Baby bibs

Went a bit mad on knitting baby bibs. Found out the Japanese for baby was "Akachan", but they are awfully fat letters so the bib is quite large. Still, it's all my own pattern. Not many days now until baby is born - fourth grandchild. Inbetween times, been doing more tuition at the museum, and it has got a new website www.rfkm.org, and we had a smashing Garden party there last Saturday. The rain held off until 6pm. Off to Winchester nest week for knitting conference Intheloop3.

For new baby

At last I found the crochet pattern I have been looking for over the past couple of years, since I saw a jacket in Monpazier. This in turn reminded me of a jacket seen on a market stall in Mansfield years agao - I really regret not buying that one! In Monpazier it was on sale for 22 Euros, and in two colours - still can''t see how they achieved that..It appears to be over 50 years old.

Matthew Townesend Junior

Introducing Matthew, a friend for Henry. Somehow he seems more laidback - it may be the ears!

Henry went to St Tropez!

Henry went on one of the last bmibaby flights to Nice, and was driven along the coast o St Tropez. He can be seen fully enjoying a very expensive Orangina in the cafe at the end of the harbour. Having forgotten his sunglasses, he didn't do any sunbathing so has come back the same colour as he went, plus a few insect bites.

Henry Griswold Jr

Based on Victoria and Enid by Helen at the museum. Henry has got braces.

A few little extras

Barley and lavender bag - saw a similar one in the chemist - all the stuffing pushed to one end, folded for packaging. So knitted a simple tube of 140 or so rows, grated both ends, half-filled with barley and lavender. Supposed to me microwaveable for warmth, chillable for a cold compress. Looks like an out-of-shapre beanbag! Swedish Dumpling doll - two rounds, or on the CSM, one tube, colour-change in middle. Facial features on top half plus a hat. Forgot to take pix before I put them in the museum. Also trying out the tomato wedge heel socks again.

Cyril the silly centipede

...or really, Damien the daft decipede

Body is one long tube, the gathering is done at the stuffing stage. Essential to use yarn with some nylon in it for this, which is why the "mouth" (which started as a red nose) has not come out right - the yarn broke at the gathering stage. I thought it looked funny, so just left it, Legs are tubes sewn, and split.