I finished!

I have finally finished the Lucille cardigan. Not that it took insanely long- perhaps about a month. But it feels like it took quite a while...  However, I'm so pleased with the result, and it's my first proper item of clothing I've done for the bump!

I chose some pink buttons to complement the purple of the wool, and there are technically meant to be six buttons, but there was actually an error on the pattern (the only mistake that wasn't my fault) which led to the sixth button hole being out of line with the rest.  So, rather than try and muddle something together, I decided it was easily fine with five!

After all of the faff with the sleeves, I am pleased to have a) finally mastered (in the least masterful sense of the word!) working in the round and b) have made some pretty sleeves with no seams!

Excellent. I'd recommend this as a project if you are looking for something fiddly to get your teeth into- but bear in mind it is fairly labour intensive.

Right. Off to cook dinner. We are having an amazing (yet ridiculously simple) Jamie O pasta dish with bacon, savoy cabbage, mozzarella and pine nuts- A recipe we have loved in our family for years! Mmmm! What are your favourite recipes?!

Have a lovely weekend.

Take three, and lots of tractors and trains.

These past few weeks Elyseé has decided that he really rather likes colouring.  For some reason this particularly delights me, and it's lots of fun cooking dinner with him colouring (or telling me what to draw) in the kitchen with me.  At first there were quite a few flowers and butterflies, but now we're pretty much down to Tractors and Trains most of the time.

So, the knitting-in-the-round saga continues, but I am determined I shall get there eventually.  After doing about 14 rows of lace pattern down the sleeves, I discovered that I seemed to have been decreasing (quite evenly) row by row - or at least every other row! Quite how I was doing this remains a mystery, but I'd imagine it was as I finished off a round, I missed out on a Yarn Over instruction or something.  I was tempted to leave this, but decided this would annoy me whenever she wears her cardigan.  So. Another laborious unpicking and re-knitting session ensued.  It is particularly difficult to evenly pick up all of the stitches a) in lace knitting generally and b) in the round! Still.  I am now counting my stitches every row, and have done 12 rows without decreasing.  I have however noticed a small area rows and rows back where it doesn't look quite right, but I don't think I can cope with redoing that one again!

Hopefully one day I'll finish the sleeve!  It's Saturday night, and Al and I are both fairly exhausted, so a film, a spot of knitting (for me!) and a good night's sleep is in order I think.

Enjoy your Sunday.