Buttons

It's finally done. Went to my local friendly wool shop today and brought some buttons. Was in the store for ages, with this old dear of a shopkeeper who went through all her buttons. We found some random buttons that looked really good, little wooden ones, but there were only four, and I needed five. She went round the store and in the back, looking in jam jars and vases trying to find a fifth button. But alas, no luck. But we did find these instead. And I think they look pretty good.



This is what I really love about living where I do, the independent retailer is still going strong, well, relatively. The personal touch can't be beaten. She doesn't really have the best range of some stuff, like the more luxurious types of yarns, but she's good for advice and is so happy to chat through things. And she's really good value for money too.

I'm also making good progress on my next little cardigan. I have finished the back, fronts and one sleeve. I know what you must be thinking, that's fast. But this pattern has a big yoke, so the afore mentioned items are shorter. Also, they are in plain stocking stitch, rather than a fancy aran pattern, so knit up very quickly indeed. Here are the pieces layed out for "blocking" - something I've only recently started doing, it's supposed to give a better finish to the items. So I though, nice wool, nice pattern, lots of effort - may as well go the whole way and put in all the effort.



Off to the cat show tomorrow, so won't get much knitting done, but hopefully will return with photos of something besides knitting!