Oh my. 

Wasn't it just yesterday that I last wrote a blog post? 

Or maybe the day before yesterday. Cause surely it was just yesterday that we celebrated the New Year...

How on earth did we make such a start on February already? Why was I not informed?

I must be getting old. 

Anyhow. I'm still around. Much more active in real life than this blog space might suggest. I'll tell you all about it. At some point in time. Not quite sure when though. First my head needs to recover from this nasty head cold that makes my brain go all foggy. 

In the mean time I'll leave you with a view. The view of one of the walls in my workspace. We've gotta start somewhere, right?

The date on which the new puppy will arrive is approaching soon. And it's one thing to have a blanket ready to go in the dog basket at gran's home but as this doggie will be spending many afternoons over at our place, I needed to make sure we were equally equipped to keep a new puppers warm and cozy.

So another doggie blanket was called for.

Now, some of you might be thinking "hey, isn't that that ripple thing that I saw here months and months ago?". Well yes, indeed it is.

But this time round it's finally finished. All it needed in fact were a handful of extra rows and by magic it had the exact measurements for a cozy dog blanket. Handy indeed.

The great thing about it as a doggie blanket is that is made from cotton. -In fact, Fleur de Cotton by La Droguerie worked in a 4.0mm crochet hook.- Strong and sturdy and not too fragile when it needs to be washed. But as I was working on it, the fact that it is made from cotton wasn't a blessing at all. The yarn is sturdy and heavy on the wrist when doing all those crochets. And as my wrists need looking after I found I could only work on it during small spaces of time before my wrist gave in. Also I found that as a personal blanket, cause this is how I intended it to be at first, it weighed too heavy. I like my blankets airy and light. But as far as dog blankets go, this is the best! All's well that ends well...

Funny though, it has been though making this one. But as I look at it now that it's all finished, it all seems so easy and effortless. But I must not be fooled however.

With a pair of scarfs and one hat for the youngest under my belt, there was a second hat to be knitted. This weekend, with some frosty mornings in the weather forecast in mind, I had a race against time to finish it.

I won.

Now, the big head thing is a of a genetic nature over here, so with this in mind I went looking for a cool pattern in an adult size. Preferably a pattern with some lace knitting in it to create a good match with the new scarfs. I found this one in an accessory magazine by Phildar. It's meant to be knitted with 3.5 mm needles, but as I was using sock yarn anyway, I went for 2.5 and 3.0 mm needles. Omitting about six rows spread out over the pattern made the hat fit perfectly.

Yep, you recognized the same Madeline Tosh sock yarn. Winter wheat. Golden it is.

Now try to imagine that hat and scarf on a cobalt bleu winter coat and it isn't hard to see that she makes heads turn!

A little knit this time.

Something I finished earlier this morning and is part of my 'before-getting-any-new-material-start-using-the-existing-stash' plan. So far, so good.

A little bit of Surnaturelle by La Droguerie in color 'Blue Horizon', a little button, a little patch by Puti de Pomme and a wee bit of time and voilà... a little vest for my little girl.

It's the same model as this one but as I've used other yarn, I opted for smaller needles, a 4.5mm this time, which then automically left me with a vest a size smaller. Easy peasy, just like that.

And I love the little patch. I'd been saving it for a special project. Like this one for example. The colors come together so nicely and the touch of red in the label just brings out the blue of the vest even better!

So tomorrow I'll send my little one of into her worldly adventure looking really smart...