Wanna see something scary?

That’s my lovely 12 year old daughter, fresh out of bed.

Same kid, 40 minutes later, full stage make up, minus red lippy. Scary, huh?
Well, she competed at the big comp today. No place, but she did an excellent job, and says she enjoyed herself immensely, which is the most important thing. Here she is, ready to go on.

No knitting updates today, this has sort of taken over our lives for the past day or so, so next time, I promise.
Here’s a hint – the lacy baby cardi is done 🙂

I finished the lacy baby hat and bootees.

Well, sort of. Unseamed, unblocked, but the knitting bit is done 🙂 The cardi still remains unseamed too. Becuase I was impatient to start this.

The STYK toddler cardi. The lace trim is done first, then stitches picked up to knit the body. I love it already 🙂
I should also admit that Giraffe is all done, too, just awaiting seaming.
I’m having one of those rush, rush weeks. I don’t feel like I’m having enough time to sit and relax lately. School holidays start next week, so I’ll get a few sleep-ins at any rate, and no rushing off to pick Em up from school, and no dance lessons. However, there are two dance competitions on, with the *big* one for the year on this Saturday. She is only competing one dance, her newest tap routine, but it’s in a rather large field of excellent entrants, so we’re all getting a bit nervous 🙂
Sewing for the dance school continues apace, however I have been neglecting it a little of late – I’ll regret that in a few weeks!
Twinkie got a letter yesterday. It’s a little disconcerting to open the letterbox to find a letter addressed to the family rabbit. It was a letter from the vet, reminded us she’s ready for the next round of flea treatment.
She’d rather not know.

Still plugging away on the lacy baby cardi, however it is blocking as we speak 🙂

It’s a damp day today, horrible for blocking, but I’m not complaining, because we desperately need the rain. I started the little matching hat.

Yes, it’s inside out! The brim will turn up when it’s done. After this I’ll do the bootees, then I can start the little pink toddler cardi.
Here’s the STYK/In The Bag Handknits booth from the craft fair on the weekend.

That’s Janette at the register. She has started her own blog, which can be found here. Go say hello. 🙂
Twinkie is trying to kill me. I picked up the cord of my overlocker an hour or so ago, and got electrocuted. She had chewed a hole in it for me. I think it’s because of this.

She has free rein of the house, except for under the beds. Of course, her favourite place is under the beds. I don’t think she expected to get caught 😉

Well, after many, many mishaps, we made it to the Quilt and Craft Fair 🙂
We had intended to catch the train, so we got up at any unhealthy hour for a Saturday, got dressed, ate and headed to the train station. I thought it seemed very quiet, but just assumed that all the smart people were still at home in bed. Nope. Cityrail were doing maintenance on our train line, and there were buses running instead. Erk. I half seriously considered going home right then. But we decided to drive into the city instead.
So in we went, parked at the casino where it used to be cheap parking, but isn’t anymore, we discovered. Then down to the exhibition centre. After Jan’s post the other day, I ws expecting a mile long line, but there was no line at all, it was great 🙂
The fair itself was pretty good. A *lot* of quilting booths, a good number of scrapbooking and needlework booths. There were a number of knitting booths, but not too many. Bendigo Wool Mills were there, they still had some sock yarn at $3 a ball, but I resisted. Yay me! 😉 It was a cotton blend, and the colours were pretty, but it just didn’t grab me. They had some yarn for $2 a ball, but again, nothing that jumped out at me, so I didn’t buy anything. Emily bought a ball of off white angora blend for $3. She intends to dye it. 🙂
Touch were there, but nothing grabbed me, no sock yarn left. A few vendors that had a great deal of novelty yarns. One vendor who had some *gorgeous* baby alpaca, and some Noro. I considered the alpaca for a while, but couldn’t think of a project, so I left it there. I think DH was astounded at how much I didn’t buy, LOL!
Then we got to STYK and In The Bag Handknits. Janette and Bronwyn were *lovely*! Gorgeous stock, and just genuinely nice ladies. I bought stuff at this booth 🙂

The cutest cardigan I’ve seen for a toddler. It can be seen in better detail here. I’m going to make this for DH’s cousin’s toddler. Zara, which I haven’t knit with before, but feels lovely in the ball. As soon as I finish the lacy baby cardi, I’m going to start this. Winter of Lace, indeed 🙂 I got one of the needles I need for my hat, too. The other will be in stock soon, but I don’t need it for a while, not until I get that last ball of wool, anyway.
Emily got a ball of pink thick and thin yarn from STYK, and came home immediately to cast on a scarf.

The only other thing I bought all day was this.

A cashmere scarf kit. I need another scarf (or another project for that matter) like I need a hole in the head, but it’s cashmere! They had a scarf there for touchy-feelies, and I knew I had to have it. 🙂
So that was the big day. After the fair, we headed up to the sequin wholesaler for diamontes and beads for Em’s new costume, then went for a wander, and crepes for lunch, yum 🙂
Today, my feet hurt, but it was worth it. Em and her duo partner competed their jazz duo dance at Penrith this morning. It’s the second time they’ve competed with it, and they won it for the second time. Yay girls!
Twinkie would like someone to come outside and play, even if it is cold and wet and getting dark.

Sorry, no takers here.
Now I’m off to knit so I can finish the baby cardi, and then start the pink cardi 🙂

Knitting progress!

Branching Out. Not a lot done, about 8 repeats. I try to do one repeat of this before I start on anything else.

The lacy baby cardi. It’s going very well 🙂
This is the back, completed, and I’m halfway up the fronts.

I’m up to the armhole shaping here. Then it’s just the sleeves, and the borders. I wish I could knit up all my garments this quickly!
Excitement abounds here – tomorrow we’re off to the Quilt and Craft Fair. Jan went earlier in the week, and she mentioned Bendigo Wool Mills, Touch from NZ and cheap sock yarn! I’ll also finally get to meet Janette from STYK. And pick up some needles for my Fair Isle hat. 🙂 Must remember that I’m still paying for the car repairs and to try to show some restraint 😉
We were planning a trip into town anyway, so we’re making a day of it. I’m really looking forward to it.
I did the grocery shopping today – I hate the grocery shopping. Anyway, I had a helper to unpack when I got home.

Guess which bag had her favourite vegetables in it?