to her paypal address (kidstricots@gmail.com) and just let her know which pdf patterns you would like in english. Too easy.
I’m making it up in Bendigo 4ply Luxury and just using a smaller needle. So in between 2 loads of washing and entertaining the twins you’ll find me on the couch today…….
Filed Under: bendigo, knitting, patterns
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