Ruffled Summer Baby Set

I just finished this - in pure cotton for an Aussie summer baby. The hat pattern is Ellen's Ruffled Baby Hat.

The jacket is also Ellen's - an adaptation of the Little Lamb pattern from Precious Layettes for Baby by Jeannine (Leisure Arts #3202) Ellen very kindly made her adaptation available to members on a Yahoo group site I belong to.

The booties are from Handknits by Elena on Etsy.com - #40 White shoes with an Xstrap

Are these cute, or what?



The set was made for a lady who lives about  a 90 minute drive from me. I mailed the package to her 4 weeks ago. Australia Post has lost it! It never turned up so I had to remake the whole thing for her. And I delivered it to her personally, yesterday. Thanks Australia Post - your service is getting worse.....







Ok - some knitting

Since the advent of Ravelry, I have found posting to my blog is getting neglected. Badly neglected. I do hope that will change now. I have altered the settings on my blog too - I found I had it set to moderate comments - and that is changed.

Just recently I have been getting addicted to a delightful pattern by Muriela - the Baby Kina.
I discovered that Muriela has a myriad of the most gorgeous baby patterns on Ravelry and on her website Kids Tricot. As I am on a limited budget, I shall have to save up to buy some more of her patterns - not that they are expensive, but there are so many that I want! I do urge you to take a look at her designs - they are stunningly simple, very French, therefore tres chic! And top down too - what else could a knitter of baby clothes ask for?

The basic pattern is so adorable - however, I ran out of the beautiful red yarn before I had reached the bottom of the body section - so I used some Moda Vera Jazz to finish it off - and I am in love with the result!!
There are several versions of this pattern. Baby Kina, Kina for older kids, and one with long sleeves and a Lady Kina for adults too. I don't know how to put a link on here so you can just click on it and go straight to the pattern. But here is the link to her 114 designs on Ravelry http://www.ravelry.com/designers/muriela  Prepare to be gobsmacked!

I have more Baby Kinas finished except for sewing on of buttons, so watch this space for more pics.

Laugh, Kookaburra, Laugh!

This is the wonderful  Kookaburra call - beloved of all Aussies everywhere! This was taken by a friend at Australia Zoo. Janeanne tells me these Kookaburras were rescued, injured and cannot fly. They are now in a safe enclosure at Australia Zoo where they delight tourists every day!
Play and enjoy!