Owly mitts and two more books :-)

Finished my owly mitts last night YAY! I love the way the simple patten of cables makes these adorable little owls, the beads for eyes is a fab finishing touch too, I'm thrilled with them. Think I made these at the right time too as the weather has gone a bit pear shaped again, gale force freezing winds and showery rain too, and there was me thinking spring was here, lol! 

Emptied out the big whiskey bottle of odd change at  the weekend so I had some money to spend :-) After seeing the book of knitted blankets I got a week or so ago I thought I'd get the  first one, typical of me to buy the second one first, lol! So here it is,

More gorgeousness!! I love loads of them but think my favourite in this one is the beach one, it's the one with the the bunting around it that's unfolded on the cover. The squares have beach huts, punch and judy stand, ice cream cones, it's lovely! The Magic Carpet is fab too, like a Moroccan rug with sequins and beads and tassels all around the edge. I have too many things I want to make now! Got this book too,

The Teddy Bear book influenced this one as they were such lovely designs, love the little doggy in has basket on the cover too! Another great one with lots of designs from reindeer to pixies :-)

I started knitting the cardigan last night with the purpley lilacy wool I got this week. Seems a simple pattern so I'm hoping it won't take too long to make as I want to be wearing it!

Another new book

My new knitting book arrived this week, YAY! It's just fabulous and I can't wait to knit a blanket from this. The book is patterns for squares that you can mix and match to make up your own design or stick to the ones in the book. I love one called Afternoon Tea, it's cream, pink, lilac and purple with loads of beads knitted into the squares and tiny mother of pearl buttons stitched on too, very sparkly which appeals greatly to a magpie like me :-) Bonus is I have most of the wool already in my stash for it but I do need to get 3mm beads.....mauve I need 1512, silver 384 and pearl 504, so just a few, lol! Oh yes and 120 buttons too!!! Might have to wait a bit then until I can afford to spring for that lot then, oh well, I'll just have to drool over the book until then.....

New book!

My new bear book!! Got this last week and it's fabulous, there's lots of different types and sizes of bears and instructions for jointing them which I've never tried before. The outfits are adorable too! I love the two on the cover, so sweet! I'll be making one soon I think and maybe a lot more.....