Exhibition Failure but the knitting was great

Some of us girls from Kiama Knitters Guild set up at the Annual Dapto Art & Craft Exhibition with high hopes of selling alot of our knitting. How wrong could we be, I sold nothing, as did some others, and others sold only a few of their items. We did have 2 days of great knitting, chatting and watching the people go by at the exhibition. Tianne took some pictures of a couple of things I hadn't got photos of before so I could put them here.

A full length picture of the Christening Gown. I am going to sell it, after speaking with some other knitters I have put a price of $120au on it.

It is so lovely and fine, it was a pleasure to knit. I would love to do a baby shawl, but not in the near future.

Another item I have just finished is a pink baby cardigan and matching hat which is from Lion Brand Baby Yarn sent to me in a swap with a lovely person from New Jersey. I have been told we can buy some Lion Brand yarn from Spotlight stores here in Australia.

The blue bootees are knitting in 3ply pure wool baby yarn, made in Australia. The colour is a bit dirty looking, but you did get that impression with older style pure wool as it wasn't the vibrant colours of today, this yarn was a good buy of ebay a few years back, and is finally all knitted. Yahoo, less stash with all of this knitting.

While at the exhibition I did knit another pink hat the same as with the cardigan, then starting on some pure wool bedsocks for the girls in Berrima Women's Prison, it is an ongoing project for the Kiama Knitters Guild, I finished that pair last Sunday night, and I have nearly finished a second pair I started last night, and that will be the end of that colour 8ply pure wool. I think I will then continue on #2 son's knitted blanket until I finish it. I am going to just enjoy knitting for a while and not worry about things to sell, most will be charity knitting for colder parts of this world.

Talking of great ebay buys, last week I purchased 10 balls each of Cleckheaton Country in a brown fleck and a tan fleck, they will look great in Aran jumpers which I am thinking of doing for the Guardian Pharmacy for World Vision, last year the knitting was sent to Mongolia, so pure wool will be great for where ever it may end up for their next winter at the end of this year.

I guess I have been doing a great job of stash busting, so I guess 20 more balls won't make much of a difference in my room and they will be going to some very needy and cold people with love.