iCake

I baked another cake.

I'm having a lot of fun making these. I keep catching myself giggling like a bit of a loon while I decorate them. Keeps me out of trouble I suppose...

Bobble Hat, Part 2

Bit of trivia before I start - knit one, purl one is called seed stitch or moss stich. That's something I didn't know a few weeks ago, but is now horribly burnt into my brain.

Anyways, I finished my knitting project with about half an hour to spare - I was frantically sewing the seam and putting on the pompom the morning of the baby shower, conscious the taxi was due to turn up any minute.

It turned out pretty well in the end so I'm quite pleased with myself, although I don't think I'll be making long-term use of my new-found talent. (Except that my cousin has recently sprogged, I have some wool left over, and I've just found a pattern for some booties. Now, where did I put those needles...)

Bobble Hat, Part 1

A friend at work is off on maternity leave at the end of this month. I was talking with her last week and somehow the conversation got on to the fact that my nan taught me to knit when I was about seven - a hobby that stayed with me for roughly a week.

Somehow during that same conversation - and I don't quite remember how - I've ended being coerced into knitting a baby hat for her offspring-to-be.

A bit of googling later and I found a pattern, but getting the wool was a bit harder and needed a trip to Bluewater.

(Incidentally, the lady in John Lewis was very helpful - I ended up sitting in a nice comfy chair in the haberdashery department practising casting on, knitting, purling and casting off. I got a few funny looks from fellow shoppers who were probably wondering why a hung-over, bed-headed, unshaven 30-something bloke was sitting there knitting on a Sunday morning, but fortunately I have no shame).

My schedule's going to be quite tight - I've got about 3 weeks to get this thing made, and, well, it's going to be a bit of an uphill struggle seeing as this is how far about 4 hours has got me:



If all else fails I guess I'll just go buy a proper one from Mothercare and cut the label out...