Completed project!

So much for getting time to blog! Well, it was sunny and the garden was more appealing. Not today however - it's p*****g down. I am so glad I am not at work so that I can enjoy this beautiful day.

I did finally make my last year's knitting wearable over the weekend. I found the shirring elastic I bought and the cardigan at the same time. I knit Sirdar 9118, although I didn't use Sirdar Click as it has a high wool content and I'm an itchy kind of girl when it comes to wool (I knit up some Sirdar Highlander once and came out in a rash whilst I was knitting - it is still almost finished in the bag). I also wanted a darker colour and I searched high and low before I found any chunky that wasn't pastel or neutral. I couldn't even get school jumper grey which I was pretty amazed at. I was obviously ahead of my time because this year there were LOTS of good colours. I digress. Anyway, the tension was good and it looked beautiful, except that the neckline was really wide and it dropped off my shoulders - I actually couldn't wear it at all if it wasn't fastened up.

So I have run a couple of lines of shirring elastic around the yoke and now it seems I could even wear it unfastened. I do find that the underarm is a bit on the tight side - there are only four rows for the shaping before it is picked up for the yoke and I think that's a bit on the mean side. It probably adds to the falling off the shoulders too. But it is wearable and looks pretty tidy.

I just found out I am short of places to take photos with a clear background. Radiators, bad light, cracks in the plaster, stuff... I did find somewhere eventually but it has taken ages to get a picture of any use and now they are uploaded to my PC I can see that I did not fasten the top button properly. Grrr. I also think I need to stand on a box to model anything any longer!

I am loving the new sirdar flirt, by the way. I just snuck a look when I was locating the other pattern to link just now. This is the one for me. I might treat myself when I get one of my projects finished. I really can't start anything else until then.


Finally - I promised up to date pictures of my Hosta......


It's in a sorry state. Yesterday I was picking rhubarb (who'd have guessed) and I lined up the snails and stamped on them. They are all the way along the patio in a gooey line up. I do try not to use slug pellets but sometimes I just can't help myself. The hostas in the pots are doing a little better but the last two years I have tried to grow dahlias in pots and lost them to the snails within two nights so even that isn't bound to work. I'll keep at it for now.