Vintage 'Thing'

Here is the vintage knit that I am doing - not really sure what to call it. This is from the pattern I bought in Harrogate and is the main part to go with the red 'scarf' I posted a few weeks ago.  It looks rather lopsided but the pattern says it needs 'robust blocking' - having never done blocking before I am not sure what robust blocking is - I just assume that it means stretched or blocking to its extreme. Maybe we will see that when we get there.
Sorry for lack of posts but I have been decluttering - following a blog to do a room per week over 20 weeks - next week is the last. And also a month's challenge where you get rid of 1 item on the 1st of the month, 2 on the 2nd, 3 on the 3rd etc. - giving a total of 465 items for April - phew. I did it eventually but it was tough towards the end and it became a real time consumer with many hours spent wandering the house looking for things to get rid of. Hopefully now that is finished I will have more time for craft and blogging - and house work!

A New Talent

This post is showcasing a new talent - my niece with her knitting. My mum and I have been teaching her for some time - she did make purse with some help but the picture above is almost all her own work.
What a difference a year makes and doing knit rather than knit and purl, has meant that she can do this with almost no supervision . She is getting much quicker too and the last time I saw her she doubled the size of the project in an afternoon - such a lovely peaceful time with both of us doing our knitting.
I say double the size - it is perhaps a little more as we do seem to have gained some stitches along the way when the bag is supposed to be straight! But at least when we get to the lesson on increasing that should be a doddle! :-)