Neve's knitting nevermore!

Happy Friday everyone!

Well it's done and I'm so pleased, even though I'm pretty sure wee Neve won't fit it I'm still pleased its off the needles! So enough talk here it is

It still needs a button and a button loop but other than that its all done and now I can cast on something else!! Watch this space...

Well I'm off to check out Tami's blog and see other Fo's!
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Sunny Wip Wednesday!!

Happy sunny Wednesday!

I hope the weather is as nice with you all as it is here! It has been beautiful here the last couple of days! I'm posting a bit later than normal today as I've spent most of the day out in the garden, reading and knitting, it has been lovely. The husband and I are just back from a nice walk and an ice-cream! I love the way the sunshine lifts your mood!

Right so onto the wips, I'm pleased to say I am one wip less than last week as I'm pretty much done with Neve's knitting and hopefully will have it ready to show on Friday!

First wip - Baby

As you can see growing nicely and all set for summer!

Second wip - Baby blanket
I haven't done as much on this as I'd hoped as I've been trying to get Neve's knitting finished. However I am pleased with the progress and as I said last week its really nice to just pick up and knit, I do love garter stitch and super soft yarn!

Third wip - Circular
I'm really disappointed about this one as after being so excited about getting to grips with circular knitting last week I went to cast on and realised I didn't have the size needle I needed and when I went to my lys they didn't have it either, boo hiss! But they have ordered me one, which will hopefully be here by the weekend so I will be able to cast on then! Yay!

Books
I finished last weeks book and it was ok, I wasn't too happy with the ending but overall it was ok.
This week though I have started a new book and I am loving it. It's called "Company of Liars" and its by Karen Maitland.

Its about the plague when it first comes to England and an unlikely group of people who are forced to travel together to try and out run the spreading plague. I'm only a little way in but already the characters are appealing and the story has me hooked!

So what are you reading and knitting?

Well I'm off to visit Tamis and see what everyone else is up to!
I will also be linking this post with the following blogs
Wednesday - Show off your stuff party
                     Yarn along
Thursday - Our creative spaces
                 Delightfully inspiring Thursday
                 Creative Juice Thursday

Wip Wednesday #26

Well its Wednesday again, I thought pregnancy was supposed to make time go slower but for me the weeks are just whizzing by. I seem to have jinxed myself as well as I said last week I was feeling much better and this week I've been feeling rubbish. I was at the doctor this morning and I have a viral infection and have been signed off work for a week. Going to keep this post as short as I can due to feeling pretty rubbish.

First Wip - Baby
We had our 20 week scan on Monday and baby is growing very nicely and all healthy. The husband and I are so pleased! It was also lovely to see our little baby again and we found out that we are having a boy! 
Here's a wee photo

Second Wip -Neve's knitting
I am finally making some progress with this as you can see from the photo below the body is done and the hood and I have started the first sleeve. Unfortunately I think wee Neve is going to be too big for it now so I will have to find another little girl to give it to and I will have to knit Neve something else. I am glad to be nearing the end with this one though, it not be a difficult knit at all just life has got in the way of knitting and this has been dragging on for ages.

Third Wip - Baby blanket
This is the first thing I have started knitting for our baby and I'm loving it! My lovely friend Ellen gave me the wool and the pattern as a baby bump present! Is lovely wool to work with and a nice easy knit so I don't have to think too hard about it, which is perfect just now!

Oh sorry about the bad quality photo's I used my iphone as I couldn't find my camera.

Books
At the moment I am reading lots of pregnancy books and loads of new parent/new baby books (any recommendations greatly received!) so not done a lot of novel reading but I'm in the middle of one just now called "Sex and Stravinsky" by Barbara Trapido. Its just got to a really good bit so I think I will have it finished soon. This is the second Barbara Trapido book I've read and I would definitely read more, I think she is quite funny and like her style of writing.

That's it for me today, I'm off to visit Tamis and see what everyone else is up to!
I will also be linking this post with the following blogs
Wednesday - Show off your stuff party
                     Yarn along
Thursday - Our creative spaces
                 Delightfully inspiring Thursday
                 Creative Juice Thursday

Wip Wednesday #24

I've been a bit absent from blog land for a couple of weeks, I don't really want to go into it again but if you would like to know why you can found out here.

Now onto what you came for wips and books. I'm quite pleased with today's wip, its Neve's knitting. It's progressing really nicely and I'm really enjoying working on it. The yarn is good to work with and I really do love the colour, which I always thinks helps! So first picture

Sorry the lighting is so bad, I just couldn't get it to work this morning. But you get the idea, its the two front sections and the back which I am knitting up now. The next photo gives you a better idea what it will look like when its finished

Again the lighting is bad but you get an idea. I was also pretty pleased with myself as this was the first time I had used stitch holders and was even more pleased when I was transferring back onto the needles and didn't loose a single stitch *grins*. I am hoping to have the back all done by this weekend and to be well on the way to sleeves and the hood, so fingers crossed.

Now I've been reading quite a lot this year and I've loved getting back into it. For a while last year I just wasn't interested in reading but I missed it, I really did. So this year I thought I would set myself a challenge (for more of my new year challenges look here), to read one book a week. So far it is going really well, look here for more info. This week I'm onto my fifth book which is

                                                            

So far I am about 60 pages in and really enjoying it. It's a really different story and very interesting. It's about conjoined twins. It's told from the viewpoint of one of the twins and so far looks like it will be an autobiography of their lives. It's a fiction book but still very interesting and thought provoking.

What are you knitting or reading? I'd love to know!

Going to visit Tamis later and see what everyone else is up to!
I will also be linking this post with the following blogs
Wednesday - Show off your stuff party
                     Yarn along
Thursday - Our creative spaces
                 Delightfully inspiring Thursday
                 Creative Juice Thursday