See my socks? All the more lovely because they are finally done! 🙂
My cold is moving into my sinuses, giving me an almighty headache, so I got very little done today. Although I did manage to break the tap in the shower, and the real estate sent out a very good looking young plumber 🙂
I should’ve whipped out the camera “Excuse me, Mr Plumber, can you please smile for my blog?” And of course, my nose is bright red, and my eyes are watery. Good thing I’m not a pretty young single woman anymore! 😉
I managed an inch or two on the poncho. I think the neck is a little big, but Em insists that it’s fine and she doesn’t want it changed. I think the i-cord will tighten it a little.
Poor DH’s sweater is being sadly neglected. Funny how if a project annoys me for long enough, even when I get it on track, it no longer interests me. However, I have spent $100 on the yarn for this sweater, so it shall be done sooner or later!

Somehow I made it all through Winter without any colds, flu, sinus or anything. Now that it’s Spring, I’ve been hit with a big head cold. Bah!
I finished Making Waves! I finally have a FO. It feels like it’s been forever since I had one. I’m certainly not churning them out as quickly as Sandy!
I’ll have pics tomorrow if the weather is good.
So I decided to restart Em’s poncho, following some of Jill‘s excellent tips.
I’m going to start with a provisional cast on, and if it fits well, I’ll do an applied i-cord edging at the neck. Woohoo! Both new techniques for me, so I whipped out my “Knitters Book of Finishing Techniques” and was pleasantly surprised by how easy the provisional cast on was!

This is as far as I have got so far, but I’m feeling ridiculously proud of myself for having tackled a new technique successfully.
I joined the Random Act of Kindness webring the other day, and today received my first RAOK! Lisa sent me a gift voucher for Adagio Teas. Very enticing 🙂 Thankyou Lisa!

Not much knitting done today, but I did finish sewing 3 more costumes – Yay!!
I got the heel done on the second Waves sock, but my most exciting knitting news was that I managed to win a copy of “Sweaters From Camp” off eBay for $AU20.50. ($US14.35)
I’ve never knit Fair Isle, and the idea of steeking just plain scares me, but when I saw the book, I grabbed it. Perhaps there will be a Fair Isle in my future. I’ll just add it to the list. Theres around 500 other things on the list, I think 😉
Wendy from Catknits sent me an email last week with a link to this sock pattern site. It’s a free download, but it’s a 3mb pdf file (be warned!). There are 99 pages of sock patterns!
Enjoy!

Look what I got today!

Just think of all that beautiful yarn money down the drain!! It’s a very funky new machine, all push button and computerised – I must admit, the first thing I thought was “How do I make it repeat the cycle for felting?”
I ICQ’d my DH at work to tell him it had arrived, and he asked if I’d used it yet. Not even a brand new washing machine gets me enthusiastic about housework, I’m afraid. LOL! So I washed a towel, just to check it out. Tomorrow I get to catch up on all the laundry. How do 3 people make so much washing in four days?
Jill emailed me with some tips for the poncho which I think I’ll try out. She suggested extra increases to shape the shoulders, and I think that’s just the thing it needs. I’ve finished the leg on the second Waves sock, and am up to turning the heel.
I should have been sewing. Oops 😉

I got quite a bit of knitting done on the poncho today, but I’m not happy with it.

It seems to be too wide at the neck, and too narrow in the shoulders. If I just pop it on her, it sits high up the shoulders. To get it to sit down, it needs to be pulled down. But I don’t want it any wider at the neck. So I had a look at the Poncho Generator. For the slim poncho I was aiming for, it says I need a shoulder dart for the poncho to sit properly. So I’m going to frog the ball and a half that I knit today, and instead of winging it, I’ll use the generator.
It could be that I’m tired, but the pattern didn’t seem all that clear to me. And it’s knit in two pieces, so I think I’ll sit down, dust off the old thinking cap and convert it to knitting in the round. If I’m thinking right, I just have to do the pattern twice in a row, and knit all the purl rows. Sounds right?
Let’s hope so 🙂