Vintage crochet pillow - part 1

Next project in line.. I started these squares in October last to cover up an ugly pillow I have at home, but somehow they got forgotten and pushed aside by the new baby and moving countries. After last times failures I felt like it's time I do something I will succeed with, and I truly think this is going to be a nice pillow! After having spent some time finding back the pattern (which can be found here) I was ready to start, just to realize that the crochet needle needed was to be found nowhere... aarrgg! Our place is still messy since the moving, lets just hope one of the kids didn't take it and put it somewhere, then it will not be found until we move next time.. :-)

Trying new things - Sock Knitting

 Next month we will do a pair of socks Knit Along with my knitting group. Since I already got my wool I wanted to try it out and choose a model from Drops:

It is funny to see how a sock can grow from just one thread like that, but I realize I am very much a beginner at knitting and I need much more practice! They look a bit too loose, and I decided to make them shorter, but I still used the same number of stitches which makes them extra loose at the top. 

Well, they no longer exist and I will use the yarn for the Knit Along. I will make a test patch and hopefully figure out how to do to make them fit better this time. Other things in the pipeline is a pillow and a hat.. Pictures to come..

Sweater

I am not happy, but I am going to show you anyway. My sweater is ready. I have sewed it together. I love the colors, but the sweater DOES NOT LOOK GOOD! It is heavy and a bit too wide, and the sewing looks like a child did them. I don't think I will be wearing it very much, so I might just undo the the whole thing. My first sweater for myself, not a success, but maybe I at least learned a bit better knitting and will do better next time.

Notes for next time: - Do not use cotton, it becomes too heavy. - Do it round to avoid sewing.

Some advise I got at yesterdays knitting meeting was to buy a kit of round knitting needles from KnitPro, and use a top-down model, which makes it easier to try it on while ongoing to avoid bad surprises is the end.

Tomato progress

My tomatoes are again growing out of their pots, and I realize how little I know about gardening! Luckily my father in law who visited this week is almost an expert and gave me lots of help and advise. This is how it is supposed to be done: Move each plant to its own pot with new soil. Give them a stick each and take a bit of metal wire and tight it good to the stick, and then loosely around the plant. Remember to water them after and don't put them immediately in the sun as that can make them too dry. Then there was a bunch of advice on what composition of soil to use and that it should rather be a copper wire than an iron one. I share this with you, but at the moment I don't know if it is correct, and if it is I would like to understand why.