What are you knitting at the moment?

I'm currently into knitting beanie hats - and add a knitted flower to the finished item. It doesn't take long and - hey! my GD thinks they're 'cool'!!!

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Stopped knitting for the family as they never wear any of the lovingly made items - hats, gloves, cardies, etc. - have now got a few commissions. The owner of the local shop has decided I needed occupation!! Charge peanuts, but keep my hands occupied - otherwise I would be VAST. Am knitting DH a 4ply Vneck jumper.

I'm knitting a cardigan for myself as a break from knitting for the DGCs which I seem to have been doing for the past nine years. Enjoy it though, and my DDs are very good at sending photos if they are being worn. Also on my list is unpicking the bottom half of a sweater I knitted for my son-in-law some years ago; it's his favourite but has somehow become dress length. It's taking ages to unpick, with my intention of knitting back the ribbing to make a shorter length IYSWIM. Any tips on unpicking from the bottom up? It's taking an age, hence my putting it off!

Well, I finished up my stash of wool, and knitted 24 preemie hats. I sent them off last week, to "Preemie UK", and popped a note inside, just asking for an email to say they had arrived safely. To date I have heard nothing, so can only surmisethat they did. ?

Managed to finish a peppa pig jumper and a paw patrol cardi for my two youngest granddaughters in time for Christmas. Youngest granddaughtr fancied a set of woodland creature buttons, so I'm now knitting her a cardi to go with the buttons lol

Auntie Flo I knit for RUH Bath, traffic light hats for preemies, the Hospital require 6,000 per year according to their latest e mail to me.

The RUH Bath has a scheme whereby the amount of care a baby needs is indicated by the colour of the pom pom on the little hat - red, orange or green.
I think that if you can't make the pompoms someone will make them and sew them on any donated hats (so I've been told anyway).

I knit every day. I’ve knitted loads of socks over the last few months, using self-patterning yarn, which is so interesting to knit with as the colours drift in as you go along. Also done a few ‘shawlettes’, which are really no more than asymmetrical scarves, but which seem to lie more easily at the neck.
When I haven’t got a particular project, my ‘go to’ knitting is stuff for the Mission to Seafarers, who need lots of hats, scarves and gloves. Easy knitting while watching the telly!

Coombe Park.

AuntieFlo, the following address would be delighted to receive your donation of preemie hats.
Royal United Hospital
Maternity Ward
Coombe Par
Bath BA1 3NG

MOnica
Same here. I knit for the Seamans Mission.

Lovely knitting! Very inspirational.

Here's a snapshot of my wrap. I'm now not sure about the stripey effect (having used variegated wool) for the pattern, so it may end up as a scarf. I'll decide when it's done.

There are several neo-natal units which will use them for premmie babies I think.

Next task - try to knit in the round.
I do have a pattern but it looks a bit complicated.

Jalima, I love to knit in the round - no going backwards and forwards, you just keep going! x

Thank you Jalima, I emailed PreemieUK and have been given an address. I did think of The Royal Berks, which isn't too far from us, but found on their web site a mention of items being sold for funds. But, I really didn't want them sold, as I have knitted them to be used in a special care unit.

knit in the round

I have still to get to grips with that.

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Hi Jalima1108, the pattern is on Ravelry and it's called Alaska. It's knit in the round and I didn't find it too difficult. I did find myself cutting out chuncks if the coloured wool to add more colour, despite using the yarn advised on the pattern. I'm knitting it again with white trees and a pink brown marble background.

Where are you Auntieflo? Premature baby units at most hospitals will be glad of them I think, they are lovely too.

It's very nice Lynnebo, did it self-pattern is that a complicated pattern?

I've just finished this hat. If I did it again I would try and organise the colored wool so it wasn't so dark at the bottom ...

Baby hats so far, am still knitting up my excess of white wool. Just need to find out where to send them now.

A couple of posters on here expressed an interest in Margaret's gilet pattern and she sent it to me in the post, so I have uploaded it. Here it is in case of interest:

www.gransnet.com/forums/arts_and_crafts/1244423-Margarets-Gilet-free-knitting-pattern