But wait, there’s more….

All things books, All things craft, All things family, ,

The 2nd of the ‘big boy’ jumpers is finished.
And the 3rd in the trio is begun.
Another Sirdar pattern from the same era so I’ve just used the same measurements and adjusted the side panel stitches.
They should (hopefully) all be very similar in size


As simple as it looks
it took a little while to get the cable sequences right
and there were a few choice words spoken
and rows unpicked at one stage
so I might just chicken out
and do a plain back as well as plain sleeves


When all three are finished and finally on their way to Knit one Give one aka KOGO the time will have come to concentrate on something different- something close to my heart – something I’ve been thinking about for a while.

It’s two years to the day since Patsy my blond curly haired little sister died
Tribute – Sleep well my little one.

Next sister – Me – Little sister Patsy – Baby brother 1998

Take a look at this delightful photo (which I might have shown before) of Patsy (aged about 3)…….maybe just maybe, there might be some woolies coming up featuring little bunny rabbits. And as an aside it’ll be 20yrs on Saturday since my mum (she who knit Patsy’s rabbit jumper) died. These anniversaries are so hard on the heart.


I’m thinking my ‘2023 word to work with’ is going to be consider so I’ll have to think carefully about this one.
Cardigan or Jumpers (sweaters).
Size….can’t be too small or it will be dwarfed by the motif.
Colour……practical for children in unknown circumstances or ‘soft and pretty’ because that’s what she was.
I know there are graphs somewhere in amongst my patterns so guess what I’ll be doing today……if I don’t get sidetracked by my latest read .

Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont is a very short book to begin a shorter than usual month. Hopefully this will rekindle enthusiasm after my short reading lull during the last month.

Apart from the two mentioned early last month there was just one more book finished during January.
The Commandant – Jessica Anderson.
Historical Fiction about Moreton Bay Penal Colony (later to become Brisbane), involving the strange combination of its real life controversial commander Patrick Logan plus his wife’s (fictional) sister Frances.
I didn’t make it to book club because covid had come visiting so after a reasonable pause this (January’s) book was delivered to my door. It would’ve been rude of me not to start it…….actually it turned out to be a very good read

Wednesday is the day Kat hosts ‘Unraveled Wednesday ‘
Today is also the first Wednesday in February so I’m sharing my post – pop over and discover what others are knitting, reading and talking about

#loveispatient

23 thoughts on “But wait, there’s more….”

  2. You are still a master at knitting children’s clothing. The parents who get yhem, must feel honored with your rxtra embellishments of the cables, I would be.
    I’ve certainly been down memory lane with photos and my postcard collection of late. Not necessarily of people but of places.

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    1. Thanks Catherine- it does me good to try something different now and again. This third one is being a bit temperamental- that or I’m not concentrating as I should

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  4. you know I love your skills with the needles and the fact you give these away. I think you should make these soft and pretty like your beautiful little sister because children in unknown situations need pretty things too, not just practical. as a child I wore hand me downs, mailed to me from a cousin and they were ugly and I hated them. Once a homeless lady at the church where I volunteered said to me as she was picking out an outfit to put on, why don’t people donate pretty things, we like pretty too… the majority of the clothing in our church closet for the homeless were not pretty or nice. one of the matrons said to me, she should just be glad she gets something to wear, and I returned, I hope you are never homeless to find out

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  6. Anniversaries are very hard. And they really don’t get any easier
    Take some time to reminisce raise a glass, or cuppa and know that one day you will see eachother again. I have to Believe this.
    Your amazing at knitting jumpers.
    Maybe one day I’ll be as good as you.

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    1. Thanks for the offer Cathy…i had a look through today and discovered a commercial one as well as some charts I printed out sometime ( plus some charts I’ve ‘saved’ so there’s plenty for me to choose from.
      I have to finish The Trio first or I’ll get sidetracked and be loathe to return to knitting a larger garment.

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  8. We have read about the knit one give one (or make one give one) being used with (usually the women of) immigrant groups in NZ to get them in contact with locals and to get some practice in language/conversation. I think they focus on hats. The one I saw was a business model, one goes for sale and one is gifted to a charity of makers choice. The business supplies the fibre.

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    1. That sounds like good use of the slogan- years ago a charity here used ‘make one give one’ but that was solely for knitted squares used for blankets to go overseas. Probably cost prohibitive now as I’ve not seen any advertising for a long time.

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    1. Elizabeth from recollection your sister wasn’t very old either. Is that correct? My ‘Rabbit Project’ will begin when I’ve finished the boy’s jumpers….which, with the way I’m going at the moment could be a few weeks off yet 🙁

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  11. These anniversaries are hard on the heart. That is a very good way to express the feeling. Next Monday is the anniversary of my Mom’s death. She’s been gone 21 years but I still think of her every day. It’s a sign of a good relationship and lots of love for me. By the way, I’m the oldest of four although I have one sister and two brothers.

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    1. It’s a strange feeling when both your parents are gone and you realise you’re an orphan. I usually raise a glass and toast them both – Dad died just on a month later but a few years previously.

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  12. Big hugs from here. I know these dates are so hard. Even if it´s ages ago (Dad passed 2002, Mum 2011 and it still hurts, but a Sibling, oh, that must be extra hard!!!)
    Cute pics and great knitting, too!

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