1932 Soaker

Without the cuffs and tie added.

With cuffs and tie.

Knitted from here

I used 12 ply Country by Cleckheaton and 5.5mm needles on the body and 4mm needles on the cuffs.
I used a 100gms of the red and 30gms of the green.
They knitted up quickly, taking about 6 hours to complete.

The finished rise is 48cm (19 inchs)

I used the same number of stitches as the pattern (52) and knitted up 52 stitches on each of the cuffs.

I think it's too big for Lilly. The stretch is HUGE on these. May re-try with an 8ply wool and see how that works.

Lilly has large thighs and I like that you can easily adjust the leg holes to suit the size. I did this pair with a lot of stretch in the leg as I don't like them too tight.

Knit For Charity

I joined a new group :) This one knits for charity.

Here is the link to the information about the group.
and Here is the link to the Yahoo group.


The hats are for the homeless and the jumpers for AIDS babies in Africa. The jumpers were knitted for another group I'm part of, but this group is also knitting these jumpers this month

finding treasure under render.

We live in a 1910 stone four room cottage a very typical turn of the 1900's design. The kitchens at that time were built seperate from the house for fire safety reasons. The kitchen in our home was added as a lean to on the back and was built also of stone, It would of been added sometime after the house was originally built.
Over the years the fireplace had been remodelled into a cupboard. When we bought the house a wood burning stove had been slotted into the fireplace. It wasn't orignal to the house and wasn't flued in as the chimney was blocked off with about 6 inches of cement. the previous owners had bought the stove at an auction intending to do it up.
The stone mason came in last week and reopened the fireplace and stripped it back. We were happy to see the original brickwork was intact including the arch. All we need to do now is clean the bricks up a litttle and apply a sealer. We will also be tiling the inside of the fireplace to make for easy cleaning, once the stove goes back in.
The old wood stove is now on the back verander getting ready to be restored and put back into the kitchen to keep us warm in the winter and I may even learn to cook with her. The stove is a Metters No.2 with a water tank on the side. We've discovered you can still buy replacement parts! and even buy them new.

What not to do with your sister's stickers!

Fern left her stickers in the lounge. Miss Lilly found a creative use for them :) Fern was not happy with Lilly's creative use of her stickers.