Today is my dad's birthday. We had a little birthday celebration on Saturday when my brother and his family were down from Oxfordshire. We all clubbed together to buy him a photo printer, but I also knitted him a pair of socks as a little extra from the boys (that's what the secret knitting was!)
My dad's name is Harry, so when I saw this yarn I simply had to use it - Opal "Harry Potter" yarn, in "Harry" colourway! It's a bit brighter than I expected, but it knitted up very nicely and my dad was very pleased with them. He's having a nice, quiet day at home today, but we shall be seeing him again on Thursday, when he is going to babysit Joe while the rest of us go and watch William in his school production on Bugsy Malone (his choice, by the way, he's a bit deaf and probably wouldn't be able to hear what was going on anyway!) Enjoy the rest of your day, Daddy!
Yesterday was spent getting quite a lot of sewing done. I've finished the Georgina quilt top, and then decided to put together some scrappy blocks that I started ages ago, together into a lap quilt:-
I'm hoping to get this one finished in time for the summer fair, but as I have neither batting nor backing for it yet, it'll have to go on hold for the moment.
I also made a start on a costume for William to take on his French trip, the week after half term. On the last night they have a disco and have to dress up with a French theme. Whenever they have a "dress up" day at school, I always try and think of something that will involve as little time/money being spent as possible, and I think we've come up with something really clever for this! I'm not going to tell you yet, as I still have to make him a prop, but this is what I did to a shirt yesterday:
Enjoy the rest of your week!
R x
