This week I have been busy working out patterns and came up with this classic style baby cardigan.

Worked in treble the bobbles have been added at the end using surface crochet. 

I wanted to see first if I had enough yarn for any pattern.

The buttons have also been crocheted to match the cardigan.

That also guarantees a good match and saves on expense.

This cardigan and many others are available from my folksy shop

www.folksy.com/shops/teabreaks

I also have some for sale on

www.etsy.com/shop.teabreaks 

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I liked this cardigan so much that I have decided to make them in other colours.

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Life has been very difficult this week for personal reasons but I am coping and strong and thank goodness that I am able to knit and crochet and keep on top of things.

I received a lovely box of yarn that my fab husband bought for me
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and I also made two more of my crochet cardigans.
I love making these.
Now to decide what to do with the yarn....what a thoughtful gift
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despite it being a difficult week I managed to make and finish this baby cardigan
Made to my own pattern, I don't usually go for green but this yarn caught my eye and I just had to buy it.
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I have had a very busy few weeks and I have done a lot of knitting.
I like to take my own basic instructions and alter them with different stitches and colours.....here are a few of the ones I have made lately....
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I have been very busy knitting for the last few weeks.
As I have spent most of my life designing knitwear and having been inspired by items that other people are making, I decided to get back into it again.
I am still painting but most of my sales for art are now on ebay...so I am gradually just adding more and more knitwear to my folksy shop
www.folksy.com/shops/teabreaks
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I will still have paintings on folksy and also my hand made cards as I like to do those as well.
This week I have finished another entrelac cardigan....this time with purple and mauve sparkly yarns.
These cardigans take many hours to knit but I do love seeing the finished garments.
I have also made a few baby cardigans.
I have decided to stick to mainly baby items as making larger items was causing a storage problem.
Here are some of my latest knits.....most of them can still be found in my folksy shop from starting prices of just £6 plus shipping
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Because my hands have been painful for a while due to the constant crochet...I have returned to my love of knitting as this is how I earned my living for many years.
I find that I am able to knit without causing any pain.
So here you can see some of the items that I have been making recently.
I love entrelac knitting in particular.....there is also a picture of me when I had my knitwear stall at the Wednesday craft market in Uxbridge (Greater London).
I hope to be showing more knitting soon......

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