It's been awhile since I've posted anything, not because I haven't had anything to say but because there is too much I want to write about.  So rather than spending the time finishing and editing a post I'm going to show a finished item. 
I showed this project in 
January last year. At that time it had been put to one side and that's where it remained for many months. I even considered frogging it but that wouldn't solve the problem of what to do with the yarn. In the end I decided to finish it by the end of the year which I did - 31 December to be exact. And then took a couple of weeks to sew on buttons, and nearly five months to take a photo. 
Having a visitor that could deliver it to my great-niece in England was the final push I needed.
The yarn is Beach Baby DK by Wendy and the pattern is 
Patty Cake Cardi.