Today I finished a tiny cardigan for a newborn. It’s Style 2 from 10 Simple Baby Knits in 8plys by Cleckheaton. I used two balls of Rowan Cashsoft DK This design has tiny little pockets which I can only assume is for baby to stash his keys and cigarettes.
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Ballan
Today Marelle and I went to Ballan. We heard there was a sausage sizzle and an op-shop opening on this Saturday so we packed up our knitting and jumped on the train. Ballan is too cute to describe. I’m seriously considering moving there to get away from the big smoke of Bacchus…
See My Vest!
I know it’s been a while since I posted, but I have been very focused on finishing a particular item. With only three items to go in my quest to rid Bacchus Marsh of its troublesome UFOs, I launched into some “real” knitting. A proper garment and not just a scarf of…
Three More
Three more UFOs are off the list. This is pretty impressive – well, I’m impressed. It means of the sixteen UFOs I started out with on 4 December 2011, there are only three left to do. It feels great to be getting them finished or frogged and I’ve actually enjoyed the process….
Too Hot for Alpacas
It’s 40 degrees Celsius here today (104 F). Naturally I had to go outside wearing a fair-isle alpaca and wool hat so I could bring you some rushed photos of another completed UFO. This is a prototype for a design that I just can’t give up on. It needs more work to get the…
A Public Service Announcement
Currently, the original Little Yellow Cat, Cobey is taking antibiotics to clear up a runny eye and sneeze situation. He has to take two pills a day for three weeks. When the vet gave me the phial of pills I thought “I’m not going to have any blood left in three weeks”….