Roses - inside and out

Blooming marvellous...

This week in the garden.

Some of my peonies are here for their all but too brief appearance....

Even the weeds can be stunning!

For Lucy Elizabeth.

A friend of mine has just had a little girl and I wanted to make something for the new arrival. After looking through my wool that I have left I decided on a shawl, a bit old fashioned maybe but pretty all the same.

The only wool suitable came on a cone and worked up a bit like using string due to the lanolin still covering it, smelly too. I wasn't sure what it would come out like once it was washed but I persevered, making lots of mistakes along the way, with lots of undoing and redoing going on.

Before washing

After washing - much softer 

A bit of a lurid pink but at least some of the colour drained out upon washing and hey it is for a girl.