Busy Weekend

I've spent the weekend catching up with paperwork and completing my tax return for the year. I try to be good keeping up with paperwork and accounts but I'd much rather be doing my crafts and I  am all too easily distracted.

Thankfully the weather has been terrible with lots of rain so not really a weekend where I wanted to be out and about so I guess this has helped to focus my mind and get the dreaded accounts done, filed and out of the way.....and I feel sooooo much better for getting it all sorted.

Everything is now noted, recorded and filed where it should be and I can now get back to my crafts....yipeeee!!

This is my new pattern suitable for a baby girl...I've named it 'Isabella' and the set would be lovely for a winter home-coming outfit for a new baby girl. The set comprises of a little jacket, long trousers and a fur trimmed bonnet.

I have listed the outfit in my  Folksy Shop

If you would like to knit the outfit yourself you can find the pattern on my website: 

Tipeetoes.co.uk for baby knitting patterns or it can also be downloaded from Ravelry

Making Stock

I've been busy making stock for my Folksy shop this week.....although I am finding it very slow going on there with only one sale to date...but I suppose it is early days and I am not the most patient of people!

So what have I been making.......

Baby Dress and Shoes in 4ply cotton yarn

  

Baby Boys Cardigan

I have also been working on a new knitting design called 'Isabella' which is currently being test knitted to iron out any problems before it is added to my collection of patterns for sale.

If anyone would like to take a peep at my Folksy Shop I would welcome any feedback.

Tipeetoes Baby Handknits Folksy Shop

Problem Sorted!

I think I have found the solution to my problem of not being able to comment on both my own and others bogs...I've swtiched to using Google Chrome and fingers crossed this seems to have solved the problem...yeahhh!!!

Hubby and I are going away for a few days next week so I've been busy washing, ironing and packing.  I'm really looking forward to a change of scenery and a break from the daily routines.  Hopefully I will have lots of pics to share with you on our return.

I've managed to do a couple more rows of the baby dress I started a couple of evenings ago and it is looking lovely so I am really pleased with how it is coming along.

I also had a delve in my 'unfinished' box and thought I would complete this blanket that I started a couple of months ago....

It is done in individual squares and joined together with a crocheted border.  I love the creams and pinks together and think it would look lovely in a baby girls bedroom.

I'm going to list it in my Folksy shop on my return.

I also received a lovely email from the lady that I made the grey and white baby outfit for....she was so happy with the set and has promised to send a picture of her baby girl in said outfit once she is born.

A Funny Sort of Day

Well hubby was back to work this morning after the rainy May Bank Holiday, I think he would have preferred to stay at home.

Tuesday has been a mixture of lovely spells of warm sunshine and dreadful rain showers...to me it feels more like April than May.

I changed the bed sheets this morning thinking I would get them washed, dried and ironed...by the time the washer had finished and I'd got a line full of washing out it had started to rain and I had to bring them all in again!

I was looking through my stash of yarn and wool last evening and came across a gorgeous reel of blue cotton which was just begging to be made into something light and lacy....so I got out the crochet hooks and decided to turn it into a baby girl's dress.

By bedtime I had just got down to dividing for the armholes

I am hoping to crochet a few more rows on the skirt part this evening.

I have also challenged myself to try and list in my Folksy each day as I think it is looking pretty bare and I'm sure I will attract buyers if they have more to look at..so....I listed this cute pair of baby legwarmers