Only 4 rows of Charlotte today 🙁
Silly teachers strike. Why is it that I have been looking forward to sleeping in today all week, but I woke up when DH got up at 6.30am, and couldn’t go back to sleep. I woke up earlier than usual, not later! And I’m feeling it now, I could go to sleep on the keyboard, LOL! Not good Charlotte time, though.
So we had a generally lazy day, went to the local burger joint for lunch, had dancing lessons later in the afternoon, found out via the news tonight that a house just around the corner (like 500 metres away) has had 2 dead bodies in it for 8 – 10 months (eewww – we drive by that house every single day coming home from school!) It’s very odd to hear your suburb mentioned on the news.
I did get one gigantic mitten finished, ready for felting. As soon as I finish the second one. Funny how these aren’t going so quickly now that Charlotte is in the house. 🙂

Up to Row 40 of Charlotte.

I am seriously loving this 🙂
After I ripped it back last night, I had to rip it back two more times, but I think I’m getting it now. I’m finding it alot easier to track the lace pattern now that I have 3 repeats either side, and I can see where the pattern is going now. I was a little worried that when it said “continue in the same manner” that I was going to completely lose it, but I think I’m on track 🙂
That said, tomorrow our public school teachers are on strike, so Em has no school, so I doubt Charlotte will grow 🙁 But we may watch Charlotte’s Web the video instead.
The football has just finished. In NSW and Queensland, the “big” football code is Rugby League. Each year, they have a “State of Origin” Series, where NSW plays QLD. We live in NSW, I am a NSW girl, but David is a QLD boy. Game one of three finished 5 minutes ago.
NSW won. hee hee.

How lucky am I????
This lucky!!

The most wonderful person in the whole wide world, Jill (shh, don’t tell my family I said that 😉 sent me the most wonderful birthday gift in the mail today!!
Charlotte!!! In a colourway I had admired, Crown Jewels from Threadbear!!
Aren’t the colours gorgeous?
So, being the patient soul that I am (snort!!) I raced home from the post office, wound my hanks and decided on the colour order.

Then unfortunately, life got in the way.
Then life got back out of the way, and I cast on, and got 20 rows done before Em threw a temper tantrum in the middle of maths homework, and stuffed up my count. Then, despite markers, I couldn’t figure out where I went wrong, so I ripped it, and I’m back to row 13.
But I love it
Here is the progress I had done.

So, fill in knitting begone, stash knitting begone, Dh’s sock – what sock? 😉 However, Charlotte is not for Maths homework time or dance practice time. Funny how it didn’t take Emily long to teach me that!
Oh, and Sandy – Do I get double Bonus points for owning the book and the video? 😉

You meet the greatest people via the Internet 🙂

Fill-in knitting this week, while I wait for my Peace Fleece (insert big grin here)
So I’m now halfway up the leg of DH’s sock. And Miss Em’s fluffy stuff is coming along. I’m using up some stash. That makes room for more 😉
So here is the fluffy bag pre-felting.

As you can see, she’s a big pink girl. The bag was felted yesterday and is now drying, and today I finished off the matching bucket hat, and silly me forgot to take a picture of it before I felted it. And quite amusing it looked, covering her face to the chin as it did. But I felted it this afternoon, I think it’s still too big, but little Miss Opinion insists that it’s fine.
So now, I’ve cast on mittens to felt. Also with pink fluffy stuff for trimming.
No one will ever call Em a tomboy. 🙂

She’s done, blocked, beribboned, complete!!!
And I am perfectly happy with the fit, now that it’s dry. I think the dampness was weighing it down a little.
I think I’ll do another ribbon – it’s a little long for my liking.
Thankyou Bonne Marie for a great pattern!