Here is Em’s Darling 🙂

She decided that because so many people thought it was darling, it has now been named Darling. It does appear that the success of this project has given her the motivation to start another doll.
I recieved my Noro Knits book today! I think I shall also have to knit Eloise.

Yum!
My amazon order finally arrived, too. Minus Pipsqueaks, which is still on backorder. *sigh* Emily went through Rowan Junior very carefully and decided that she’ll have one of everything. 🙂
I was supposed to go to a Craft Fair over at Penrith today, but it just didn’t happen. All these days out have exhausted me, and seeing as I just dropped nearly a weeks rent on Kureyon, I thought I had better stay away from temptation 😉
Happy weekend, everyone! 🙂

Look Ma, Knitting!
Not an awful lot, I’m afraid.
I have begun the sleeves of DH’s sweater. I prefer to do both at once, and avoid second sleeve syndrome, but it seems to take so much longer!

Emily has been far more productive than I 🙂

Her freind is ready for felting! Excitement all round in Casa Del Random today 🙂
In other news, I decided on Colour #90 for my Butterfly, and I went ahead and ordered it. I chose a UK site, as the total came to $AU150, and from a US site it would have come to around $AU180.
I nearly had a heart attack when I hit the order button. I have never spent $150 on a project before. However, I was pleased with my colour choice, and was proud that I had searched about and found the best price.
Then I got an email this evening to tell me that the website was wrong, and they only had 9 balls in stock. I need 14. Would I like to choose another colour?
No, I would not.
It took me a week to decide on #90, thankyouverymuch. So I agonised, checked out all the other sites, tried to pick another colour, and couldn’t. I have decided to take the 9 balls they have in stock (they aren’t getting anymore) and then I will have to get 5 balls from somewhere else. I’m hoping that the variegation in the Kureyon will hide any differences in the dyelots that may occur. Please reassure me!! Please! 🙂
Lovely to see so many beautiful skies out there, too! It tickles me to see that I may be a world away, but the sky is still the same 🙂

Another day out. Good Lord, I hope it’s the last, I’m too tired for any more, LOL!
First off this morning, we stopped at the Post Office, where there was mail! Yay! Jill came through for me again with more US knitting magazines.

You Americans don’t know how lucky you are. We have only one knitting magazine here, and I’m not exaggerating when I say it’s not very good. Quite bad is closer to the truth. I have yet to meet a US magazine I didn’t like 🙂 There was also a RAOK from Andrea!

Mmm.. just what I need at this stage of the school holidays!
So then we headed off for our day in the City. Usually, we’d catch the train in, but ths time we drove in, and parked at DH’s work building in North Sydney. This was so I could go yarn hunting. We stopped at Champion Textiles in Newtown. They had Silk Garden! There was only 3 skeins, two of one shade and one of another. I grabbed the lonely one, just to play with as I haven’t seen Silk Garden in the flesh before.

Shade 74. THis stuff is gorgeous!! I’m not quite sure what to do with one skein, though. A purse, a hat? Suggestions more than welcome!
So we then went in, parked the car, had lunch with DH, met various workmates, then walked down to the Harbour. We caught a ferry across the water to the City side, and a very pretty ride it was, too.

The Sydney Opera House. I love this building. We have been to the Ballet here a few times, and it always feels so elegant 🙂 The interior is starting to look a little dated, but I love it 🙂 The ferry wharf at Circular Quay falls right between the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House, and I love catching the ferry and sailing in between them both. It’s great when there are tourists on the ferry, they never know which side to look at, LOL!
Speaking of the Harbour Bridge, here she is.

And what is that on the side of the left pylon?

It’s a banner for Pink Ribbon Day on October 25, to promote Breast Cancer Awareness. I’m so pleased that they are promoting it so prominently 🙂
Around Circular Quay, there are often Buskers and Street Performers of all types, although the favourites of all the kids are all similar to this guy.

Em loves them. There is this guy (DH calls him Captain Sydney), there used to be one dressed all in gold, with his face painted gold who used to hand out lollipops. If the kids put money in his hat/bucket/bag/whatever, he stops, shakes their hands, gives them a feather and a piece of his costume.
Then we shopped for rhinestones and generally looked about. We didn’t get to the other yarn store, as it was further away than I realised. 🙁 Next time.
Knitting content tomorrow, I promise.
I am this close to ordering the Kureyon for Butterfly. I am 98% certain that I’m going with shade 90. So much for finishing the 2 sweaters then deciding 😉

Here in Sydney, the most popular sport followed is Rugby League. The Grand Final was this past weekend, and the two teams that made it to the Grand Final were Sydney City Roosters and Canterbury Bulldogs.
My DH is a fan of the Roosters, but unfortunately, the Bulldogs won 🙁
Anyway, we are subscribed to the Roosters’ email newsletters, and today we received an email that told us that they were celebrating making it to the Grand Final by giving away $20 worth of free Krispy Kremes to every family who attended a specific outlet dressed in the team colours.
This outlet is a 40 minute drive from our house.

We went anyway 🙂 I’m sure you can tell that the team colours are red navy and white.
We are now the proud owners (temporarily 😉 of one dozen Original glazed doughnuts and one dozen mixed doughnuts, which cost us a mere $1.90.

With all this running about every day, is it any wonder I get hardly any knitting done?
I did almost finish 4 more dance costumes today, only 7 costumes to go! (Not counting various hems and things the teacher will want fixed after dress rehearsal).
I also started the sleeves for the DH sweater, but didn’t get an awful lot done on those either.
Tomorrow is another day out! We are off to visit a yarn store close to the city, and possibly another on the other side of the city, time permitting. The real reason behind the trip is to purchase rhinestones for a new solo costume for Em (Which is not counted in the 7 above).
I’ll be glad when school goes back next week, these school “holidays” are exhausting me! 😉

I finished the back of the DH sweater! I really should think of a better name for it than that.
Anyway, I finished the back today, and now have to do the sleeves.
The pattern numbers were a little odd, so I fudged the numbers, and did a three needle bind off. I love the three needle bind off! Anything that saves me from another seam is more than welcome 🙂
If I had knit the pattern as written, I would have had 42 stitches cast off on one front shoulder, 43 stitches on the other front shoulder, and 46 stitches on each of the back shoulders. Weird, huh? So I fudged it so that all the shoulders had 43 stitches, and then cast off.

The shot isn’t very clear, sorry. Here’s the finished front and back together.

I had him try it on as is, got several good humoured smartarse remarks, and then he pointed out that he was looking forward to next winter when he could wear it. *sigh* I’m knocking myself out to finish a sweater that is becoming far too warm to wear. Still, if I put it aside now, it’ll never be finished!
So I’ll do the sleeves now. I do both at once to try to avoid second sleeve syndrome. Then it’s just seaming, plackets, and collar. Just 😉