Sunday, 17 January 2010

If the snow has gone it must be spring....

...at least the sun is shining, I can see the starts of daffodils poking through, and the frogs have started spawning. The pond only thawed out on Friday and there is a big mound of spawn in the middle of it already. Randy little buggers!

A couple of weeks back Polly posted a picture on her blog of some scarves she'd knitted using Rico's Pompon yarn, and it inspired me to grab the ball I'd bought out of curiosity and try knitting a scarf from it.
It was such fun to knit, and the resulting scarf was so soft and cosy, that I promptly went out and bought another ball in a different colour, and I am LOVING this new one. I can see me knitting a few of these as the girls have their eyes on them too.
Speaking of the girls we bought the fabric for Eloise's prom dress yesterday. How old does that make me feel? Eloise has her prom this year! Anyway its a kind of peacock blue colour ~ think Anchor 170, and we are planning to overlay the skirt with black chiffon and trim it with jet Swarowskis. Watch this space as they say.

16 comments:

  1. imnverted17 January 2010 at 09:39

    The pon pon yarn does look fun. I dont knit but I may need to chat with my mil and see if she would do a scarf for me :)

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  2. Nancy17 January 2010 at 12:18

    The scarves are gorgeous and look so fun!

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  3. Karen17 January 2010 at 12:24

    wow they look great pity I can't knit lol

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  4. Mylene17 January 2010 at 14:42

    The scarf looks great.

    It was sunny here today so the first time in weeks i went out for a long walk, i think snow days over!

    Looking forward to see the prom dress.

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  5. Linda18 January 2010 at 05:58

    Very interesting and lovely scarves
    Eloise and prom dresses??!!
    I can hardly believe it.

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  6. Beaupippin18 January 2010 at 06:33

    I've never seen this yarn before but it does look fun! I'll have to look out for it.

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  7. SheilasEmbroidery18 January 2010 at 09:21

    Love the scarves and that prom dress sounds fabulous

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  8. Kathryn18 January 2010 at 13:04

    Christine,
    Love the scarves and CAN'T WAIT to see the prom dress. prom already? Holy moly.
    Kathryn : )

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  9. Karan19 January 2010 at 06:49

    The squirrels are out of hibernation too. Ooo those scarves look really soft & snuggly. Can't blame the girls one bit. LOL And I love the sound of those makings for the prom dress. :0)

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  10. Anonymous19 January 2010 at 07:08

    oh I do wish I was good at knitting, the scarves are amazing, pom pom wool how fun is that
    I don't blame the girls for wanting one for themselves
    Look forward to seeing the prom dress, sounds fab

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  11. Hazel19 January 2010 at 12:52

    Yes they are lovely. Someone made one for my mil. They had made it with a slit in the niddle so you can poke the other end through. x

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  12. Julie20 January 2010 at 06:52

    Funky wool, those scarves look real fuzzy and cosy.

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  13. Dani - tkdchick24 January 2010 at 07:14

    What a funky scarf! It does look so cozy!

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  14. Sally28 January 2010 at 13:43

    Those scarves look gorgeous Christine.

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  15. Janaina29 January 2010 at 11:23

    OMG that lilac/light purple one is to die for!!!1 Absolutely lovely!
    Hugs from sunny Brazil.

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  16. Heidi13 February 2010 at 00:40

    Oh my gosh Christine, I love this scarf! I have seen this yarn in the shops but cannot believe you can knit at all with it. I say let it snow if you own such a wonderful scarf...lol.

    Hugs ~
    Heidi

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