I mentioned (seems like ages ago now) that I had done a cardigan for my friends baby.
Here it is:
I was just about to sew it all up when I posted about it last.
Button wise, I only had 7 of the smaller green buttons, instead of the 8 needed, typical eh. So I had to improvise, and decided on putting 2 accent buttons on the top. I like the way it has turned out. I need to knit another front for this before I send it off, and unfortunately, I think I’ll be using a different yarn for it, if I can find one that matches up.
I hated this yarn. Really disliked it. Its the first time I have bought a yarn and considered actually throwing it out! I won’t, dont worry, I’ll give it to someone to use. I have a second ball of this in a different colour also, plus about half of this ball.
The yarn is 50%wool and 50% acrylic, and the only reason I gave in to the acrylic thing is that it was to become a baby cardigan and we all know that baby clothes need to be machine washable, and I liked the colours in the ball. What was wrong with it? It split all the time, was very badly spun, and was thick and thin inconsistently. As a result of the bad spinning, it seemed on the verge of splitting apart often. When I sewed up the first side, I had to actually twist the yarn several times as it had become untwisted while sewing and pulled itself thin, so I almost lost it on a couple of occasions.
The cardigan took me a long time to make, I kept on putting it away, in denial mainly!
Pattern: Presto Chango
Yarn: King Cole Mirage DK
Needle: 5mm
I’ve been stalling sending it to my friend because I still havent knit an alternate front for the cardigan, thats the whole point of this cardigan imo. So, I think I’m just going to have to send it, and send a second front when I get the thing done!
More babies being born, no time!!! My friend M had a baby boy Ruairi last week. Am I organised and have things knit and nicely packaged up to send to her? Oh yeah, I’m really that organised 
Instead, I’ve cast on for a pair of socks for my FIL, at the request of my DH, as its his birthday at the end of the month. I’ve done well over the weekend- I’m now at the heel flap of the first one, and liking the pattern, but I’m still aching to get more baby things done!! I’ve even dug out some baby soya yarn that looks really squishy from my stash but need to make a decision on what its going to become.