There's a reason why there's not been much activity on this blog so far in 2009. Growing a baby is hard work! At least in the first 3 months anyway. I seem to have my creativity back now, so have seized the knitting needles and started knitting for the baby. We'll be using cloth nappies, so need wool nappy covers. Here's the first two done already, newborn and small knitted in Rowan Purelife British Sheep Breeds Blue Faced Leicester. I used the Curly Purly Soaker pattern which is free and awesome, found on Ravelry. They knit up really quickly, which is great as I'll need at least another 5 of each size. I'm looking for some more Blue Faced Leicester aran wool to knit the rest of them in. This Purelife is more like bulky/12 ply. After much searching it seems that the only flock of organic Blue Faced Leicester has been disbanded. So I'm looking for the next best thing, good animal husbandry with little spraying of the sheep, followed by no chemical use and biodegradable cleansing agents used to clean the wool. The search continues...
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