My house has been swallowed by a rising tide of pink….
I tried to resist but inevitably, with the arrival of 3 little girls, a tide of pink has engulfed my house - toys, clothes, bedding, walls. I have to admit I was never averse to a little pink myself and have a sizeable quantity of pink items in my own wardrobe but now my washing line resembles an explosion in a candy floss factory!
And by the end of an afternoon this is what our lounge looks like (and this was on a fairly quiet day!!!)
The pink has now reached my knitting and, unable to resist, I have made them something pink. Admittedly it’s a very pale shade of pink and in fact it is not knitted but crocheted. Summer has arrived with a bang here in England and my girls are in need of summer clothes so I searched through my stash and found 4 balls of Rowan All Seasons Cotton which was my free gift with my Rowan subscription this year. The pale pink colour and the cotton content seemed perfect for a little lacy cotton number and from 4 balls I could probably manage something for both the younger two.
A quick search on Ravelry for a pattern (I love being able to do that!) came up with the Spring Fling Halter by Jaybird Designs. Since teaching myself to crochet last year I have (excuse the pun) become hooked but have yet to crochet an actual garment, just granny squares, lace edgings and amigurumi.
This little halter top is fantastic, it took less than 3 balls to make the size 2T and 3T so I still have a ball and a bit left and it took me only an evening to make each one. So after 3 hours in the company of my 3 favourite men (that’s Gil Grissom, Horatio Cain and Dr Gregory House) I had a finished top.
(check out the model pose from my 3 year old!!)
And here’s a close up of the shell pattern at the bottom.
It’s very satisfying making things this small - you get a very fast return on your efforts and (thankfully) at the moment the girls love wearing things I’ve made for them so I’m making the most of it.
May 13th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
You know, I’m not really a pink person. Not a fan of the colour myself at all. I even went to far as to refuse to put pink on my daughter when she was a baby…. somehow though, she now has a pink room, a closet full of pink clothes, and likes to refer to herself as Pink Girl! Not quite sure how that happened. Why is it that pink and little girls always seem to find each other?
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The halter is lovely, even if it is pink
May 13th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Looks AWESOME!!! Good to see you too!
May 13th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Yup - that’s life with girls - I only have one, but still, the tide of pink is inexorable. Am I right in remembering that you now have a Coeliac in your care? It turns out that my 6 year-old is Coeliac too.
May 13th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Oh my god, how cute is that top? (and the model pose!)
If you want some more pink to make a larger one I’ve got some left over GGH Samoa in a slightly brighter pink colour. it’s virtually identical to ASC….
May 14th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Too cute with pink that little girl. You had a tornado in you living room too? Hi!hi! it fun to read you here again. Have a nice pinky week.
May 18th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Congratulations on the instant family! I hope you’re all enjoying yourselves and settling into each others’ ways. Yup, pink and girls. Even if one tries to avoid it, one’s offspring can actively or passively sabotage the resolve. Til’s is a passive sabotage - she looks gorgeous in pale or candy pink. *sigh* I’ve given up and just enjoy how pretty she looks in it!