Bibs N Bots

Ooo its been a while...

2010-09-18T13:54:00.005+01:00

Its seems to have been a while since I last posted which actually coincides with the kids being on holiday from school. I've had my hands full with 4 children.

Over the holidays I've developed a new wool wash bar which is due to go out for testing in about 10 days time. I'm very excited about it. It's made fromm all natural ingredients and fragranced with esential oils and natural perfume oils.
We will eventually be reintroducing our full range of So Scrumptious that used to be made by the lovely Emma at Treehuggaz. It's just a case of making it and getting it saftey assessed and sending out for testing.

Oliver Teddy

2010-07-22T11:01:00.004+01:00

I bought a pattern from Emma at Bdazzlers to make Archie & Mia a teddy. I've finished Mia's, it's done in Woolly Wumpkins Tulips colourway.Do you think she likes it?

My little pirate

2010-07-18T17:42:00.004+01:00

We spent the afternoon making Archie a pirate costume for his Pirate day at school next week. He had great fun making it with the help of his sisters Zoe and Mia and also with the help of Zoe's boyfriend Stephen.

Dark Star Designs collab Finished

2010-07-18T17:31:00.002+01:00

Pickle paints collab finished.

2010-07-05T21:08:00.002+01:00

Collaberations

2010-06-27T22:36:00.005+01:00

Pickle paints and Dark Star designs.

Yarn dyed myself to match and to make a customers choice and size of woolly item.

Recent makes....

2010-06-24T20:38:00.003+01:00

Skirtie for Cheryl is finished.

2010-05-31T22:25:00.001+01:00

Dip dyed skirtie

2010-05-29T14:07:00.002+01:00

Its still to be embellished.

Wendy's Skirtie

2010-05-14T07:35:00.002+01:00

And a pic re-skeined

2010-04-18T07:23:00.002+01:00

Custom dye for Carly

2010-04-17T15:05:00.002+01:00

Two pictures. Its still drying so should dry a bit lighter.

Funky Dishcloth

2010-04-06T00:25:00.002+01:00

Made from 100% cotton. Better than the white efforts you get at the supermarket and made in a day!!

A shrug for Mia

2010-03-27T10:21:00.002Z

Not quite finished. I'm sewing in the ends at the moment. The yarn is beautiful to work with.
Now finished!

New addition to the family

2010-03-22T12:46:00.003Z

In't she beautiful. She is a free standing wooden swift. She looks well used but is in great condition. I'm just trying to find out her story now.

3 little chicks....

2010-03-21T22:27:00.002Z

A family day minus 1

2010-03-20T07:14:00.003Z

I recently celebrated my bithday. Kids and I had a lovely birthday tea. It was nice to have them all round the table in one go!! Archie helped me bake the cake and he decorated it lol!! Mia was poorly and din't eat a thing despite having the same piece of pasta on her fork the entire time.

And of course he needed to blow the candles out!! Its such a shame that the hubby was working :(

This & That

2010-03-15T18:12:00.004Z

Well i tried intarsia on the baby berry hat and it was a complete disaster so fairisle is definately the way to go with these hats.

Archie & Mia bought me some flowers for Mothers Day. I absolutely LOVE the colours in them so this evening I am going to dye some wool to make Mia a shrug.

Progress pics
Not entirely sure how i feel about it, i think i would change the way i use those colours on the skein. Can't wait to see it dried though.

Baby Berry Hat

2010-03-11T11:53:00.002Z

I made this using the knitting with 2 colours method, I will be making next one using intarsia method and see what the difference is with them.

Couple of completed projects!!

2010-03-09T23:01:00.004Z

A friend of mine is due a baby girl and I wanted to send her something special.. this is what I made.I have been dying to make Mia an Oriental Lily. so here it is completed tonight ;D It is made with Family Pendragon Gaia Organic Merino.. gorgeous yarn to work with and I will definately be buying more!!

Skirt is finished..what a learning curve!

2010-02-27T09:16:00.006Z

This has been a real learning curve for me. My Great Grandma taught me to knit when I was 8 ish. I stopped knitting when I discovered crochet. I first picked up my knitting needles again when I was expecting Mia, so just over 2 years ago. Through that time I have (with the help of some wonderful people) re-learned how to follow patterns and some techniques and even learned some new ones. I am very proud of this skirt. It has helped me rediscover my love of knitting - so thankyou Carolyn ;D

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Skirt finished... next to do....

2010-02-24T11:02:00.004Z

leg cuffs next

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Not too far off finished

2010-02-23T23:19:00.003Z

I need a few more rows on the skirt, leg cuffs and I-cord to do :D

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Its going nicely - but slow!!

2010-02-21T21:58:00.002Z

The wool looks beautiful doesn't it?!

Lot of fab things happening on the shop. we secured Green Kids nappies from Australia, Baby Beehinds another Australian brand and Noo - yet another Australian brand!!

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Progress for Carolyn

2010-02-19T21:51:00.001Z

Ive just thread the needles through for the skirt. Leg Cuffs next I think.

Skirtie Finished for Karen

2010-02-18T07:36:00.003Z

This is the twirliest skirt I have made hence the time its taken. The photo's don't really do it justice but its beautiful.

Back to my knitted skirtie now!!

Preview for Karen

2010-02-16T15:55:00.003Z

I really try to make every skirt i do different from the last. This skirt encorporates a diagonal stitch. Ive not used this stitch in my skirts before so hope you like it. The wool is beautiful and the colours go together so well. I am sure it will look stunning once the contrasting trim is on the bottom. x

Karen's soakerless Skirt preview

2010-02-14T14:25:00.004Z

If you click on the picture you will get a larger view. This is done in BLL Purple Playtime...

Knitted skirtie

2010-02-13T15:10:00.002Z

This is done in babylonglegs radiance 'Amethyst'. Not far off splitting for the back of the soaker and getting it ready to put the skirt on. Once Ive split for the back I'll be putting it away for a couple of days to do a custom soakerless skirt, then back to this skirtie.

This yarn is just so beautiful and so different.

Pixie Knits set

2010-02-12T10:26:00.003Z

I was tempted by this Pixie Knits set. These colours are soo gorgeous. The set is almost as beautiful as Mia. Ali is very talented:D

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Skirtie Finished

2010-02-11T20:21:00.003Z

skirtie in BLL chocloate candy. i so think this colourway should be called Black Forest gateaux lol

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Further progress for Frances

2010-02-11T07:23:00.003Z

Just waiting on length measures.

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Preview for Frances

2010-02-08T14:35:00.003Z

BLL Chocolate candy. This is beautiful. I love the way the colours have worked up.

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Poppy's Longies finished

2010-02-07T09:37:00.005Z

Made In BLL Spring Bouquet

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For Carolyn

2010-02-03T13:15:00.002Z

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Dylan Longies in BLL Pussycat

2010-01-30T11:06:00.002Z

I LOVE these. absolutely gorgeous don't you think ;D

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Cara's progress Picture

2010-01-27T14:12:00.004Z

Cara's Longies in babylonglegs Pussycat on Organic merino DK. Yumm... don't ya think? :D

BLL wool delivery

2010-01-24T09:48:00.001Z

Isn't it all gorgeous!!

Finished!!

2010-01-19T20:51:00.003Z

Further progress pics

2010-01-18T10:01:00.003Z

As you can see from the second picture its a bit more work than you can see in the first picture. I have just measured it and we are on 8 inches length. So hoping I should get it finished today. FC I hope your happy with it so far, we are now into the second skein on it.

Progress pic for Cathleen

2010-01-16T13:52:00.002Z

Fingers crossed this should be finished tomorrow and in the post for Monday.

Purple Parrot

2010-01-15T20:10:00.002Z

I am really loving bright colours at the moment. after dyeing midnight sun I wanted to do more brights. I have done parrot colours before but much paler than these. I'm really happy with how its turned out. It was quite time consuming though!!

A beret for Zoe

2010-01-14T18:02:00.002Z

Wool for Rowan

2010-01-14T17:22:00.003Z

Dyed in shades of dusky pink. This would look nice with undyed trim. Hope you like it Cathleen xx

And re-skeined

2010-01-11T12:52:00.002Z

Just needs a name

More wool drying

2010-01-10T12:28:00.002Z

Midnight sun reskeined

2010-01-10T11:54:00.001Z

Yarn

2010-01-10T08:10:00.002Z

Its been a while since I dyed some yarn. Lisa from the Nappy Garden suggested Midnight Sun, Black, Orange, Yellow and Red. So here it is drying.Next in the pot is Dark green, dark, purple, dark blue and a flash of white as suggested by Emma Silcock.

One leg cuff done

2010-01-07T14:21:00.002Z

woollywumpkins base soaker

2010-01-07T09:41:00.001Z

Progress so far

Soaker finished

2010-01-01T12:53:00.004Z

Ive learnt so much doing this soaker. I hadn't realised how rusty my knitting was!! I'm doing the woollywumpkins base soaker next so looking forward to that one now :D

Happy New Year!

2010-01-01T10:41:00.000Z

Happy New Year!!!

We are looking for our January calendar model for our home page.

Do you have a picture of your little one in a Bibs N Bots product? Either submit your picture on to our facebook fan page or email me at carley at bibsnbots dot co dot uk.

At the end of January the lucky winner will receive a £5 voucher to spend online.

Happy new Year!! Carley x

We had snow!

2009-12-31T09:35:00.002Z

We had some wonderful snow over Christmas. well, i say over Christmas - i mean before but it was still here on Christmas day. So magical for the kids! So i thought I would share a few pics

Another soaker knitted

2009-12-31T08:59:00.002Z

This is just a practice one...will still have a use for it though for Mia. I really wanted to practice some techniques. I've added in short rows to the pattern and eyelets into the waistband. I also needed to practice kitchener stitch and picking up stitches for leg cuffs. i have to admit I was very tempted to crochet the leg cuffs..lol

Soaker knitting

2009-12-29T12:45:00.001Z

Waffley Good soaker by Woollywumpkins. This has been quite a challenge so far. Doing short rows for the first time within a waffle knit...its taken some concentration and has been frogged 3 times so far!!

Fluff N Stuff preview

2009-12-21T12:04:00.001Z

Eleanors longies

2009-12-20T21:48:00.002Z

Small crocheted scrappy soaker

2009-12-17T23:16:00.002Z

Small crocheted soakerless skirtie

2009-12-17T11:16:00.002Z

Done in BDazzlers wool.

Small crocheted soaker

2009-12-13T09:04:00.002Z

In stock now crocheted in Woollywumpkins hand dyed wool.

Mummy made hoody

2009-12-12T16:32:00.001Z

Longies for Amber

2009-12-12T09:36:00.001Z

Fluff N stuff coming to Bibs N Bots

2009-12-10T07:24:00.002Z

These will be heavy wetters with wool doublers, these really are amazing nappies, and although its been a long wait they are finally coming.

Upsy Daisy Pockets - stocking tonight

2009-12-07T15:54:00.003Z

Boys Nitnac/Bibs N Bots Collab

2009-12-07T14:45:00.001Z

PC Problems

2009-12-06T11:01:00.002Z

I have been havng ongoing PC problems for around the last 3 weeks which is why it has been so quiet. It all looks to be fixed except for my camera software is not working with windows 7; so, I need to get around that issue then I can upload some piccies of what we have been up to.

Skirt finished

2009-11-21T13:06:00.001Z

Scarlett's soakerless skirt - Sneak peek

2009-11-20T21:12:00.003Z

For Sarah

2009-11-20T19:43:00.002Z

2 Nitnac Collabs

2009-11-19T13:30:00.002Z

These sold in minutes. I am sure you will agree Nitnacs jumpers are gorgeous. http://www.nitnac.co.uk

Nathans Tiger Tiger Longies

2009-11-17T21:17:00.002Z

Nyes Longies

2009-11-07T12:41:00.002Z

Mia in her Neels soaker.

2009-11-01T13:49:00.002Z

We've had fluffy post of our own this week. Neels longies and a soaker. This is the soaker. I wish Mia would keep still so I could take a proper picture...lol

Hannahs crops

2009-11-01T13:46:00.001Z

They are black and dark purple. The camera hasn't picked up the black too well.

Pumpkin

2009-11-01T13:44:00.001Z

Well this is what i did for the kidlets. Haha I was quite pleased its normally triangular eyes and a zigzag mouth

OK Karen - Time to pick

2009-10-26T12:03:00.003Z

Ok so exactly the same solution was used for all 3. Cooked in different ways for 3 different effects

Picture 1. Picture 2 - only a dash of brown more reddy

Picture 3. Dark brown and navy blue with dark purple.

Rox's Soaker

2009-10-25T22:01:00.001Z

Wendys soaker

2009-10-25T15:48:00.002Z

More wool

2009-10-24T10:37:00.003+01:00

The brown turned a russet red where it met with the purple. Looks fab. I love this colourway.

Ok so here is the next lot, the same batch of dye different amounts of colour on the skein and cooked for a lot longer to try to get the brown a little darker - we still got a russet colour in there. This just shows how reactive on unreactive dye can be on wool. The wool was also soaked overnight in fixer to try to get a better fix on the darker colours.

Going to dye more similar colours in a different way again. as I am just loving this colour combination.

Sally's Longies

2009-10-21T10:28:00.002+01:00

reskeined

2009-10-19T21:47:00.001+01:00

Reskeined. My camera hates taking pictures of skeined wool for some reason :(

Previews

2009-10-18T11:38:00.004+01:00

Karens test skein. This has been kettle dyed. it gives the wool a more random effect than handpainting. The brief was purple, brown and orange. Its now drying, so once dried will be reskeined.

Sally's longies.

eleanors surprise soaker

Quick update

2009-10-12T20:48:00.002+01:00

My PC has been broken for about a week now and I only managed to get back online yesterday but I have no access to emails :(

I have just finished somebody's surprise soaker, I just need to embellish it :D

Just trying to decide what to put on it. Its for a little girl so any ideas welcome.

I have started Sally's Longies finally... sorry sally.

So anyway must get on. Cx

Rox's Soaker almost re-done

2009-10-04T19:46:00.002+01:00

Just need to do the leg cuffs

Eleanors Longies Finished

2009-10-03T15:00:00.003+01:00

They look fab. My camera has run out of batteries so I will take a picture of them once they have been lanolised and are drying.

Sneaky peak

2009-09-30T19:56:00.001+01:00

Eleanor

2009-09-30T10:32:00.001+01:00

OOoooo I am LOVING violet rainbow crocheted... are you wanting a sneaky peak preview?

Rox's Soaker

2009-09-29T07:37:00.003+01:00

A very adapted pattern. I am quite excited about how this pattern will work on Scarlett.

Lynda's soakers Embellished

2009-09-28T19:56:00.001+01:00

Black and deep purple

2009-09-26T09:19:00.003+01:00

After a long time of struggling with black I finally got there :D I love this its sooo yum :D

Lynda's soakers dyed and lanolised

2009-09-26T09:12:00.002+01:00

They are just drying and then will be embellished. The first picture is a very true picture of the colour.

Sally's reskeined

2009-09-24T22:51:00.002+01:00

Apologies for my rubbish camera

Wool Drying

2009-09-24T15:39:00.002+01:00

Sally's Wool Dyed

2009-09-23T22:32:00.002+01:00

Pics to come but if it works...ooooooh its gorgeous.

Brodie's Soaker

2009-09-20T11:29:00.002+01:00

Finished just need to do the waist tie for this. Cailean's is next to do then they will both be dip dyed.

JJ's Soaker

2009-09-19T21:36:00.002+01:00

Cute in Cloth Fitteds

2009-09-16T14:06:00.002+01:00

We are very pleased to have a small stocking of these nappies on our store. Thesse nappies are normally found on Hyena cart. Come and have a look these nappies are gorgeous.

Rowans Longie's Finished

2009-09-15T14:58:00.001+01:00

Just need to do a waist tie.

Rowans Longie's Progress

2009-09-12T15:11:00.004+01:00

After being so unsure at first I have to confess i really really love this colourway and its definately going to be one I repeat.

Re-skeined

2009-09-11T20:03:00.003+01:00

I actually really love this now. I am going to start making it and thn let you decide. :D I have a slot coming up with bablylonglegs for custom dyes...so if you hate it I will send it over there ;D