From the purple dyeshed...

I have been busy knitting for some newcomers to the family.   First, a little dress.  I came across the pattern for this dress in Darlington when I was visiting A Fine Yarn for the trunk show.  The pattern pamphlet is great value, and has a range of both patterns and sizes, ranging from newborn to 6 years old.  Chris has a huge number of patterns for you to browse through in the shop, but this one really caught my eye.  I think it called to the hippy in me!  And although the pattern calls for double knitting, I decided to make it in my sport weight, and this will soon be winging its way across to Australia for little Felicity, who was born just before I arrived in Australia last year.  Australia is entering its autumn/winter season now, so hopefully this dress will come in useful.  It is knitted in Ripples Crafts Sport Weight and the colours I used were Syringa and Wild Violets.  I did the 6-9 month size, and I only needed one hank of each for this dress.  As usual, with purple, I struggled to get the correct shade in the pictures, but this is pretty close:



The eagle eyed among you will notice that there is a needle in the top .... this is because while I was in Darlington I didn't think to buy buttons for this!  So I'll have to do a button search before this gets into the post to Australia.

Then, we have a new family member who hasn't quite arrived yet!  She is due to be born within the next few weeks, and I thought that this little Ravi Jnr would do for her for when winter comes in a few months time.  She will be living in New Orleans, and it never gets very cold there, but it is all relative, and this may just keep off any chills.  Again it is knitted in sport weight using the Damson colourway, and took under 200g.  I love this pattern, and still intend knitting an adult size version of it .... one day!



And then I have made my version of the lovely Lexie, designed by Woolly Wormhead.  The pattern isn't quite ready for release yet, but it will be soon.  The hat knitted up so quickly, really just over a few hours.  And while Woolly put two buttons on her version, I opted for one large wooden button which I bought from The Border Tart when we were alongside each other at the Knit and Stitch show in Rheged recently.  Lindsay, who is The Border Tart, will also be exhibiting at the Highland Wool Festival in May, so I'm hoping she brings more buttons with her.   The colour I used for my version of the hat is Winter Beech Leaves.



While photographing the hat I realised you could also add a jaunty fold in the moss stitch section of the hat which, to me, gives it a 1920's feel:



A lovely, well written pattern, WoollyWormhead - thank you!

And finally ..... I'm having a Sudden Sunday Sale today, with 10% off all the Na Dannsairean 4ply in the shop. No code needed - it is already reduced.  For today only though, so be quick!  Please note that as I have to be away for a couple of days, any orders placed between now and Tuesday evening will only be posted out on Wednesday morning of this coming week.