What a beautiful day

It is the weekend and the weather is just beautiful. It is going to be hot, not that I like too hot.
I have tried to take a decent photo of the baby shawl, grand-daughter is getting alot of use of it. It goes on her bassinette each night, although it is starting to get a bit hot for it, atleast she is getting use of it while she can.

I am nearly up to the armholes on my bamboo cardigan, I am going to do a couple more rows so it is a bit longer than the pattern says.

I am still knitting the powder puff blanket for grand-daughter, it was getting long so after discussions about the length I am knitting another part the same and will stitch them together so it will be wide. It is a good adult knee rug size at the moment, so with another width added it will last a lot of years.

Knitters Guild today, so the baby shawl will get shown off again today, then it will be with baby without having to be taken away from her to show people.

I bought some Patons Serenity Bamboo and Cotton in Hot Pink from CR&K Daisy Designs at Fairy Meadow (my favourite LYS), and a pattern book, not sure on what to knit, I have got a short sleeve top off Ravelry which has been knitted in this yarn. DIL's birthday this year is having a "Pink" theme, so I am going to knit a pink top to wear.

Pictures to be uploaded later, blogger not playing well this morning and won't upload my photos. yahoo......3 hours later I can upload photos.

Spring has Sprung

Boy is it hot today, after the last week of like 1 degrees in the mornings to a top of around 15 and this morning at 6am it as 20 degrees (celsius), heading for 26. So after a quick change after going outside and realising how hot it was I walked down to the local school to vote, we have Local Government (Council) elections today for NSW. It is always a bit of a worrying time when you work for Local Government, wondering who the new councillors will be, in our Council area we have 9 councillors, we will get a few first timers as out of the 9 who were in the last 4 years only 5 have stood for re-election. And with a previous General Manager standing for election well that is just to damn scary. It could be a good thing or it could be a bad thing, depending on how much he will push the line between Councillor and employee which is everyone from the General Manager down. After the 9 councillors are decided then they meet and will elect the Mayor for the next 12 months, and they do that each year for the 4 year term, so it can change each year.

I did get a bit side tracked with the knitting and reading bit, but I have monday off so besides going for lunch with my family I plan to get some reading done as the book is due back at the library on Wednesday. The distraction was 4 pairs of knitted mittens for grand-daughter, as it has been pretty cold here still and the wondersuits with the mittens in the sleeve are getting a bit tight on her little hands.

Last night I managed a few rows on my short sleeve cardigan in the 100% bamboo, it is going to be a long knit to the armholes, well it always seems that way when knitting all in one piece. I haven't bothered with the blanket this week, maybe next week that will get a look in.

My printer isn't playing fair this morning, I am trying to print some baby pictures and it just won't do it. I am going to go out to the garden and take my frustrations out on a few weeds.

News Flash....Cleckheaton 100% Bamboo now in store

CR & K Daisy Designs at Fairy Meadow have just received a shipment of Cleckheaton 100% Bamboo and Patons Serenity a Bamboo & Cotton yarn. Along with a couple of new pattern books for these yarns. I got to go through the box and have a sneek peek at the new colours and pattern books. The new colours are really nice, I can see myself knitting a few of the patterns.

I bought the 100% Bamboo in Aqua to knit myself a nice little short sleeve cardigan or top, not sure which one as I really like a few of the patterns in this book. The Bamboo is sooooo soft. And comes in some really great colours. The pattern book is Book No. 967 100% Bamboo with 12 designs in sizes 6 - 22.

I have decided on the pattern which is on the cover (first photo) in the colour in second photo (53 Aqua) and have cast on.

The pattern edge is now finished and I am now on the straight knitting. It is worked in one piece till the armholes, the sleeves are knitting then all knitted together on a round yoke, minimal seams. Yah gotto love that.

I will be doing this while still knitting on the powder puff baby blanket. I only cast on 100 stitches and it is a nice size for sitting watching TV while knitting, but with 7 balls it will be way to long, it would probably go longer than a single bed if I kept knitting. Rae at CR&K Daisy Designs suggested knitting half the balls in one square then knit another the same and sew them together, so that is what I am going to do. I have started the second piece. It will be a lovely size for grand-daughter and a lovely gift from her Uncle and Aunty, and one she will be able to use for a long time to come.

I hope to be finished both in 2 weeks as well as finish reading a great true Australian story "Almost Perfect" by Kelly Denly (new book out) she has 8 children is around my age and so far is a great read, I can't put it down once I pick it up.

I plan to do an hour knitting on the top for me, an hour knitting on the baby blanket and an hour reading each night, that is after doing all the normal household things we have to do after work each day.