Nanna says she’s just finished a “summer beach / winter weight” scarf.
There’s a matching necklace you might want to buy to wear with it.
Nanna says they’ll be on felt.com soon.
Nanna’s knitted a LOT OF HATS but they’re not for Little Brother – who doesn’t like hats, anyway – or for Big Brother who already has a snuggly purple hat.
The hats Nanna’s been knitting are to give away to kids who don’t have a Nanna or Mum who knits for them; or who need to stay at someone else’s place and don’t have time to take their clothes (Foster Hope). We’re lucky coz we’ve got lots of clothes at home and some at Nanna’s house, too.
So, can you guess what Nanna’s been knitting just now?
Here’s an idea: Nanna says it’s similar to – that means, kind of like – another one she knitted, but this one’s smaller. We’ll show you:
It’s going to be a hoodie!
It’s a bit like the tunic Nanna’s finished, that’s ready to buy:
Nanna just finished this jersey. It’s made from hand spun wool she got from a knitting group friend, with some shop bought wool for contrast. She knit it in funny squares and rib patterns, with a V neck.
Then she needed a model. Big Brother didn’t want to put the jersey on, and Little Brother’s too little for it.
“Come on, Big Brother, please!” she said. “No!” said stroppy Big Brother. “No!” echoed copycat Little Brother.
Guess what? She bribed him! Big Brother tried on the jersey, and Nanna took several photos of him, looking sultry like a “real” model, as well as smiling and posing. And she gave him a lolly!
When he’d eaten his lolly (and Little Brother had one, too), he shrugged off the jersey and checked it on the sofa. Nanna said, if he liked the jersey he could have it. But he said, “No thanks”.
So now the jersey is for sale.
Maybe your little kid or grandkid would like it?
Nanna says the navy and off-white striped hat is for Little Brother, but he won’t wear it. Little Brother does not like hats.
Nanna’s knitted navy and orange things – hat, mittens and socks – in adult size. Just now, they’re on sale at the Winter Woollies exhibition at Kapiti Gallery, along with the jersey that was meant for Big Brother, but is… way too big!
We wonder who the stripy hat and mittens and baby ugg boots are for. The mittens might fit Little Brother, but if he won’t wear a hat, he probably won’t wear mittens, either.
Little Brother has very decided opinions, and he’s only two-and-a-half. What will he be like when he’s as old as Big Brother (four-and-three-quarters)? Nanna wonders.
Silly old Nanna! We’re not being cheeky, she said this to herself.
Nanna says the followed the pattern this time BUT she forgot she was knitting 10 ply instead of 8 ply wool. So Big Brother’s jersey is WAY too big, and Little Brother’s jersey is, too. This means Big Brother can wear the jersey meant for Little Brother, but Little Brother has to wait until Nanna can knit another one for him.
Nanna thought she took photos of Big Brother’s jersey when she’d finished it, but she can’t find them. We think she’s just teasing and being silly.
After making quite a lot of things to sell, Nanna says she’s knitting winter jerseys for us just now. She’s nearly finished one for big brother, and then she’ll start on little brother’s one.
When they’re done, she’ll post photos of us wearing them. If you like them, you could commission one.
(Nanna, what’s comishun?)
Nanna is knitting a tunic with the wool she got with our Christmas voucher. It’s for a grownup lady.
Nanna says we should try and say “woman” not “lady” but she thinks it’s a losing battle. We don’t know what that means. We aren’t fighting (right now). Sometimes we fight about who plays with the bus. Or the garbage truck. Or whatever one of us has that makes the other one want it. Nanna says there are heaps of toys to play with.
She doesn’t understand. It’s a brothers thing.
Nanna says turquoise is tricky to photograph, and the wool is really the colour that the mug looks like in these photos.
Little brother says, “Nanna jink. Hot. No.o.o.o”. He means Nanna’s drink is too hot and he’s not allowed coffee anyway.
I’ll just grab the truck while Little brother isn’t looking…
Nanna says she’s nearly finished the ruffly thing, and that’s good coz she’s sick of it. She’s been working on it – on and off- since before Christmas.
We still don’t know what it is. I don’t think it’s for one of us. We hope not. It’s very “wuffy” (that’s Little Bwuvver for ruffly).
Maybe you could buy it for your little kid? Nanna says, “if your little kid’s a girl.”
We got Nanna a wool shop voucher for Christmas. She spent it last week. Nanna says it took her ages and ages to choose.
Guess what colour wool she bought?
Nanna’s been busy, she …just hasn’t been posting.
And she’s still working on the ruffly thing…
A word from Big Brother: we are staying at Nanna’s place at the moment. She’s busy knitting something but won’t tell us what it is. She says we take up so much time, and we’re not to mess with her wools like rascal little kittens! She’ll be back to show you some more photos soon.
Bye bye, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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