Category Archives: FOs

Elephant Pebble

Finally I managed to knit a 2nd garment for my Little Princess :) and I’m really happy with how it turned out. I decided to add a little elephant to it too but as I’ve no idea how to do colourwork or fair isle, I decided to just add it using the duplicate stitch method.

Elephant Pebble

Elephant Pebble

Elephant Pebble

Elephant Pebble

Pattern: Pebble (Henry’s Manly Cobblestone-Inspired Baby Vest) by Nikol Lohr
Yarn: 0.5 skein of Bendigo Woollen Mills Luxury 10 ply in Ghost and about 1 m of Bendigo Woollen Mills Luxury 10 ply in Leaf
Needles: 5 mm

The original pattern uses DK weight yarn and 3.5 mm needles. I used a 10 ply yarn instead and 5 mm needles, hoping that the FO will end up bigger, say for 6 months onwards. By then, the weather should be cold enough for her to wear some wooly clothings ;-) .

Busy Like a Bumble Bee

This week has been a hectic week at work for me. It actually started since last week to be honest. Finally it’s the weekend and it’s not really less busy, not that I’m complaining. It is a beautiful day today, except that I was scheduled to do my Glucose Tolerance Test this morning at 8 am. Apart from being a 2-hour blood test, I was also told that I’ll be jabbed 3 times!!!??? :shock: :shock: :shock: I’ll be jabbed once when I arrived, then I’m being made to drink a small bottle of green stuff that is super sweet and wait for one hour before I’m being jabbed again, and wait another one more hour for my last jabbed. Little Princess was going crazy after I drank that green stuff. She must be high on the sugar!!! :razz: Anyway, both my arms were so sore after that. Right arm was jabbed twice so I asked her to use my left arm instead for the last jab. I hope there will not be another further blood tests after this. I think I have had enough of needles for now, especially today!!!

On another note, I did have something to look forward to after that. A dear friend of mine was throwing her baby shower today and it’s also the first baby shower that I’ve attended this year. As you all know by now, it won’t be me if I didn’t turn up with some handknitted gifts :lol: .

BSJ #9

BSJ #9

Pattern: Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Yarn: 0.6 skein of Bendigo Woollen Mills Harmony in Sea Mist
Needles: 4 mm

It was the first time I’ve knitted a BSJ using Bendigo Woollen Mills Harmony yarn and I must say, I quite like this yarn and really enjoy knitting with it!! I just wish they have more colours rather than just the 5 options that they have at the moment.

I recently came across this cute little baby bib pattern and thought of trying it out. Since it’s pretty hard to get worsted weight cotton in Australia, I decided to use one strand of Bendigo Woollen Mills Cotton 8 Ply and one strand of Panda Regal 4ply.

Grandmother's Favorite Baby Bib

Grandmother's Favorite Baby Bib

Pattern: Grandmother’s Favorite Baby Bib by Merin McManus Collins
Yarn: 0.1 skein of Bendigo Woollen Mills Cotton 8 Ply and 0.3 skein of Panda Regal 4ply in Marine Mix
Needles: 4.5 mm

This pattern is so easy that I can even remember it by heart now!! Looks like I might be making more of these too!!!! ;-)

BSJ #8

When I found out that a dear friend of mine was pregnant, I knew I had to make another Baby Surprise Jacket for the little baby. Somehow, knitting this little jacket has become a tradition for me, unconsciously.

As she’s not finding out the sex of the baby, I had to knit something that’s unisex in colour. She finally gave birth to a healthy little baby girl last month and I’m so happy for them.

BSJ #8

BSJ #8

Pattern: Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Yarn: 2.5 skeins of Bella Baby Sprinkle
Needles: 4 mm

I’ve been told that the jacket has been worn plenty of times!!! :mrgreen: