After some tentative knitting before Christmas – I can now safely say “I can knit again!”

It is wonderful!

Before Christmas I finished off my niece Amy’s lovely selection of knitted cakes (plus an apple, to keep the doctor away!)

and made a red cardigan for the doll Amy had for Christmas.

Over Christmas, my Aunt Rhiannon helped me make a pattern for a dress for the same doll and it turned out rather well! I had some denim fabric from the scrapstore and some red spotty fabric in my fabric stash… a little red stitching and voila – a lovely little dress! Amy so enjoyed playing with it – putting it on and taking it off again and again!

I also made some lovely bunting for Amy and my cousins children Jasmine and Oliver. Here is Amy with hers:

I’m currently knitting a jumper for my lovely husband Peter to an Elizabeth Zimmerman’s pattern. I think set-in sleeves will look best on him, so am going for that pattern, in her knitting workshop book. In 10 days, I managed to knit the 16.5″ of the body in gorgeous 100% wool from New Lanark. FAB!

This new lease of knitting life is allowing me to think about what I’ll make next. I’m rather tentatively becoming excited by all the patterns I see around me.

Ooooo… this is wonderful! Next in my queue is:
Apres surf hoodie (from interweave knits)
Alpaca cardigan (still struggling to find a pattern for this 2 ply yarn)
Hot water bottle covers (from Susan Coopers pretty knits)

Happy Knitting to me!! (and Yes, I’m still remembering to stretch my tendons out!!)