Our local hospital, The Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske, has put out a call for Baby Beanie hats in red, amber and green for the newborns to wear, the colour indicating the level of care and feeding support required for the baby. I have put Snow Dog to one side and made my first three little hats ready for delivery.
When we were in Portugal, we called in at a most attractive little shop selling the kind of clothes that I like. While we were browsing, the young woman behind the counter was crocheting a flower in a natural cotton. She was delighted by my interest, told me that she attaches one to the brown paper bag she puts clothes in and then presented me with a flower! I came across it again today as I was about to hand wash my linen trousers. Yes, I did buy something!
Autumn is upon us. I have spent the afternoon collecting up leaves in the front garden to make leaf mould and the clocks go back tonight. Here is an Autumny poem for you – from Incantation by George Parsons Lathrop.
When the leaves, by thousands thinned,
A thousand times have whirled in the wind,
And the moon, with hollow cheek,
Staring from her hollow height,
Consolation seems to seek
From the dim, reechoing night;
And the fog-streaks dead and white
Lie like ghosts of lost delight
O’er highest earth and lowest sky;
Then, Autumn, work thy witchery!
Sarah
November 30, 2017 at 7:45 pm
Do you have the pattern for these that you can share please? I’d like to make some for Treliske x
mybeautfulthings
November 30, 2017 at 9:13 pm
I do. I will find it and share it tomorrow.xx So delighted that you too will be making some little hats.xx
nrhatch
October 29, 2017 at 2:56 am
Color coded newborns ~ who knew? 😀
I guess you couldn’t choose just one color!
Hats x 3 = Hats off to you!
mybeautfulthings
October 29, 2017 at 11:02 am
They only take an evening each so a set at a time is good and I had plenty of wool in my stash! 🙂
calvin
October 29, 2017 at 1:10 am
Your a knitting machine; with a warm heart.
My mother was a crocheter, as I’ve most likely mentioned here previously. It is an amazingly liquid and painterly craft.
Enjoy Autumn, it only comes around once a year. Mother Nature’s opportunity to get her ‘groove on’.
mybeautfulthings
October 29, 2017 at 11:06 am
Thank you. That’s a lovely thing to say. I do love Autumn, the colours and the smells and the long evenings, sometimes with the log burner glowing.
Crochet is fun too and can be very beautiful as I am sure your Mother’s pieces were, being painterly. I have made odd bits but I can knit and watch TV. When I crochet, I have to look at what I am doing. 🙂
ksbeth
October 28, 2017 at 9:18 pm
Love these