Hey Joe

The 'knitivity' for my friend Leah grows by one this year! Mary now has a boyfriend, isn't he dashing with his wrap around beard..?!

Slightly more highbrow literary tastes
than Mary...

Close up (I made a lot of mistakes on this
somehow, you can see here he has no shoes
on the bottom of his feet.  Poor Joseph...)

Are any of you (obviously I am just talking to you really S-te, certainly not you AND) using this new thing (I don't know what it's called) / way of writing a post that looks different but is so much easier and I can now write a post without getting angry..?!

I knitted this for my cousin Alec and Claire's baby girl who was born on 5/12/11. I finished it that morning. Only taken about 5 months - I started before Nathaniel was born. It has been a SLOW process. Nathaniel is modelling but I posted it today so hope it can be modelled by Baby Irving soon. Nathaniel just about melted when I put it on him in our 25 degree heat. It should keep her warm in Wintery England at any rate.

Maxi-bon

Not craft in any way (well my mum did knit that hat), but I thought I should share the vintage love I have for my new kilt with y'all.  Charity shop find (obvs), it was £5!  And it's PROPER.  Buckles, pin etc etc.  Fits like it has always been mine, I wore it for the first time today.  Clearly it looks mad but I like to think I am channeling Vivian Westwood...x

Pud

I've been doing the tiniest amount of Christmas knitting, feels like there is no time this year!  I found this pattern for my friend Sarah Puppy who requested a Christmas pudding hat ages ago.  She will finally be receiving it this year.  It looks good here but is actually a weird shape in real life.  I had to chop the top off and knit it again because it was too pointy!  Big up to Rowan who gave me the skillz to knit two colours at once!

Mum

For my mum x

Cornish Crafting

Was back in the Corn for a week and OBVS did some crafting (and bought a rapper - do you remember the rappers in the beach shop?  They were reduced to £2, how could I resist..?)

Beginning the pasty dans le corn

Leaving present for my friend Fiona.
Made her cry, result.

My mum has been making for my
cousin's new baby Ryan
(I made him the pixie hat!) but
refusing to model... 

Cordially Invited

My friend Ruth's mum (Judy!) made us some elderflower cordial.  It was so much better than the stuff you can buy.  Gone in 60 seconds, just like Nicolas Cage.  

Ruth modelling said cordial

Before...