Easter activity

I reckon every weekend needs to consist of four days - enough time to do all the chores and still have hours for knitting. A much better work/life balance. So apart from gardening, football and rugby watching, and eating lots (curries, chocolate and hot cross buns - great combo), much progress was made on the creative front.

Here is the first sleeve of Sarita:

I wasn't certain about the distribution of colours at first, and thought I wanted the orange to be more prominent, but looking at it as a whole I am now very happy. I think any more would have been too much, and I love the green. Both our Saritas will look very different from the pattern!

I also made a start on this cute baby vest from the Rowan RY Classic Bambino book:

Here is the back, and a close up of the chunky cable and moss stitch. I am making it in the colour shown in the book (for once). The recipient will be baby George - a work colleague's 4-month old.



All pieces of Maddox are finished, ready for button bands and collar. It is quite curly at the edges so I might block it first (major confession - I never block anything I just wash 'em after sewing up...). Does that make any difference? I haven't ever really known, and I don't know what I would block on to anyway. Does one buy a special board for that sort of thing? So, I am giving Carolyn a chance to catch up whilst I agonise over finishing techniques!

Off to Suzy's for knit club tonight, so more progress photos tomorrow. Oh, and I leave you with another installment of the Shell and Roge fruit selection...