I think I have a new favourite yarn!
I cast on the Lacy Kerchief Scarf (rav link) in Knitabulous fiftyfifty, and I’m in love. Fingering weight, 50% each wool and silk, and 100% divine. I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to try this yarn out.

Coming along beautifully – it’s a pity it’s too hot to even consider wearing it for at least a few months.
So hot, in fact, that Twinkie has taken to her throne room.

So lately, 90% of my knitting time has been focused on Gail.
And I’m a little worried. I’ve used Rose-Kim Knits shawl progress calculator, I worked out how much of the shawl I’ve done, then I weighed my yarn.
And I definitely don’t have enough yarn to do the full seven repeats. Not a huge problem, I’ll just do the six repeats and then finish with the edging pattern.
But I’m worried it’s going to be small.

Like, really small! It’s a bit squished up right now, and blocking will help it grow at least a little bit, so I’m hopeful all will be well.
And I’m in somewhat of a hurry, because I got this yesterday.

Yummy, squishy, gorgeous Knitabulous Fiftyfifty (wool/silk). This wants to be a Lacy Kerchief Scarf. Like, now. Despite the 30C+ weather.
Cap shawl? What cap shawl??
And for Janet, Twinkie got a summer grooming today. She hates being groomed. We need to chase her, catch her and flop her on her back to bliss her out so that it can be done.

And if you get her in exactly the right position, she looks like a dog playing dead.

(No bunnies were hurt in this process. Except maybe their dignity!)

My October socks are finished, and only a day late. (Started October 1, finished November 1)

Specs:
Pattern: Mingus by CookieA
Yarn: Very Berrytini by Yarntini (Obtained in a Rav destash)
Needles: 2.25mm Kollage Square DPNS
Mods: Just the shape of the toe. I like my toe a little more rounded than Cookie’s patterns, so I reduce the rows between the decreases. Otherwise, none!

I love the pattern! And the Yarntini yarn is perfect for it – lovely colour, lovely stitch definition. The only problem is that it’s not really designed for cankles. It’s lovely for anyone with normal sized ankle, but not me. Fortunately, these are destined for someone else’s feet.
So I cast on another pair of Cookie’s for me.

Twinkle Toes in Socks That Rock Heavyweight, colourway Jasper. Hopefully I’ll have no problem getting these done in a month!

I’ve broken my own three project rule.
I cast on Gail (aka Nightsongs).

I had this sudden realisation that Christmas is less than two months away. That normally wouldn’t bother me too much. I rarely knit for Christmas, and besides that, I can knit two garments in two months!
Well, I used to be able to. Since starting TAFE, I can’t even finish a pair of socks in a month. So I started to panic and cast on Gail for my Mum for Christmas. Natasha (my sister), if you’re reading along, keep your mouth shut! 😉
Mum admired my Aeolian, particularly the colour, so I bought this Yarn Daze watercolours with her in mind. Now I just need to actually knit it!
Some more sewing managed recently – a Miss Buttons kit that I purchased at Purls Palace in Daylesford last year when Meaghan and I went to Bendigo.
Poor Miss Buttons. I cut her out as soon as I got home from Bendigo in July 2008, and there she sat, waiting. And waiting. And.. well, you get the picture.
And it was just stupid, because she was ridiculously easy, and super cute!

All the bits go together beautifully!

Add some legs.

Sew her up around the edges.

Turn her out, ready for stuffing. Stuff her up a little, sew her closed, and ta-da!

She’s done! Easy-peasy. I can’t believe she sat there for over a year!

So Sunday morning we got up at the ridiculous hour of 4am to be at the Sydney Harbour Bridge ready to picnic at 6.30am.
That bit sucked.
Apart from that though, it was great fun! They had cows on the Bridge.

Apple trees

Entertainers

Old ladies wearing purple with red hats that don’t go

Picnickers

Freebies

and knitting, of course

It was all quite surreal, really. Sitting on grass, on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, with news helicopters circling about, and piped in sounds of kookaburras and crickets. But great fun, I highly recommend that all Sydneysiders try for tickets next year!
After some deliberation, we think that we are somewhere in the vicinity of the red circle in this picture

There’s definitely worse ways to start a Sunday!