Miaou

WIP being Works In Progress! I seem to have a lot of things on the go but nothing much finished at the moment.

First up is a lovely wrap cardigan, designed by Stephanie Japel. I was given the yarn as a gift and it is coming together nicely; I just have the final tie to do. However, that final tie is about 12″ wide and 45″ long! The ties go right around the body and tie at the front. It is going to need some serious blocking I think but I am pleased with how it is going.

Second up is a fab little toy elephant. The yarn was another gift in fabulous rainbow colours - I can’t wait to see how he turns out! And he is miiiiiiiine, all mine - my kids can keep their hands off! In this pic I have only made one and a half legs (!); it’s a bit further on now but I’m still only about half way through.

Next is something I am toying with; it may or may not become something I follow through! But I would like a blanket for my very own and found a lovely simple but effective crochet pattern:

And yes, I know I said I wouldn’t do any more crochet projects for a while … but I’m a sucker for punishment And just in case you are wondering how they will tesselate, I need to add a border to each one to make them into hexagons!

And finally, since starting this post and coming back to it, I have an FP (finished project) to show you! A little knitted kimono as a gift for a work colleague of my husband’s.  The colours are a bit wishy-washy but it’s all I had to hand in girl shades! It was fun to make and I hope she likes it.

I had two balls of slightly differing peach coloured yarn, and not enough of either to make the kimono, so I alternated the two shades, which gives the pale colour a little depth:

The crocheted bows were in the pattern but I used a contrasting colour and added a crocheted edging to tie it all in.

Hopefully my next post will contain some more finished items!

Tags: blanket, elephant, hexagon, kimono, Knitting, lilac, peach, rainbow, toy, work in progress, wrap

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