Locusts...

EEEEEEWWWWWW!!! They are disgusting.

Walking across this paddock, the noise is amazing, they flit up and woosh they're off...millions of them...They are doing damage too. There are patches where they have eaten it down to bare dirt.

Knitted Dish Cloth

My dishcloth had enough the other day and has now gone to where all good dishcloths go, to that great dishcloth Heaven in the...ummm...well, let's just say it's gone (Don't want to go upsetting anyone!!)
So...I decided to make a new one...I'm really pleased with the end product and will be making many more, I think!
I'm no pattern composer, but, the pattern is simply:
Cast on 46 stitches
Knit 3 rows
k3, (k5,p5) rep until 3 sts remain, k3
Repeat for 5 rows
k3, (p5,k5) rep until 3 sts remain, k3
Repeat for 5 rows
Keep alternating in rows of 5 until desired length is achieved.
Knit 3 rows to finish and cast off.
There you have it.

Now it's a shame to have to use it, but that's what I made it for isn't it!!

A pair of Pants...

This one is not very exciting, but since I haven't posted for a while, I thought I'd better post something.
Wow, kids grow well over summer! Al has barely any pants that fit him, so I have set about making some for him. These were made using a very old NewLook pattern that was discontinued well over 7 years ago as it's one I kept from when I had my shop. It seemed to take forever to make, next time, I don't think I'll put all the pockets on the outside and I will be doing the waistband differently too.
I went to Spotlight yesterday and bought some corduroy to make another couple of pairs for him...He should be right then.