I had an acquisitve weekend, however nary a strand of yarn was purchased.
We went into the city on Saturday to see the Russian National Ballet in rehearsal. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.
However, as we were in town anyway, we stopped at Tapestry Craft. It’s the first time I’ve been in since they moved, and I like the new setup. The whole downstairs is knitting, and it’s all nice and spread out. We looked about, and I resisted temptation.
I *really* wanted to get some Madil Kid Seta, I have the pattern for the Cocoon Lace scarf, but I need 2 balls, and it was $AU26.30 a ball. So I put it back reluctantly, but I did splurge on new DPNS.

$AU34, but they are lovely! And I deserve it 😉
Then the postman came today. A while back I knitted the pink STYK toddler cardi for a cute little girl I know, and her parents gave me an Amazon voucher as a thank you. I love books!

Shawls and Scarves from Knitters magazine, Traditional Knitted Lace Shawls and Polar Bears.
The shawl is progressing s-l-o-w-l-y, but the arrival of these books has brought to life a long-unfinished project. Any guesses?

Holy Guacamole, Houston, we have a problem.

Ouch. As soon as this happened, I caught the stitch and very carefully set the knitting aside. After an hour or so, I picked up the knitting, took a picture, then repaired.

I feel better now 🙂

Shawls make boring blogging. There, I said it. And it makes it feel like I’m getting nowhere fast!
The Feather and Fan shawl is growing. It is! I swear!

I’m up to row 114. Out of 190. Sounds good, doesn’t it? However, I have only just started the second skein of Alpaca Cloud. Which means I’m only about a fifth of the way through. Recommended yardage is around 2200 yards, I have 1700, so mine will be smaller anyway. But to have come so far, and to realise that I haven’t really come far at all is kinda disappointing.
The shawl is lovely, though 🙂
Here is the centre bit.

Here is the Feather and Fan detail.

So, I’m slightly more than a quarter of the way there. I can’t promise that I won’t get sick of it long before the end, though!
Twinkie is the essence of a lazy bunny. This is how a lazy bunny spends the morning. You find a nice spot in the dirt, then you flop down so that your head in the middle of a nice green patch of grass, and you don’t have to go anywhere when you want a nibble.

That’s the life!

I got busy with the dyepot yesterday 🙂
I had this Shimmer in the colour “Morning Mist”

I had swatched with it for the Mystery Shawl, but I didn’t like the way it was striping. I love the yarn, but the colours do nothing for me.
Mystery Shawl 2 is coming up at the end of the month, and I was debating what to use for it. I don’t really have the money for something new, so I decided to dye the Shimmer. I used Landscapes dye in the colour “Opal”, and this is what I ended up with.

It’s not a solid colour, the darker blues in the original colour are still a little darker, but I really like it.

See the darker bits? I don’t think that they’ll matter too much, as it’s not a huge contrast. I can’t wait to knit it up now 🙂
Not a lot of knitting going on, Em has kept us busy with dancing. She had a party on Friday night, and she got the results from the dance exams she did in August. She got Honours in all three, which is the highest standard you can get 🙂
Then on Saturday, she danced at a local school fete.
DH tried to take pics, but we ended up with a lot like this.

That’s Em’s finger circled. And like this.

Here’s one where you can actually see her!

And I like this one from her Jazz duo – action shot! 🙂

I’m behind on the sewing as usual, and we’re all bouncing off the walls from too much sugar (thanks Alexis! ;).
Twinkie says “Whatever, but this is my dinner!”

I got mail today, and I feel like it’s my birthday all over again!

Australian customs wanted to have a bit of a sticky beak, and they didn’t do the best job of putting it all back together, and the scissors that I keep in the car have gone missing, so all the way home, this taunted me.

And look at all the goodies inside! It was like Mary Poppins bag, everytime I pulled something out, there was still someting else there 🙂

Canadian candy! Chocolate! And Fleece Artist sock yarn!

Look at those colours 🙂
The yarn feels as heavenly as it looks, I swear!
And the final gift in the little wooden box is spectacular. I took off the lid, and look what I saw.

Little white paws!

Polar bears. Hand carved from Star Marble Stone. Gorgeous, aren’t they?
I feel like a spoiled kid 🙂
Thank you, Alexis!!