Socks done and now it's time for........

Tonight I finished the 3rd pair of tofutsie limited sock yarn. I love the colours, purples, pink and white. The pattern was nice to do, although I am thinking that the bobbles might be a bit uncomfortable under my boots, they might be more for when wearing my crocs. Next lot of yarn and pattern is due out in February..wow ahead of schedule with the knitting, well with this sock stuff anyway. Not so much with the reducing the stash.

So that means I have cast on for...........my first lot of knitting for the grandchild due in August.

I am doing it in a lovely 3ply mint green pure wool (australian) by Heirloom yarn. The pattern is the (hang on while I go and get it from the loungeroom) "Nikeau Sweater amd Pants" by Just Jussi who is designing some pretty nice baby wear. This pattern is the native palm of New Zealand (I had better check that is correct, it is a few days since I read about it and bought the pattern).

I love the mint green colour, I knitted a lot of it for my boys, I have done the back band and I am on the straight knitting, how quick is this knit going to be. While knitting though I was wondering how it will look if it is a girl, I guess time will tell.

It is 10.18pm Wednesday night, I am sitting here (obviously) updating my blog, the window is wide open, damn it is hot. A slight breeze comes through every now and then, I can hear the sprinklers on the 10th green of the golf course (behind us), if it wasn't for the train track and long grass and fence to the course I would be out there running around under the sprinklers. Because of the drought we are on water restrictions and cannot water down hard surfaces at all, eg. house, windows, car or any vehicle for that matter, we are able to water our gardens and grass on Wednesdays and Sundays before 9am and after 4pm, but I wouldn't waste water on either unless it was a vegetable garden. The golf club has a dam full of recycled water from the sewerage system in an housing estate a few kilometres away, so the golf course looks great at all times, it is a great idea..... Come on autumn!

We took Ruby for a swim in the river yesterday after work, she loved it, as long as we kept throwing sticks in for her to swim out and get. She wasn't a happy girl when we decided we would stop and go home.

Other news is that on Saturday afternoon on my way to Stitch N Bitch at the Novotel Lobby Bar in Wollogong, I stopped by Spotlight (no not for yarn), I went to the Janome Sewing Machine shop which is located inside Spotlight at Wollongong, and lay-by'd a new sewing machine. I have been thinking all day how I can afford to get it out this saturday instead of paying it off and the plan is.....to empty my 50cent saving tin (huge tin) which at last count which was only last week had $239.50 in it, I have been adding a few more fifty cents since then, less the $50 I bought down on it, and the $100 son #2 owes me and promises he is posting to me tomorrow and the money allocated to the lay-by for this week I would be around $50 short, which I think I can scrape up....see how I go, must remember to empty and bag the 50cents tomorrow night and put into my account. I plan to make a few things or more for the baby.