Harry and his bucketful of Dinosaurs

These dinosaurs i knitted for Kaydins Christmas present 2008. They were from a pattern book with only 4 types of dinos a t-rex, a long neck, a pteradactyl and the short long flat one so i had to customize them to make a stegasaurus and triceratop so i think just having the right colours makes it easier to tell who they are

Orange is Trike the Triceratops
Yellow is Pterence the Pteradactyl
Red is Taurie the Tyranasaurus Rex
Blue with pink spikes is Steggy the Stegasaurus (my fav.)
Pink is Patsy the Apatasaurus
Blue with Yellow spikes is Syd the 'some type of dinosaur'
(excuse my poor spelling)

Knitted Blankets -2

This is the first ever bit of knitting i did. I started learning to knit in 2008 and practised the different stitches (garter, stocking, ribbing, moss, basket) as well as adding on colours and knitting with different types of wool and then Grandma crochet them all together into a blanket. Its very bright and lovely to touch the different squares i made it particularly to go on Kaydins bed but it now sits in the lounge or my bed. A great way to get someone started in Knitting, its not as boring as a scarf can be for a beginner because each square can be done quickly and they can move on to learning a new stitch

Knitted Blankets -1

This first blanket i knitted from an easy square pattern, you can use whichever wool and needles you need to make squares the size you want.

Cast on 55st
knit 1 row
knit 25, k2tog, p1, k2tog, knit 25
knit next and all alt rows
k24, k2tog, p1, k2tog, k24
k23, k2tog,p1,k2tog,k23
continue decreasing 1 at each end of every 2nd row until only 3st remain then knit those 3tog and tie off

(you can knit the pearled stitch in the middle but by pearling it you make the diagnol line stand out more)

I'm (finaly) back!

I've been away for so long, (ahhh facebook) but now im back and hopefully soon will be posting recipes and craft patterns/items as well as Kaydin's progress.
Kaydin has to go to Hospital to have surgery on his teeth on May 18th. Because of Noonan's and the heart condition he has to be put under general anasthetic so we will go in and either his dad or i will have to hold the mask over him and then we have 45min to an hour to wait (depending on what they find they need to do when they get in there) and then wait while the anasthetic wears off before we can go home.
And also finally getting him enrolled in school, he starts in June but i suspect it's taken me this long because subconciously im objecting to sending him away 5 days a week when im used to having him 24/7!