Kids/mum craft project for this week is going to be

TIE DYE



We will try a mix of two complementary colours, I'm thinking navy and pale blue at the moment, and while the three kids can do a T-shirt each, I'm going to dye a white bedsheet to cut up for the McCalls pattern I'm planning.

Green Percy shawl

This is my current WIP.

It's a free pattern from Ravelry called Percy and I'm making it from 2ply Shetland Laceweight yarn from Jamieson & Smith.

It's my second shawl and I'm hoping it's going to be twice as big as the first one (which was named the pixie shawl because of its extreme tinyness!)

I'm really enjoying it and even for an old hand like me, it shows there are always new knitting skills to be learnt. I did a provisional cast on for this and also charted one of the designer's charts in reverse to help me see what I was doing more easily. There will be nupps to come. (I'm not sure what they are either!)

A blog is born.

I think I've created a blog.
The plan is to show off any crafts I'm working on and any bits of writing I manage to do,
as well as what the kids get up to over the summer.
I wonder how long it'll be before anything gets on here.