I need flowers

Flowers, I need flowers!
The daffodils looks lovely in the garden, in parks, just everywhere.
Feeling really needful for the joyous colours and sun. Sun we have, so I saw to the colours and flowers.

Sam's jacket

The ripple blanket came in handy again, when Sam needed a blanket. It matched perfectly with the jacket I've knitted him.

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For the jacket I used Bravo yarn, bought in Veritas. Lovely colours, cheap, BUT!!!! full of faults and knots.

Leona's shawl

In my street is this very nice old lady, Leona. She lived here almost forever, she's in her late 80's and lived in her house since she was a child. She loved to knit, crochet, or do all kinds of craftwork, she even loved photography which was not that evident in those days. Now she finds it too difficult to do it. I love talking to her, she can tell endless stories about the war (WW2)

She always wears these lovely colourfull shawls, she has more than one. She has shawls for during the week and one for sundays. How lovely is that!

 Leona!

 Writing me a graph to use as pattern

Holding up her shawl 

 How to make the shawl goes like this:- just knit a huge round thing.

Fold it .....

Crochet the two sides together, preferably in a lacey kind of stitch, it can be nice and warm

 Like this.....

 

Close up 

ready to wear

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Yarn used are the leftover from this handbag, I did need more than what was left

A ripple to sit on

The first posts I read on Attic 24 was about her ripple blankets, so I made one, just a small one to try out the pattern. It came out beautifully.
Very handy to take along.

Yarns used were all scraps from here and there.

Christening blanket

Belgium is at most a cold place ...... and churches are even worse, and that is all over, not only in Belgium.
With all the grandchildren getting christened, I had to crochet a blanket to match the event.
It was an incredibly easy blanket to make and I got it done on time. 

The edging is very simple, I don't think this pattern needs more than this.

Yarn used is Ideal from Berger de France

It's a boy

The christening dress had to be changed from pink to blue. It looks good!
This time it was Sam's turn to be christened in the dress.

Blue for boys, so I kept the lace only to a thin line. Or not really, I was looking for broderie anglaise, but couldn't find it.

The first dress or piece of clothing the grandmother of my son-in-law made for him, a very pretty broderie anglaise shirt and it's still beautiful after all these years. The christening dress was worn in the church and at the christening party afterwards Sam wore the shirt.