My week in piccies

I'm having heaps of fun making this cardi :-) I'm definately a make things up as I go along, sort of person...things don't always turn out the way I expect, but that's what's kinda good about it :-D

Back to my Rusted Root (yeah!)
I know it looked like I'd given up on it for a while there (and of course, you're right, I had), but I'm back now :-) I put it down because I stuffed up a line in the leaf pattern, and couldn't be bothered undoing it (lazy?..yep, you bet!)

...but, it's all fixed up now, and ready for some serious knitting :-D

I have sleeves...

...and I guess that if don't like the rest of the
cardi when it's finished, at least I've still got a
cool pair of armwarmers :-D

I made a start on the body, shown here with my new reading goodies...I wanted the Vogue Knitting specifically for Elizabeth Zimmermann's baby surplice pattern (there have been some beautiful ones made over on the Zimmermania blog), and The Friday Night Knitting Club was an awesome Mother's Day pressie :-) ...oooh... and, and, and!! ...my Bonfit Skirt Patterner arrived from Ebay :-D
Such excitement!!... what to do first?

Dickies, Sleeves and Scarves!

I couldn't decide whether I wanted to knit or crochet, so I opted for both :-)
I'm still working on my Rusted Root knitting, but I wanted something that I didn't have to give too much thought to, and something that would give quick results...Elizabeth Zimmermann's knitted Dickies fitted the criteria (yep I did say Dickies....for anybody like me, who lived in Britain during the '70's and maybe watched one too many Carry On films, I think that the Dickie should be re-named as the Neckwarmer! ;-D ....cue Sid Jame's laughter!!! )
For the crocheting, I just sorted through my stash of blue yarn, chose a hook to suit (4.5mm), and started to freeform crochet some sleeves :-) I have no idea how it will turn out, but I think that it may be a cardi for me...?...perhaps?!

Winter is set to arrive in Adelaide in the next few weeks, so I thought I should sort through my wardrobe in readiness...I've got heaps of scarves, but still keep going back to my very favourite. I made this scarf a few years back from a pattern in Patons Creative Accessories
I really must get around to making some more in different colours...it may be an oldie, but it's still a goodie...and still my fave :-)

Back to my handbags :-)

I'm so glad that I managed to finish this rug before the heat rose again (another 40'c weekend!! hot!) ... I really couldn't have sat with all of that fabric draped over my legs!
I made it smaller than the pattern, by leaving off the flowery edge...I liked how it looked when I got this far, and it fitted perfectly by my laundry door :-) success!...it looks great and my dog thinks I made it especially for him (so maybe he'll stay off my yarn now!)






I made another block for my "a girl can never have too many" quilt ... this is definately turning into a long term project :-)
So that's now, 4 down, and a lot more to go!...

...in full bloom...

...ok...so can you spot my deliberate mistake!?!
Yep, somehow, my inner flower shape seems to have grown an extra petal :-)
The picture on the pattern said 8, and my crochet hook said 9
...oh well, I guess that just means that mine is in full bloom (hey, maybe it's because it's summer here!?!)

De-stash!!

I'm trying to sort through my yarn and fabric stash to neaten it up a bit, and in the process, do some major de-stashing. I was looking at my fabric, but thinking of some crochet, so I combined the two, and started a crocheted rag rug....It's been a while since I did any knitting/crochet with fabric, and I'd totally forgotton how awesome it looks (and how much fabric it uses!!)




This is the first pattern I've used from my new Golden Hands books...the caption in this 1970's book reads "Rag rugs make a come-back"...I guess the same could be said for 2007 :-)

ok....hands up, who can remember the time when 'fashion models' looked like this guy!?...(so, so glad you can't see my hands right now!!).... ;-D