So I got Cece up to a point where can try her on. And I’m not happy.

I’ve spent the night trying to convince myself that it’s fine, but looking at the photos, I can’t deny it anymore.
It’s too big.
I need to rip it out and start again.
I’ll be in the corner, blubbering.

It’s Monday, it’s still grey, cold and raining, but I’ve had the most wonderful start to the week!
The good thing about rain?

Rainbows! I was out yesterday, and on the way home, I spotted this rainbow. As soon as got off the Freeway, I took a picture. But the closer I got to home, the brighter it got, and I had to keep pulling over to take more pictures.




The last one was taken from my back door, maybe 5 minutes after the first one.
I love rainbows!
And it just got better after that.
This morning, there was a package for me. My lace swap arrived!
Look at the pretty package.

I got really excited, but I waited long enough to take pictures.

And inside?

All gorgeous! My swap pal was the fantastic Chloe! This parcel was perfect. Two lots of yarn, one is laceweight wool in my favourite dark purple. It is unbelievably soft. The oyher is also heavenly soft wool, and is Graceful by Yarn Place. It is very subtly variegated in shades of purple.

Doesn’t it look pretty in the ball? I love it!
I also received to patterns, “Field of Flowers” and “Spring Blossoms” from Fiber Trends, Crystal Palace Double Points, and the cutest little box of chocolates.
Thanks Chloe, it’s all fantastic!
And then the car yard called. I can pick up my new car on Thursday.
This is like having a birthday all over again.

Saturday sky.

Grey and gloomy. Wet and cold. Spring peeked it’s head around the corner last week, then decided it wasn’t quite ready, and let Winter carry on. Bastard.
However, it’s good weather to sit inside and knit.
Cece is growing.

I’m up to the sleeves now, having got the body up to the armholes. Then you knit the sleeves, join the whole lot up and knit it in one piece to the top. Minimal finishing, love it!
So what happens on a quiet, wet weekend?
Twinkie plays garden statue.

She sits really, really still, and thinks you can’t see her.
Em went to a slumber party last night. Why are these things called slumber parties? No-one ever gets any sleep. Well, until they get home at any rate. So Em is spending the day like this,

And so we took the chance to go to the movies while we were Em-less for the evening.
Don’t go see “Lady In The Water”. It’s atrociously bad. I have never walked out on a movie part way through. (Well, except for Arachnophobia, but that’s a totally different kettle of fish), but I seriously considered walking out on this one. The only thing that kept me there was the idea that it surely had to ge better.
It didn’t.
So now I’m going to plant my butt on my sofa and knit. Enjoy your weekend!

Ene is done, and blocked.

I’m really pleased with it, and I think this is the nicest variegated lace weight I’ve used.
Specs
Pattern: Ene’s Scarf from Shawl Style.
Yarn: “Fibreworks” Possum/Merino Laceweight
Needles: 3.5mm Inox grey.
Cece is goming along nicely. Well, she was, then I somehow added in an errant yarn over. And cotton is not forgiving.

Sorry for the bad pic, black knitting doesn’t photograph well at night.
I tried to just drop the extra stitch down, but because the yarn isn’t very elastic, it wouldn’t go back into shape. So I frogged back eight rows, and put her aside, and there she sits, in time out.
I thought I’d take a video of one of Twinkie’s little rituals.
Every time I sweep the floor, she chases the broom. Then, once I’ve made a nice little pile, she sits on it until I brush her.

With the hand broom. I’m not allowed to sweep up the little pile until she has her brush.
Mind you, she won’t let me brush her at all with the slicker brush!

I’ve been seriously neglecting the blog, haven’t I? I’m sorry, really, but I’m having difficulty with having only 24 hours in each day!
It’s Saturday, so let’s start with sky.

I love those little wispy clouds. Spring has sprung, right on time. 25C yesterday, and 27C today, so I heard. I love Spring!
What else do I love?
Zephyr.
And lookee what I got my hands on this week.

Ailsa and I split a nice big Zephyr order. I’m in lace heaven. Thats a half pound each of Ladyslipper, Plum and Blueberry, and a pound of White.
Roughly 15,000 yards of laceweight. I’d better start knitting.
Well, I would, but I started Cece instead.

It’s a great knit. The lace pattern is an 8 row repeat, and isn’t too hard to follow. Im using Cascade Sierra in black, from Yarns Online. It’s a nice yarn, 80% cotton, but with 20% merino wool, which lessens the crunchiness of the cotton, and gives it a little bounciness.
I got stitch gauge on the recommended needles, but the row gauge is off, and may need some recalculation. However, I will do my best to knit blindly and follow the pattern, rather than resort to the dreaded maths!
Twinkie has lived with my yarn for nearly 3 years now, and has never shown any interest in it whatsoever. Until now.
I went out yesterday morning, and made her come inside the house before left. She didn’t want to come inside, she was quite happy, playing in the yard in the Spring sunshine.
So she got me back.

She dragged the plastic bag with the Sierra in it out of the knitting basket, ripped it open and did her best to kill a skein. Fortunately, it’s fine, it just has a little added bunny hair now.
Must start hiding the yarn from the bunny when she’s cranky.
And in other b-i-g news, we signed the papers on this today.

Our long overdue new car. A 5 speed manual Holden Viva in Impact Blue.