Yarn Along #4

I "finished" the nappy cover. There are still some things I would like to change about the legs. I was cutting the yarn in between colours and now I have tied ends, but only on one leg. I decided not to do that with the other leg. When I get time I will redo the bad leg, but I just decided to sew it all up for now as I wanted her to wear it asap. She's grown out of her other wool soaker and I feel she needs something more breathable at night. After lanolising it, it was taking ages to dry in my cold flat, so I gave it a blast with the hairdryer. I can now smell sheep!!

I've not really been reading anything this week. Well, I read a bit more of Baby Led Weaning, but that's it. WJ's been quite grumpy, tired but fighting sleep, so I've been sat in the dark a lot trying to get her to sleep!!

Yarn Along #3

Joining in with Ginny again, here's something I'm making and something I'm reading:

The stripey thing is on of the leg bits from the soaker from last week's post. I decided to make them ribbed, by doing rows of treble-crochet (double in US) where the hook is only inserted into the back loops of the stitches on the previous row. I've alternated the navy with rows of red, which will be the back ribs (I don't know what the more technical way of putting that is). I'll be stitching them onto the soaker. Hopefully it should be finished by the weekend!!
I haven't really been doing much reading, so I've included the magazine I bought the other day, Inside Crochet. I haven't even had much time to read it, but it has some really cute patterns in it.

Yarn Along #2

Joining in with Ginny again, here's something I'm making and something I'm reading:


The long thing will be a crocheted nappy soaker for WJ. It's loosely based on this pattern here. I've used Drops Alaska, colour 12, navy blue. It's 100% pure new wool so can be lanolised.
I got the book from the second hand market here. WJ wouldn't settle the other night so I started reading it to her, starting with the first story, The Pied Piper of Hamelin :)

Yarn Along #1

This is my first 'Yarn Along' post. The idea was started by Ginny, where we share something we're knitting or crocheting, and something we're reading.

So I'm crocheting a bag for my nephew, Toby. It will hopefully look like Toby the steam tram from Thomas the Tank Engine. I'm using the super chunky Eskimo pure wool yarn from Drops by Garnstudio. It is so soft!! This is the first actual thing I've crocheted, apart from a small flower. It isn't perfect as I've just made up the pattern as I've gone along, but I'll be putting it in the washing machine to felt, so you won't notice the uneven rows so much ;)

The book is Baby-Led Weaning by Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett. It makes so much sense to wean this way. I don't want to be forcing mush down my baby's throat! I also plan to breastfeed her on demand for as long as possible, so after she's had the freedom and trust to eat as and when she needs/wants, I don't want to take that away from her. She knows what she needs more than I do.