And this is my grandson Usher on his second birthday. Its so nice to see him running around without any tubes, wires or monitors attached to him.
This was taken 2 days after he was born 14 weeks prem, weighting 1lb 12oz he was in hospital for 4 months. We new he was going to be early and every thing was done that could be done to prepare. And we had been there before with his big sister she was born at 30 weeks, so we new what to expect.
So today i thought I would share my felted bowl that I showed you a few weeks ago.
Now let me say I am not a knitter and if I can manage to do this anybody can. The great thing with this method is it hides any mistakes and take my word for it there were quite a few.....
This was my trial piece i really want to make a bag and will have another go after mothers day and few birthdays are out of the way.
The pattern was taken from Knit and Felt Bags by BEV BEATTIE.
I went to my local wool shop for supplies, where i can i want to support shops and not to order on line so it wasn't exactly what was in the book. That is why I decided to do a bowl also the round needles that its knitted on were longer than what it said i needed in the book. I just added more stitches for this project. To make a bag I will have to order the needles on line as I cannot get them anywhere locally.
I really enjoyed making this, I even found myself watching the washing machine to see if it was shrinking!!
Anybody who would like the pattern please email me sarahloumartin@talktalk.net
and I will send you a copy. The only thing I changed was the number of stitches.
The biggest problem I had with it was keeping CoCo away from my wool.
This what she does to wool.
Join in the fun at Julias and have a snoop around the desks.
9 comments:
Great looking and creative space this week, thanks for sharing a glimpse into your world this week.
Neil #8
wow, the bowl turned out beautifully, makes me ( almost ) want to pick up knitting! waving hi from the warm and sunny hills of North Carolina :)
...that bowl is amazing and to think its made from wool...clever girl...have a loVely week...Mel :)
Goodness, that bowl is clever - it looks really complicated..and I'm quite a competent knitter! I love the pic of your dog 'helping' with the wool!!
Hugs, LLJ #26 xx
Some amazing pictures & makes. Take care, it's now Thursday, but I'm still snooping the WOYWW desks of the world! Zo xx 33
Your bowl is amazing - really beautiful. I am doing a hat at the moment, lots of fun. Lovely pic of your grandson. Regards, Anne #47
The bowl is beautiful! Happy WOYWW! Warmly, Tracy #81
Oh CoCo! Of all the things to take a shine to, how funny! The bowl has worked out beautifully, you must be really chuffed. Lovely pic of your grandson...no matter how much you're told to expect with a preemie, it's still a very scarey thing, how marvellous to see him bright and active!
I'm having a terrible time getting Blogger to cooperate with me, so I'm late this week. I am impressed with how much your grandson has grown in two years. The miracles of modern medicine and healthcare.
Your felted bowl is awesome. I'm impressed.
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