Friday 15 January 2016

Five on Friday

Hello, thank you for dropping in.  Today I am joining in with Amy at Love Made My Home for Five on Friday.  The last time I joined in was on 21st November and I mentioned the snow which had fallen the night before; funnily enough, it snowed here again last night for the first time since that night, and again this morning we have had a bit of blue sky.  The snow has almost all gone now, but it is still cold, about 3 degrees Celsius, and apparently we are due more "wintry showers".
 
In that post I showed you five pieces of unfinished knitting so this week I thought you might like to see the Works which are No Longer In Progress!
 
1.  Muffatees
 
 
The tails are sewn in and they fit, erm, like gloves, actually!  They are fabulously warm and leave my fingers free for typing, writing, more knitting, making tea, fiddling about in my purse to find change for the bus and all sorts of other tasks.  I LOVE their tweediness and have some more of this wool so am contemplating making a matching cowl or even a hat. 
 
2.  The Mystery
 





 
These socks are my first attempt at stranded colourwork and the huge number of ends to be sewn in meant that they languished in my bag unfinished for two years.  However, they are now resident on The Teacher's feet and I feel quite proud of my achievement - but not proud enough to want to do it again!
 
3.  Baubles


 
Taking down the Christmas decorations always leaves me feeling a bit forlorn so I wanted something colourful to put up in their place and I think this will be it: I have sewn some scruffy, unloved baubles into these jolly, knitted jackets.  Now all I need to do is join them together to make a garland and hang them up. 
 
4.  Santa's Jumper
 
 
Santa's jumper was finished, hung on a tiny coathanger made from a green chenille stick (in case you are wondering what that is, when I was young we called them pipecleaners!) and hung on the Christmas tree.
 
Now, if you read my earlier post, you will have noticed that one of my WIPs is missing: the gift bag.  I did finish it, honestly, I did, but I forgot to photograph it before I filled it with a matching pair of socks and gave it to my sister.  Blogger fail!  So instead, I offer you another WIP: you know how I said that I didn't want to do any stranded colourwork again?  Well, I'm afraid that wasn't strictly true...I didn't want to do it but I have two daughters and having knitted socks with delightful little prancing reindeer on for The Teacher, I felt that I ought to knit a pair for The Mathematician as well, although I did adapt the pattern to make the job much easier than the first time, so here is Number 5...

 
Thank you for indulging me and allowing me to share these five with you.  Thank you to Amy for hosting Five on Friday and if you have time, why not hop over here and see who else is joining in this week?
 
See you soon.
 
Love, Mrs Tiggywinkle x
 
 
 
 

19 comments:

  1. Wow, I am certainly impressed, some great projects the socks are a real delight. A little snow here but it didn't settle, however a huge drop in temperature. Take care.

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  2. ooo I love your baubles, very cute :)

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  3. I love all your projects but particularly your muffatees. They look so warm and useful without the fingers. I'm still totally sock obsessed, not sure how long it takes until I can move on! Keep warm. Barbara x

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  4. Congrats for finishing your WIPs. I'm trying to finish one now. Your stranded socks are lovely. And I too remember pipe cleaners! Have a wonderful weekend. Pat xx

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  5. Congrats for finishing your WIPs. I'm trying to finish one now. Your stranded socks are lovely. And I too remember pipe cleaners! Have a wonderful weekend. Pat xx

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  6. Ooh they are all fabulous, you have been busy. Now you'll all be really cosy, even your baubles! x

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  7. Lovely! Like the muffatees and the woolly coated baubles, the socks are great too, just right for the latest snowfall:)

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  8. What lovely knitting projects. I have been knitting today but nothing to reveal yet!

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  9. Five fantastic WIP's all done! How great is that. I love the Christmas balls, or anytime balls actually, they are so cute. Hope that your hands stay nice and warm now! Thank you for joining Five On Friday! Happy Weekend! xx

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  10. I love seeing yarny goodness! I'm so glad your gloves fit like...gloves! lol I hope you can stop by:

    http://collettaskitchensink.blogspot.com/2016/01/tea-time-steelers-and-puppy-11516.html

    Colletta

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  11. Oh wow snow, we had frozen hailstones, it's not the same! I love your gloves and baubles and Santa's jumper is just the cutest thing ever. Have a good weekend lovely xx

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  12. Love the baubles! Wish I could knit, guess I'm lucky I can crochet, but oh so slowly.

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  13. Your knitting projects are great. And doesn't it feel so satisfying to finish things? I have a number of unfinished projects to get to. The knitted baubles will make a wonderful garland, cute and cozy for winter.

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  14. Lots of lovely yarny goodies. I like fingerless gloves too - I like my fingers feeling free! xx

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  15. Those socks are amazing. Fingerless gloves are great. Isn't it nice when WIP are finally done.

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  16. Such beautiful knitty projects! Love those socks ... I have successfully put off knitting socks for about five years. It's something I really want to do, but am afraid to get going on it. What a nice mom you are to knit up a second pair of socks for your second daughter ;) She'll love you for it. Everything looks beautiful, and you can be proud of all the finishing up you've accomplished. You must feel great!
    Wendy

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  17. Oh well done, Mrs T! The bag of shame is no more :-) the muffatees are great, as you say, handy not to have to take your gloves off for fiddly things. I wear mine often on walks so I can use my camera easily. Love the colour work, the reindeer are fun. xx

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  18. You're very clever with the knitting and I love those covers for the baubles.

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  19. The bauables are so fab
    Clare x

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