Friends & Neighbours

The little girls next door will be 12 months old soon and I decided I would like to give each of them a special outfit.
They are not walking yet so I thought some nice warm trousers and a knitted top would make sense.  Sounds like a great idea and the sewing of the trousers will not be difficult but I don't knit well enough to create anything suitable so I put out a call to my friends and was thrilled when Laurel offered to knit two little tops for me.

I chose the pattern and bought the yarn and sent them up to Laurel in Queensland.  Today the first little garment arrived and I am so thrilled with it.  I couldn't wait to show it to you.  

Now I have to find a pattern and yarn for the second one.

Thanks so much Laurel for being kind enough to do this for me.

cold Wednesday

First, let me say thank you for the positive comments.  I am really enjoying the blogging and the feedback really helps.

The idea of "a needlebook a month" was something discussed among stitching friends last year and here we are nearing the end of April and I have done 3.  I also have to do one for a swap on the Country Bumpkin Forum - I know I could use one of the monthly ones but this is a special project, over and above.

About taking your stitching with you when visiting friends:  my rule of thumb is that if I knittted, would I take my knitting with me?  Knitting seems to be something people accept so I think they will accept my stitching.  I don't take it if there are little children or dogs in the house in case I drop a pin or a needle.  I don't take it if I don't know the people well.  Otherwise I take a little bag of stitching with me.  It is amazing how much you can do while waiting for the doctor, or visiting someone in hospital and definitely on holidays.

Anne I love the idea of a place mat a month - or maybe a tray cloth.  Perhaps we can do that next year.