It was far to hot to be out really, but spotted this heron while walking by the canal.

Current Projects, a short sleeved cardigan from the pattern shown below the pictures.

 Watched TV while I was knitting for most of this.  Found, for some reason, I started knitting both of the front sides at once, doing a few rows on one piece then a few rows on the other side.

Used markers for the first 100 rows on the back as can be seen, seem to make it easier to knit all pieces with the matching amount of rows.

Used safety pins to pin in the sleeves.  Started doing back stitch, (used back stitch to successfully sew shoulder seams), but then undid what back stitch I had done on the sleeve seams and started sewing them up from the outside using mattress stitch.

   Have started another jumper, a long sleeved one. Am using yarn I bought a long time ago.  With this practice, I hope I will eventually be able to start knitting for some family members.

  A few photographs of beautiful roses in the garden.  With have had some lovely sunny  days in the last few week, there have been a couple of showery days.  Cloudy but warm at the moment. The sun is trying to break through.

Finished the jumper from an old pattern , possibly a 1940's have altered the back as I didn't want to do just loops for the buttonholes.  Pleased with it but have put on a little weight since I started it, so it is a slightly tighter fit!

This is the pattern for the above jumper, I bought it from ebay because I liked the rib pattern on it, I knew I didn't like the loops on the button band and knew if I want to knit the cardigan I can knit the buttonholes in the border.  Ebay are being rather mean (despite my feedback being 100% favourable most of the time, and many lovely comments from customers), to me at the moment so don't know why I am advertising them!  

Have also finished the above jumper, which I am pleased with, it's easy to sit and knit this while watching television, films and documentaries being favourites.  Would knit again but in one colour as sewing up the stripes is time consuming, have shown in the second picture, hopefully have not made to bad a job of it.  I am no expert but would guess this is a seventies pattern?

Knitted Jumpers in progress.  This is from a  pattern from about the 1940s, The colour yarn is blackcurrent I think, as it was so dark I knitted a lighter contrast stripe.  Didn't like the way the original pattern fastened at the back (crochet loops) so knitted an overlap with buttonholes, will see how it turns out!

This colour of the jumper in this photograph seems different! Must have altered the light on it somehow.

 Have sewn the sleeves in and now need to complete the neck.  

Have started knitting another jumper, really ought to finish the other one first!  This one is from a pattern from the seventies or eighties I think, I am certainly no expert.

Supermoon photos

Taken on the 13th November on the Isle of Wight

14th November 1016 taken in Shropshire

The Waning Supermoon, the Wrekin (of all round the Wrekin fame!), can be seen in the distance on the left of the picture.

Am taking my time sewing this jumper up. Several thing on the go at the moment.

Summer visitors to the garden.  Large White butterfly.  This species particularly seem to like the Nasturtiums which are plentiful in our garden. They lay the eggs underneath the lovely umbrella shaped leaves.

We are lucky to have a few busy bees as well.