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Hello, my name is Dionne and I have been crafting for a very long time. As a very young child my mother tried to teach me to knit, it was a disaster. However, it must have sparked an interest in making things and, partly to prove that I was not totally useless and partly because I really wanted to make things, I taught myself to crochet. Over the years I have developed a love of cross stitch and all types of paper craft ..... I eventually even taught myself to knit.


I am married to a very understanding man, thank goodness, because I spend all my time either crafting, thinking about crafting or talking about crafting. I am hopeless at housework and dinner is often late!


Thank you for visiting my blog.


Dionne

Wednesday, 20 March 2019

Exciting Times

I know, I know, it's been a while since I posted anything but I thought that you would all welcome a rest from me following the deluge of posts I made at the end of last year.  However, I have not been idle, during my absence I have been knitting like an automaton.

There is a lot of excitement around here with not one, but two, new babies on the way and that is the only excuse I need to get the baby knitting patterns out.   Mind you, I feel obliged to warn you that there is likely to be a surplus of baby bits in my immediate blogging future.

If you have ever given any of my baby projects more than a passing glace you will most probably recognise this pattern.  I make it for every new baby who comes along, it is a real favourite of mine.


I always think that tiny babies look adorable in white, well at least for ten minutes!  The pattern is practically ancient, the design is an old Robin one - the pattern number is 2496.


This time I actually remembered to try to get a close up of the design, so you can see the mock cable stitch, it really is easy to make.


I went a little mad and adapted a bootie pattern to incorporate the mock cable stitch from the cardigan.  This is my first attempt at knitting booties, but more of that another day.


I shall be back in a day or two with more to share with you.


Dionne 

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4 comments:

  1. crafty-stamper22 March 2019 at 23:29

    Awww gorgeous little jackets and bootees love the pattern and I agree babies always look beautiful in white -we were just on about this today --don't think denim is a good look for babies!!!Great to see you back BTW
    Carol x

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    1. Dee's Craft Room23 March 2019 at 00:03

      Thank you Carol. I know I am old fashioned but I'm not big fan of the popular garish colours for new borns.

      The knitting takes me quite a bit longer than the paper crafting but I do have a bit of a backlog of knitted projects to share.

      Have a great weekend.

      Dionne xx

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  2. Mrs Beez24 March 2019 at 07:29

    These are so delicate and intricate and as always, beautifully done. X

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    1. Dee's Craft Room24 March 2019 at 11:13

      Thank you so much Lisette, you always say the nicest things, I really appreciate it.

      Dionne xx

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