Blogtober 2022 - Day 6 🐑

This is my first day attempting to knit since Jethro was born. I’m a bit slower and a little out of practice but we’re managing! I had missed making things, having a project to absent-mindedly get on with whilst watching tv or chatting. But I’ve really got the itch to pick up my needles again since reading Winwick Mum’s Blogtober posts as she was the one that taught me to knit socks in the first place via her Sockalong pattern.

I made the first of this pair of socks a few months ago in late pregnancy (whilst bouncing on the birth ball mostly 😅). The wool is called Guacamole and I'd had my eye on it for a while as that green is my favourite colour, and seeing as I hadn't made a pair of socks for myself in over a year it was about time.  I don't expect to make very quick progress as I usually have at least one hand full at the moment but there's no rush! Spot my foolproof method for making knitting notes:

So here we are - cosy blanket, sleeping babe, and the beginnings of a new sock! I’m even wearing my original first knitted pair on my feet now that it’s getting a little chillier 😊

Jethro has had a go wearing his own mum-made socks but although they are very cute they don’t actually stay on very well, not on a wiggly baby with kicky legs! Not to worry, he's got a lifetime ahead of him to find the perfect socks, and even if they did fit well he would grow out of them in about 5 minutes 😂😳

Since we’re all about socks today, here’s my handmade collection so far 💛 it’s nice to see them all grouped together because really they’re all spread out in different homes now! After this pair I might have a go at a different, more complicated sock pattern (although that's possibly wishful thinking with a baby 😅).

I made my own dungarees ✂️

This lockdown period has been a good opportunity for me to do some projects I've been storing up for a while. One of those project ideas was to make a pair of dungarees out of a 1998 Tweenies duvet cover which I bought for a few pounds at a car boot sale last year  (maybe £2? Or £4? I can't remember). Bargain.

Me and the gang in August 2019

I found a great, easy to follow tutorial on youtube which I'll link here so you can have a go!

I only spent about two days in total to make them and that's as someone with almost no experience making clothes, so it could be much quicker with practice. Here are a few process pics (I didn't take many):

Wahoooooo look at these beauties, I'm very pleased with how they turned out and how I actually managed to follow the tutorial and get my measurements roughly accurate! There were a few mishaps but they were useful to learn what not to do next time. If you looked closely you'd see some messy stitching and wonky bits but seeing as I was only making them for myself and it was my first time I didn't care too much 😄 when you're wearing a pair of ridiculous cartoon dungarees you can't take yourself too seriously.

I'm buzzing about these. HAHA they're so silly and I love it. *Cue the photo shoot*

ThEy HaVe PoCkEtS!!1!!!1!

Feeling ecstatic and effervescent, time to dance around to this like a big child (one of the best Tweenies songs if you ask me). ENJOY!

A document of some days

From Monday 28th January to Friday 1st February I felt compelled to record my life in a blog post. But it felt weird just posting some plain writing so I printed it out on tracing paper (my fave thing) and scanned it back in. Now it feels more like a project.