Well, baby George arrived 2 weeks early so I was up against it with the blanket! I had 2 sides of border to knit and it had to be blocked. I managed to block it before I took the kids to school/pre-school and I put it in the conservatory so it would dry quickly ready to hand over that evening. George loved it but I forgot to take a picture of it before I handed it over! Typical. So next time we see them I will take one. I have it on good authority from George’s Gran that he had it over him when they visited on Saturday. Cool.

Now I’m knitting bunting for our stand at Quilts UK in a couple of weeks. It will be available as a kit at the show and afterwards in the shop and on the website. I am desperate to start something new and exciting. I have been on Ravelry this morning fiddling around and I think I might start O’Mally from Rowan Magazine 38. It’s a crocheted jacket with clasps down the front. I bought the clasps about a year ago and have had the yarn stashed for a couple of years. That would be a good one for the winter.

Yes, I finally did remember to download the pic of the green yarn I nabbed out of the bargain bin. I just love it! I have an unequal amount of each kind though so I have worked out a random pattern that should make sure I use what I have. Actually I had a dream about the pattern - that’s how obsessed I was!

The denim jacket for Jake did get finished and it looks pretty good. I will as ever post a picture when I get round to it. I have a nice little stash of pics to post to the blog! I am on the homeward straight with the entrelac shawl thank goodness. It does look pretty good but I will be glad to see the back of it.

I nabbed some lovely balls of green from the £2.50 basket in the shop. It is all different types of yarn in bright lime greens. It was just sat in the basket staring at me all week. I put it on the counter for a day just to see. If anyone had wanted it I would have let them. Then on Thursday, that was it. I couldn’t leave them behind for the weekend. I think they will be a crochet ripple blanket for my sister. She loves green at the moment. I have to post a pic of how great these balls look together so that may spur me on to get my camera sorted!

I am seriously hoping to have finished the entrelac by this time next week. I have 2 secret projects on the go for our new kits for Quilts UK in May so I need to get those done. If you live nearby you should really come to Quilts UK. It is so inspiring and just so much great stuff to buy! We have to man our stall with 2 of us at a time so that we can keep wandering off to look at things.

Last year I bought some flannel fabrics to make a bigger version of a quilt I made for Claudie. Needless to say it is still in my fabric box, untouched. I said to Mary  it doesn’t count as started (and so on my ‘to finish stuff’ list) if I haven’t cut it out or anything. She said it counts as started if you have something in mind for the fabric. Hmm. I have a huge amount of started things then.

Spring has been making an appearance this week so we’ve done our window to match. The ladies cardigan is knitted in Rowan Classic Cotton Jeans from the Coast pattern book. It’s from last year’s Rowan Classic books and our customers have knitted several different designs from that book which just goes to show how great the designs are. So often there is one pattern in a book that everyone knits and none of the others!

The little cardi is from the new Sublime Kid Mohair book, knitted in the gorgeous green and pink by Mary for Jess when she gets a bit bigger. Claudia has been coveting it so that is on my to do list now.

Lovely spring fabrics, some by Heather Bailey, and we now have the new Amy Butler tunic and dress patterns in stock.

Oh, and the much anticipated Noro Kureyon Sock Yarn has arrived! It is typically gorgeous Noro colours and typical Noro yarn, slightly slubby and irregular. We have tried it on a 2.25mm which has worked pretty well. The stripes are quite wide so we think it may suit being used for a patternedsock rather than a plain. Have a go with Jaywalkers! We are test knitting a great toe-up pattern for the Noro which will be in the free patterns soon if it works!