Country Ways and Cottage Days: Miniature

Monday, 20 November 2023

In Which Treasure Gets A New Jumper

Hello Friends!

Due to having Parkinson's, there are an increasing number of everyday things I cannot do, such as prepping food with a knife, dusting, and other manual things that we take for granted. I drop things quite a lot too, but there are aids and tools to help me overcome a lot of these issues for now. However, one thing that never fails to amaze me is that, despite these manual dexterity issues, I can still paint and draw, and I can still knit. So far, no one can tell me why this is, but maybe it engages different parts of the brain? Who knows? I shall continue as long as I can.

Anyhow, out there on Tinterwebwonderland is the most charming little character called Frog who, courtesy of India Rose Crawford, shares the cutest of adventures. If you want to be smitten by their utterly adorable cuteness, and be totally awestruck at India Rose's world in miniature then go here for Instagram or here for Facebook

Frog has a whole wardrobe of beautifully tailored clothes so when I found a knitting pattern for a tiny jumper by DotpebblesKnits on Etsy I decided to give it a go for Treasure. He feels the cold, probably because he doesn't hibernate.

Oh Dear! It's too big again! But he loves it anyway.

For an inexperienced knitter who just does plain and purl, stocking stitch and ribbing, I don't think I did too badly. There were a few new techniques, but I mastered them courtesy of the online Godsend of YouTube.

Final fitting before sewing up.

As the following images show, this garment is knit in one piece, so it was quite a challenge, but I stuck to the pattern and trusted the instructions and et voila!

Other than the sizing issue, I don't think I did too badly at all. I might tackle something else soon!

In the meantime, I am seeing positive results from Tai Chi and Qigong, and last week I had my Covid booster.

Until next time

Stay safe, stay well

Debbie xx

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Over the years the concept of my blog has changed and it is now become a vehicle for therapy. For those of you who are following I beg your forgiveness for all spelling errors, punctuation errors and grammar errors that occur within my writing. As many of you know, I have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. This limits my day to day activities in ways I could not have foreseen nor even begin to understand. One of these ways is that I can no longer type manually and rely on a Dictaphone which has its own mind, just like good old auto correct it decides where the punctuation should occur and how words should be spelled. It even decides what I am trying to say. I plan to keep on blogging for as long as I can. I might not get around to commenting and replying on all of your lovely comments, but they are all read, and greatly appreciated. Much love always.