A Sock

 

I started knitting the sock on Saturday at the morning market. I didn't sell any knitwear at the market, which wasn't surprising, considering it was a very hot day. I did sell quite a few jars of jam and chutney, so I was happy with that. I also bought herbs - parsley, basil and coriander seedlings - and fresh cream and yoghurt, so it was morning well spent. Now to knit the second sock. 

One Thing Leads To Another

 

I didn't sell any hooded towels at the market on Saturday, but a friend asked if I could make her a toweling robe to put on after her aquarobics sessions. Sure. I had to give it some thought. The good thing about working with toweling is that it doesn't have a right and wrong side. So I could cut half the towel for the fronts and turn them around so that the neatly bound edges are at the opening.  I neatened the neckline with bias binding, Nellie didn't say she wants a belt, but if she does, I can make one from a matching hand towel. 

A Few More

 

I'm still working on keyrings.  The blue one and the flower one on the left were chosen by the lady who ordered keyrings. I have two sets of rings left, so I may just do those patterns again. 

Working On Keyrings

 

I have an order for a key ring with beads. I thought I'd make a few, they're always saleable. The one on the right looks better in person than it does in the photo, I think because some of the beads are shiny. 

Done At Last

 

I've been working rather intermittently on the half-finger gloves, mainly because other deadlines were more urgent. But the time to deliver the gloves is fast approaching, so I thought I'd better get on with it. The pattern is Tipsy, by AndreSueKnits. They look a bit strange when unoccupied, but fit well when you put them on! 

I've been having difficulty commenting on some blogs in the last few days. I just get a message that an error has occurred. This morning I tried writing on the laptop instead of the iPad and it worked fine, so there you go, the problem must be something to do with the iPad. 

Monkeys

 

I'm going to a market on Saturday. Not my usual one, that's on the 7th. I have some puppets in my basket, but there weren't any monkeys, so I thought I'd better rustle some up. Monkeys are definitely the most popular puppets. 

Flowers

 

A friend gave me some beads recently to make her a bracelet with. I thought now would be a good time, since all my bead crochet supplies are out. When I looked at the beads, it turned out they're tiny, size 11 where I usually use size 8. I have used that size for crochet before, so it wasn't a great problem, but I thought I'd better choose a simple pattern. I used Flowers, by SnowMirna. First of all I crocheted a sample, as per the pattern:

Mmm, a bit skinny for a bracelet. The pattern is easily adapted, I just used 5 lilac beads on each row instead of 3. I had to do 30 repeats of the pattern instead of the 24 I usually do. The bracelet is not smoothly round, I think that may be because I used different sized beads. But I like the way the daisies stand out, and I don't think the odd kink will be noticeable when the bracelet is worn.

I played thread chicken with my Olympus thread:

One reason I end up with cardboard rolls with tiny amounts of thread on them is that I like to be sure there's enough for a project when I start. I decided to risk it, though it would have been a nuisance if I'd had to rethread beads!