I’m having a bit of a down day today 🙁
I didn’t get much knitting done, but I did a little of the Flower Basket Shawl. I’m enjoying it, but the repeats don’t stay in the same place like Charlotte. I thought I was being clever, placing markers, but they confused me even more, because when the pattern starts at row 1 again, the repeats move!

I’m still enjoying it, but I didn’t get much done today, because I just wasn’t in the mood.
However, we had a beautiful sky this evening, our lovely weather is back!

Daylight savings starts for us this weekend. It always stuffs me about. I can never remember whether to go back or forward, then I can’t figure out what time it is in the USA and UK! Just as I get used to it, it swaps over again! Bah!!!

I’ve been working diligently on Em’s sweater, and I’m now halfway up the front. However, despite the nice bright colours, the stockinette was starting to bore me more than a little.
So I cast on for the Flower Basket Shawl 🙂
Do you remember the pale pink laceweight wool I bought a few weeks back? Well, I wound the cone into two balls and cast on. The yarn I bought is laceweight, as recommended, but I had to go up to a 6mm needles (from a 4.5mm needle) to get gauge.
I’ve only done 24 rows, but it has reminded me that I Love Lace 🙂
Pictures tomorrow if the light is good!

Foul weather today. It’s raining. Now, considering that we’re in a drought, and Sydney apparently has only a year’s worth of water in the dams, normally I’d be over the moon to see rain.
Today I booked in to hire the carpet shampooing machine from the supermarket. I have to do it this weekend – next weekend Em’s dancing, and the weekend after that I’m having a surprise mystery guest. So we shampooed the carpet anyway, and had the heater out and the fans to try to dry it out.
Sky shot!

Clouds, clouds, clouds. My laundry pile is growing too – it’s been raining all week. Except over the dams, where we want it to rain!
Driveway shot. Who’d believe that it was 38C here last week??

However, after shampooing the carpet and doing a grocery shop, I knitted. I now have a finished Fluted Bannister sock.

I cast on Butterfly and ripped it out *again*. I just can’t get the gauge right. It’s a tad small on 4.5mm, a tad large on 5mm. I think the knitting Gods are punishing me. After all, I said that I would finish DH’s sweater and Em’s stripey sweater before Butterfly. So that’s what I’ll do. I have now put the Noro away until the lime and pink sweater is done.
At least I’ll try! 😉

Not alot to blog about. Knitting progresses slowly.
I’m actually trying to finish off the last of these dance costumes. I’ve cut out the last two, which are the replacements for the ones that DH threw out! After that I have a few hems and things, and dress rehearsals for the concert start on November 1, finishing up on November 5. Then I get all ones back that need adjustments – hopefully not many. And as usual, Emily’s costumes are the ones that aren’t hemmed or finished! Have to fix that this week.

Em is feeling much better, thankyou for all the well wishes! She’s going back to school tomorrow.
Today I finished the back of her stripey sweater. The green is not photographing well, but this is pretty close.

She won’t fade into the background, that’s for sure! 🙂
She loves it, though, and is still insisting that they are her favourite colours.
Has everyone seen the Pink Ribbon Sock pattern? Socks for a great cause. I’m thinking the designer could have sold this pattern and made some money for research. In any case, she does mention that everyone could consider making a donation to the American Cancer Society. I think I’ll send it the the Australian Cancer Council.
I emailed Rob at Threadbear and ordered the sock yarn today. I got Lorna’s Laces Old Rose, which is what the original was made with. I keep hearing about how wonderful Lorna’s is, so I’m looking forward to it!