Violet White

It really looks as if Spring is just about here! Today is gorgeous, even though there is still a cold wind. That wind is drying my washing as we speak...

...and the sky is a clear blue...

A little pink hyacinth has opened up in the flower bed - despite the fact that the soil is still frozen...

...and there are fresh green shoots on the irises...

I do hope it's Spring in England too, as I'm going there tomorrow!

Molly's Sweater

I started this sweater a while ago, but it was size 3 to 4 so there was no urgency to finish it and, as usual, I got distracted making other stuff (in this case, hearts for Valentine's Day). Now that I'm going to see her I wanted to get as far as possible with it and hopefully finish it while I'm in England. It is a sweet, fluffy yarn (made in Spain - Nuvole, by Lanasstop)


- easy to work with and with a lovely warm feel - and PINK, of course, so I'm sure she'll like it.


I found the pattern a bit difficult, as it gave no overall idea of what I would be doing, and there was no picture, although there were a couple on the Ravelry page! Because of that, I put it down when it got tricky. However, I've worked it out now and it is not that bad. The pattern was for the Placket Sweater a free pattern originally from Joelle Hoverson's book Last Minute Knitted Gifts, and you can download it from here.

If you are a member of Ravelry (if not - join - it's great!) then you can download it from there.