Not a lot of knitting done in the past few days, but I got mail again!!
Bliss was selling off stash a while back, and I really liked the Lime and Pink cotton blend she had. These are Em’s favourite colours right now (this week 😉 and I have a pattern for a cute summer sweater in the same gauge. For a variety of reasons, I couldn’t buy the yarn from her. But she sent it to me anyway! How nice is this lady?

She also tossed in that lovely hank of variegated merino in the picture. Em is on school holidays right now, and we both squealed with excitement on opening the box. Thankyou Bliss!
My order from Bendigo Wool Mill also arrived, but it paled in comparison 🙂

This is the 2 ply laceweight in the colour “Rosebud” that I had intended for the Flower Basket shawl. But now I just want to finish DH’s sweater do I can start Emily’s Lime and Pink one!
DH’s sweater is coming along, I’ve done maybe 6 or 8 inches of the back, and am trying to convince myself that I really should finish it. Now. 😉

I finally took a usable picture of DH’s sweater today.

It is actually black, not the blue that the picture suggests on my monitor. I have since finished the other side of the front and cast on for the back.
I don’t know why this sweater gave me so much grief to start with, because I am quite enjoying knitting it now, even if it does get boring after a while. The Silkroad is lovely to knit with. My DH is not a small man, and the resulting sweater is rather large to knit!
Tomorrow is the first day of the local school holidays. Em has a dance competition tomorrow and Tuesday, so hopefully that will mean knitting time. I also only have 15 more costumes to make (in four weeks!)
Em has made a bit of progress on her “Little Friend”.

It’s knitted in Jo Sharp DK wool. The garter stitch bit will be the skirt, and the stockinette will be the top. She still has some work to do before felting! There is a neckband, face, hair, then the arms and legs need to be done on a French Knitting spool.
I’ll keep you all updated 😉

The Aussie and NZ webring is up and running, yay!!!
Run on over here to join.
The button and things are further down on my page, but I think my sidebar needs some rearranging.
In knitting news, DH’s sweater is coming along nicely. Hopefully we’ll have some nice weather tomorrow and I can try to get a decent picture. It’s a polo style neck, and I have just split the front. I am not looking forward to doing the back – It’s basically a square 65 x 65cm. How long do you think it’ll take me to get bored with that?
I’ve decided that I’m going to knit the Flower Basket Shawl from Interweave Knits. I went over to One Fine Yarn and looked at the Misti lace weight alpaca that the pattern calls for, and it’s gorgeous. However, with postage it comes to $US20, and while that is not terribly expensive, I went for a local alternative. Bendigo Wool Mills in Victoria has 200g 2 ply lace weight merino for $AU10.50, and if I spend over $30, I get free postage. So I got some new stuff from there too 😉
I got a nice baby pink for the shawl.
I must admit that I remained undecided about it for ages, but decided on the wool, but I am still unsure I made the right decision. I’ll see how I go when it gets here. Maybe I’ll still get the alpaca 🙂

Great mail day again! 🙂
Jill came through with a great parcel yet again!!

Woohoo! Now I can be like Sandy and become a sock knitting machine 😉 I’ve had the Knitting on the Road book on my Amazon wish list for a while, and I love the other one, too. I hope Six Sox puts the adult pattern up quick, or temptation may get the better of me, and I’ll start one from these books.
A few weeks ago, a lady named Kathy contacted me, after she saw Em’s Katia cardigan on my blog. She had a dilemma. She was half a ball short of the Katia yarn for a sweater she was knitting herself, and couldn’t find any more. So I sent her the bit I had left, and luckily it was enough for her to finish the sweater. I was happy enough to send it – I was never going to use a half ball of Katia Denim!

Today, this lovely bar of homemade soap and cute card showed up as a thankyou. Well, thankyou Kathy, it’s lovely! 🙂
The Aussie & NZ knitters webring will hopefully be active at some point this weekend. My beloved DH who is a software developer by day is busily building a page for the ring as we speak. And with my DH, close enough is never good enough. I will post here as soon as it’s up and running, I promise.
And just because I haven’t put a picture up lately, Twinky asks why I’m pointing that camera at her 🙂

I’m thinking of starting a new webring. A webring for Aussie Knitters. I love the webrings, I love being able to surf through them at my leisure, checking in on people, sometimes just clicking on that “Random” button, and seeing who pops up.
So today I got to thinking that there really should be a webring for the Aussie Knitters. I’m not saying that I don’t like knitters from other countries, I love all knitters equally! 🙂
I think I’ve surfed through most of the Australian blogs at one time or another, but I could be wrong. If they were all in one spot, I could find them all and check in. I could see if there is actually a knitblogger close by!
Aussie knitters, please let me know what you think! You can leave a comment, or email me via the link over there in the sidebar –>
In knitting news, I have been knitting, I really have! However, DH’s sweater is very large and very black. Which in blog speak means very boring and bad to photograph! I love the Jo Sharp Silkroad yarn, and I’m more than halfway up the front. I joined up the third ball yesterday, which means I’m a ball further along than I’ve been with previous attempts 🙂
I tried to start a scarf today to break up the monotony of the sweater, but two attempts with two different yarns failed to inspire me. The next sock in the six sox knitalong should be out any day, so I think I’ll keep the needles free for that. I have some lovely Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn that I recieved in a swap early this year that I think I’ll use for that.
Em started her felted friend, and I’ve promised her that I’ll show you all, but I think progress will be extremely slow, so I won’t rush the pictures.
Happy Wednesday!