It’s a brothers thing.

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…

…just hasn’t been posting

Nanna’s been busy, she …just hasn’t been posting.

And she’s still working on the ruffly thing…

Aqua windows – reversible

at Nanna’s, being rascals

2016-11-18 021.JPG 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.

Nanna’s still knitting… turquoise cardi on sale now

Check out Big Brother modelling this cardigan. It’s too big for him, but he’s not bothered!

It’s turquoise blue wool, double-breasted, with cables and double row of flowery buttons. If you like, there are matching mittens- Big Brother wouldn’t wear them, though.

Here’s where you can go to buy the cardigan – Nanna’s shop on Felt.co.nz, called “bronzart”: https://felt.co.nz/listing/308699/Turquoise-Blue-double-breasted-cardigan-plus-mittens

Evening Chair cover NFS

Blue zig-zag NFS

for a mum or nanna

“Azuline” bag in mauve, green and blue – with hints of pink and grey. Big enough for iPad or book as well as purse and sunnies; strap can go over shoulder or swing from your hand.

Buy now from bronzart shop on Felt

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3 oranges

Nanna says she’s still working on 3 garments: the Jump for Joy jersey just needs its sleeves to be finished, the Asian Inspired jacket’s ready to be sewn up, and the Chunky knit-in-one-piece cardi is about one-third done. She says she’d be done by now if we’d left her in peace for just a couple of hours while she stayed with us! We thought she liked playing with us… feeding us, changing our clothes, taking us out while Mummy got some work done. By the time we were in bed, she says she was too tired to do anything but blob with her iPad and go to sleep early. She’s back at her place now, and can get on with her knitting (and gardening).

Ugg boots NFS

Baby / doll clothes NFS

Spare room rug – not for sale

Rainbow cardi NFS

My winter hat

Rainbow sleepy overalls NFS

Yum! What is it?

Oranges & Limes? Avocado & Lettuce? Nanna’s got three projects on the go! Can you guess what she’s knitting now?

(No, neither can we. You’ll just have to keep an eye on her, like she keeps an eye on us. Specially when she’s knitting and we’re feeling like little rascal kittens…)

Wellington Botanic Gardens

PS Nanna says the colours in the last 2 photos are really bad, coz it’s evening and the light’s not right.

Asian Inspiration

Nanna ran out of wool! She came to stay with us, and can’t get the wool she needs to finish the Jump for Joy jersey she’s been working on.

So she bought some different wool, and she’s started a cardigan. It’s one of her favourites; she knitted one for each of us, but we’re too big for them now.

Here’s a picture of the wool she’s using, the one she knitted for Big Brother, and pictures from the pattern of the “Asian inspired” jacket.

she’s on fire!

Nanna says she’s about a quarter of the way through a new garment. She says knitting is her job now, and she’s only watching recordings of “Project Runway” because she needs something going on while she knits. She says she’s not gonna let the talent of 14 & 15 year olds on “Project Runway Junior” intimidate her.

your turn! will Nanna follow the ‘structions?

Now the chunky blue rug is finished, Nanna’s knitting something you might like to buy. Guess what it’s going to be?

Will it be orange? Will it be quirky? Will Nanna follow the pattern? (I told her, “It’s very ‘portant to follow the ‘structions, Nanna. When she read them, the model she built for me wasn’t lopsided.)

chunky blue rug

Nanna’s working on a rug now.

This one isn’t for us; she’s using leftover wool that people don’t need, to knit a warm, chunky rug for kids whose Nanna or mum can’t knit for them.

Sometimes their mum or dad can’t look after them and they go to stay at someone else’s place – sometimes in the middle of the night – and need something to keep them warm. There’s more about these kids at Foster Hope.

She’s nearly finished then she’ll be able to knit things for you to buy. Maybe you’ve got little kids who’d like a woolly rug, but you haven’t got time to knit.