Fairy Dress

I am on a roll.....I got the cotton/bamboo yarn out and the net fabric in purple, hot pink, and pink for a Fairy Dress in Zoe Mellor book 'adorable knits for tots'.
I used Patons Serenity DK Bamboo & Cotton, knitted on 3.25mm needles. I knit the top in the round to save on seams. The skirt pattern was just a drawing with no measurements, so I just had a guess as I know what size my grand-daughter is and the length for long pants and worked it out from there. I drew a pattern on newspaper and cut it out.
I am really enjoying this sewing/knitting time of late. It didn't take long to sew the 3 layers together hem over a band and thread through elastic - that done and it was back to the knitting I started on Saturday. Today Monday - all done.

The only change I made to the pattern was I did eye cord for the straps instead of using ribbon.


Now to find something else to knit.

Super Special Six Pattern Sock Club 2011

I have finished the first pair of the S62011, a stash sock yarn knitting group in Ravelry.

The pattern is Shur'tgal, and are knit in Hot Socks Four Season colour 731.
I like the pattern, but it doesn't show up well in this type of yarn. A plain yarn would have worked alot better.

They found it...

I am so happy, I missed a call last night from chief steward of the show saying they had found my shawl. I rang straight back but the person who had rang had left the office and was somewhere in the show area so I didn't get to ask what had happened to it or where did you find it????

A friend has been to the show this morning and it is displayed with a 2nd place certificate, she sent me a photo of it, and it definitely was not there yesterday everytime I looked, (some looks were very frantic) and I really did look at everything trying to see if I had only "not noticed" it. Don't know what happened but just so glad it is found.

Kiama Show

At first I was so excited.....excitement turned to sorrow....when I realised that my lovely lace shawl knitting in the beautiful Knitabulous yarn especially dyed by Knitabulous for her first knit club.....was NOT there. This shawl won 1st Prize at Albion Park Show 2 weeks ago...maybe someone didn't like their odds in the competition and took it out.

I dropped all my knitting off at Kiama Show on Thursday morning, you never think that it may go missing......it could have gone with someone else dropping off their show items.....it may have never made it to judging. I don't know how I feel, a bit lost I think.

Anyway I have spoken with show officials, I gave them a picture of the shawl, so they will contact me if they know of its whereabouts.....I am not holding my breath.

It really makes me cranky that I have never worn it, I thought it was so nice that I saved it to go in the shows this January.....and now I may never get to wear it.

The excitement I felt was because for many years I have been trying to win the "3 piece baby set" class and finally I have done it....1st and 2nd...First comes with the Isabel Rutledge Memorial Ribbon....YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


And some are in for a huge shock, so if you are weak hearted, TURN AWAY NOW....don't read on. My FEATHERS Vest WON 1st PRIZE in the knitted vest section...and no it wasn't the only thing entered in the Vest section. Well have you picked yourself up off the floor.

One of my coathanger covers won 2nd prize.

All photos above are from Albion Park Show with the winning certificates attached to them.

I am hoping that when I collect all my knitting and winnings on Sunday morning that my shawl will have miraculously appeared.

Knitting for show....

did very well.

I entered 17 items in Albion Park Show and I am really happy with my results. 4 first place and 7 second place items and 2 highly commended. I will try and load photos of all the entries. I am going to enter the same items in the Kiama Show. I did say I wasn't going to enter Kiama Show this year, but seeing as I have these items already knit I may as well show them again. The Blue cards are the 1st Place Winners and the Pink cards are the 2nd Place Winners, the Highly Commended don't have a card as they didn't have any at the show - a bit slack on their part I would say. The Highly Commended were the rust colour lace scarf (my sister's christmas present) and the pair of pink bootees (without the pink card).

I have started on my stash knitting, I am nearly finished the 1st sock of the sock from stash knitalong and I have made 12 child size coathanger covers for my grand-daughter.

Well here is 2011..

and January is half over already. Where does the time go.

I have just checked my list of things to knit in 2010 and am very happy with my effort of all the things listed that a I did complete. I didn't complete 2 items, a knee rug and an item in feathers yarn both of which were for Albion Park Show that is being held this weekend 14 & 15 January. I did manage to knit one knee rug and one feathers item for the show though.

I have made a list of things to knit in 2011, I haven't put it on my blog yet, maybe I will, maybe I won't. It mainly consists of knitting for the knitting sock stash and knitting from stash only groups I have joined on Ravelry, they are apart of Morris & Sons forum on Ravelry.

So far this year I have knitted 5 coathanger covers for my grand-daughter, and I am currently knitting the first pair of socks for the sock stash knitting. All of which are a part of the knitting from stash only too.

While on holidays we had a day trip to Glenrowan Vic to visit Ned Kelly country. So while in the area we went to Beechworth and some know what is in Beechworth....besides the lolly shop...Yes....the Ardent Alpaca store, a beautiful store, full of beautiful alpaca things, bed quilts, pillows, clothing and best of all yarn....I did buy some yarn, and before you say 'hang on a minute, you are not buying yarn in 2011'.....I did buy it from christmas gift money....so technically it was from 2010 and it was a gift so I really didn't buy yarn at all...are you convinced cause I am. So I am still on track for not buying any yarn in 2011.

I did visit Albury again to go to the Knit2Go yarn store, which I did visit last October, but got there 20 minutes after they closed, well we set off to visit the store, got very excited when we pulled up out front, only to read a sign on the door. Closed to 18 January 2011. Bugger, bugger, bugger. I was a bit disappointed, but hey I am hoping 3rd time lucky....not sure when I will be down that way again, but hopefully sometime maybe in winter....busy, busy year this year from me and DH.

Yesterday I dropped off my knitting for Albion Park Show, I entered 17 items. I can't wait till Saturday morning when the show starts to be able to go and check out how I did. Last year was the first year I entered in this show after moving there in 2009, it is a lovely small show, but has heaps of things, I really enjoyed looking at all the cooking, photography, flowers, vegetables, knitting, sewing etc. So pretty excited about tomorrow and seeing everything in the show. I will put photos up of my entries over the weekend if I get time.