Knitalatte

Knitting and coffee, is there any better combination? Hold on, gin and tonic, cheese and wine, chocolate and chocolate, bed and a good book, bubble bath and candles, ok so there are lots of good combos but you've got to admit knitting and coffee is good.

I have always had a bit of a coffee problem habit but since having Angus it really has been more like air to me than anything else. Not that he's a bad sleeper but he has his moments, teething and the like! I positively love a nice hot strong sweet coffee, I do also have a mug preference but these days I'm not so fussy.  Oh and sad as it is I am starting to get quite excited about Christmas and not for the usual reasons, oh no I'm excited about Starbucks Gingerbread latte, yum! Don't worry I will seek help before my problem habit gets any worse.
What about you, are you a coffee lover?

And knitting, well I was able to pick up my needles last night for the first time in months and wow, just wow, I was loving it! The time just flew by and it all just came back to me, I was so pleased. I had been a bit worried that all my relatively new knitting skills might be lost, but no they were just resting. Can't wait to share what I've been working on but that will have to wait until Wednesday.

Happy blogging/knitting and coffee drinking xx

Back to the blog

Hi

Well its been a while, hasn't it?! I've missed my little blogging world, but when you have a blog about knitting and you stop knitting, you find your writing material sort of dries up. Being pregnant and having a baby took up a lot more time than I realised. I honestly just haven't had the energy to knit, blog, read, sometimes brush my teeth in the last year or so. However, Angus (the baby) is nearly 1, I'm back to work (part time) and things are starting to feel a bit better. I am beginning to miss the things I used to do; knitting, blogging, reading, brushing my teeth!

So here I am, I have no idea how much I'll be able to blog, knit or read (teeth brushing is back to a minimum of twice a day!) but I'm here, so lets just see how it goes!

If you remember me and want to say hi please do and any words of encouragement would be greatly received (feel a bit shy and new again!)

Hopefully I'll be back soon with some knitting updates, meanwhile I am going to try and catch up with some of my favourite blogs!

Oh and here is a wee photo of me and my wee boy

Happy blogging xx

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!
I will also be linking this post with the following parties:
Friday - Creative Friday
             Fiber Arts Friday
Saturday - Weekend Wrapup
                Weekend Blog Hop
                Show and Tell Saturday
                Lovely Crafty Weekend
                Link Your Stuff
                Strut Your Stuff
Sunday - Strut Your Stuff
               Sunday Showcase Party
               Think Pink
               Homemaker on a dime
               Linky Party Sunday
               Say Hi Sunday
               The Sundae Hop
Monday - Motivate Me
                Craft
                Inspire Me
                I made it
                Handmade Monday
Tuesday - Tuesday Timeout
                Topsy Turvy Tuesday
                One Project at a Time
                Handmade Tuesday
                Too Cute Tuesday

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

Circular knitting

Happy Friday everyone!

Unfortunately I once again have nothing finished to show you but I do have something to share. I'm actually quite pleased with myself about this, over the last couple of days I have been teaching myself to knit on circular needles.

I had been thinking about doing this for a while but there have always plenty of things I wanted to knit that could be worked flat, however recently there has been more and more patterns that are worked in the round and I thought I might as well give it a go. I have been knitting now for just over a year and taught myself through books, magazines and youtube videos, teaching myself with the circular needle was no different. I looked through all the books I have at home and magazines but there was nothing suitable so I went back to the net and headed straight for youtube where I found this very helpful video

I now feel pretty confident about casting on for my first in the round project, so watch this space...

Have you taught yourself anything new lately?

Also if you have any tips for knitting on circular needles I would be very grateful!

Well I'm off to check out Tami's blog and see other Fo's!
I will also be linking this post with the following parties:
Friday - Creative Friday
             Fiber Arts Friday
Saturday - Weekend Wrapup
                Weekend Blog Hop
                Show and Tell Saturday
                Lovely Crafty Weekend
                Link Your Stuff
                Strut Your Stuff
Sunday - Strut Your Stuff
               Sunday Showcase Party
               Think Pink
               Homemaker on a dime
               Linky Party Sunday
               Say Hi Sunday
               The Sundae Hop
Monday - Motivate Me
                Craft
                Inspire Me
                I made it
                Handmade Monday
Tuesday - Tuesday Timeout
                Topsy Turvy Tuesday
                One Project at a Time
                Handmade Tuesday
                Too Cute Tuesday

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

Hello again!

Hello Everyone!

I don't have anything to show you today but just wanted to say hello as its been ages since I've blogged and wanted to give you a little life update.

Life has been pretty busy here recently, in February the husband and I found out that we are having a baby! We are very excited but understandably the past few months for me have been difficult, I had horrible morning sickness and felt so tired, which meant no knitting and no blogging. But now I am 19 weeks and other than the cold I have, I'm feeling much better and a bit like my old self although a slightly bigger version!! 

This was our baby at 12 weeks and on Monday we have our 20 week scan so new pictures!

I am also knitting more these days which is really good, so hopefully I will be able to blog a bit more. I'm not sure there will be lots of posts but hopefully more then there has been!

Well happy knitting and blogging everyone!