Knitting, magazines, diets and bikes...what a combination

I remembered to weigh myself this morning, and was very pleased with myself, 1 kilo off. I haven't change too much what I am eating, just trying to eat less. I have cut out the couple or so biscuits with my cuppa at work around 10am, instead I have fruit and I am trying to drink more water.

On the needles at the moment, I had some Fiddlesticks yarn in purple, green, yellow, and the yarn is from very thin to thick unspun like. I decided to knit a poncho, I saw an easy drop stitch pattern the other week and remembered most of it so when I got back to my car I quickly wrote it down. I didn't remember though if it had a border edge or not, I have been thinking while knitting that maybe is should have a border egde on each end, but hey, I am not one for ripping back if I don't have too, so I am not going to. I am just going to knit for about 75cms and make two pieces. I got my 8mm bamboo ciculars from Xotik yarns (thanks Donni) yesterday so I can start on the lobster pot hat with the pattern and yarn from Fiberfish, I will get this on the needles for Stitch N Bitch this saturday.



I finished another baby beanie this time in yellow, they are so easy to knit.

I also got my first issue of Interweave Knitting on Friday, and I must say (or whinge) I was not happy with the way it turned up, no packaging, bent ends, it looks like I found it in the garbage. I can't believe that they send a magazine through the post like that with nothing holding it all together.



This is for Tiarne - a picture of the mural Steve had put on his bike the other week. He had similar on the other fatboy, this is heaps better. Both our younger son and Steve have the same Ned Kelly tatoo with "Such is Life". YS got it first then dad decided he wanted the same.