Tippy toe, tippy toe

I will make no grand gesture of a return this time but will try to slink back quietly.

I bring pictures of knitting. A birthday shawl for my Mum

That was greatly appreciated.

A Christmas Gnome that I donated to a school fair.....my mantelpiece looks bare without him so I may have to knit another!

The shawl was a fantastically easy pattern from Simply Knitting magazine. A four row repeat with 3 of the rows being knit or purl and just one row to shape the waves. I loved knitting it! I used this yarn and had enough left over to knit some rather nice gloves.....pictures of those will wait for another post

The gnome is of course an Alan Dart classic. I had to make the beard silver as he was to be sold on the 'silver' table at the school Christmas fair. I am pleased to say he found a good home very quickly.

Right, time for a cuppa and a peruse of my new Yarn Forward magazine before the little man awakes!

Genesis

A new beginning is needed after such a long absence!

What can I say but life took over. Since my last post such a lot has happened, the most significant being the arrival of this little fellow.

Oscar arrived on the 17th of April and is such a wonderful little man.

There is much crafting to be blogged about, especially as I have been making use of my sewing machine. A lovely christmas present from my dear hubby. For now though this is me just getting back into the blogging of things!