Its that time of the year! C.R. & K Daisy Designs Knitters Retreat ….everyone is welcome!
Date: Friday 3rd May to Sunday 5th May!
Venue: Mt Keira Scout Camp
Cost: $180.00…this includes food accommodation and classes! (BYO)
Theme for Saturday night: Spooky
Classes for Saturday: Tunisan crochet, exhaust dyeing and two coloured crochet.
Special guest presenter Claire Sullivan!
All stock sold during the weekend will be discounted by 30%!!!!
Contact Rae on 42854531 or email: raeheaton@hotmail.com
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Sunday, March 03, 2013
February has been and gone
How fast is this year going, it is already March. My knitting has been busy, messy and enjoyable.
I had my felted slippers at work and was asked to make two more pairs. I was very happy that people thought they were so nice. I was fortunate that I had already decided to make more pairs mainly for selling at the Old Fire Station in June and had purchased more of the Murano yarn from Bendigo Woollen Mills.
I knit both pairs fairly quickly and then put them in the wash, here was my first brain fade, I put them in with a full load of washing and obviously not hot enough water, so back into the washing machine with 2 pairs of jeans and up the temperature of the water, they came out a bit better, but something was terribly wrong with them, they weren't all nice and soft and colourful, there were a bit rough and dull. So back into the wash again, they did shrink a bit better, but still a bit rough. So back to the knitting of another 2 pairs, this time I put them through the wash twice with two pairs of jeans, beautiful. So those two pairs sold.
I knit the February Dish Cloth (Ravelry) which was in true Valentine's Day pattern, I knit mine in a white/pink Peaches N Creme cotton, I love knitting this cotton, we don't have anything like it here in Australia, I did manage to buy some last year while in America, and in hindsight should have bought a lot more of it. I have tried knitting two 4ply strands of cotton, I have knit 8ply cotton and it isn't as thick when knit up as the Peaches N Creme. I may try two 8ply cotton together and see if it comes out closer to what I want it to be.
I finished another Patons Heirloom pattern in Mauve Bendigo 4ply Luxury, and both the mauve set and the pink set are now with the beautiful twins.
I knit a silk cowl for myself, I bought the Habu Silk in Santa Barbara at the Loop N Leaf shop, it is a beautiful shop, I also bought some lovely Alpaca while there and the Brooklyn Tweed yarn needed for a beanie pattern of his.
March is starting off very busy, yesterday was a funeral of my great aunt aged 97, the last of my grandmothers generation of her family, now it is my Mum's generation of the McEwan clan with the eldest being 82 years of age. It was really nice catching up with that side of the family, a pity it seems to be at funerals these days that we do catch up. My aunty Grace wanted to out live her father, my great grand father who died at 93 years of age, when I was a teenager. I have some great memories of both my great grand parents on my mothers, mother side. The McEwans came out from Scotland around 1880 to Joadja (southern highlands of NSW) where my great grand father was born. When he married my great grand mother (from Mauritius), they lived in Wollongong until their deaths.
I have my youngest son's wedding on Tuesday then my husband and I are going on a road trip to Craigie and Delegate to see where his great great grandparents and family are buried. Then going to drive down through the snowy mountains, through Thredbo to Khancoban, each winter when we went skiing I always wanted to see what was past Thredbo. Then from there to Corryong VIC, where the Man from Snowy River is buried, from there we will head to Albury then onto The Rock to visit with friends before returning home.
I had my felted slippers at work and was asked to make two more pairs. I was very happy that people thought they were so nice. I was fortunate that I had already decided to make more pairs mainly for selling at the Old Fire Station in June and had purchased more of the Murano yarn from Bendigo Woollen Mills.
I knit both pairs fairly quickly and then put them in the wash, here was my first brain fade, I put them in with a full load of washing and obviously not hot enough water, so back into the washing machine with 2 pairs of jeans and up the temperature of the water, they came out a bit better, but something was terribly wrong with them, they weren't all nice and soft and colourful, there were a bit rough and dull. So back into the wash again, they did shrink a bit better, but still a bit rough. So back to the knitting of another 2 pairs, this time I put them through the wash twice with two pairs of jeans, beautiful. So those two pairs sold.
I knit the February Dish Cloth (Ravelry) which was in true Valentine's Day pattern, I knit mine in a white/pink Peaches N Creme cotton, I love knitting this cotton, we don't have anything like it here in Australia, I did manage to buy some last year while in America, and in hindsight should have bought a lot more of it. I have tried knitting two 4ply strands of cotton, I have knit 8ply cotton and it isn't as thick when knit up as the Peaches N Creme. I may try two 8ply cotton together and see if it comes out closer to what I want it to be.
I finished another Patons Heirloom pattern in Mauve Bendigo 4ply Luxury, and both the mauve set and the pink set are now with the beautiful twins.
I knit a silk cowl for myself, I bought the Habu Silk in Santa Barbara at the Loop N Leaf shop, it is a beautiful shop, I also bought some lovely Alpaca while there and the Brooklyn Tweed yarn needed for a beanie pattern of his.March is starting off very busy, yesterday was a funeral of my great aunt aged 97, the last of my grandmothers generation of her family, now it is my Mum's generation of the McEwan clan with the eldest being 82 years of age. It was really nice catching up with that side of the family, a pity it seems to be at funerals these days that we do catch up. My aunty Grace wanted to out live her father, my great grand father who died at 93 years of age, when I was a teenager. I have some great memories of both my great grand parents on my mothers, mother side. The McEwans came out from Scotland around 1880 to Joadja (southern highlands of NSW) where my great grand father was born. When he married my great grand mother (from Mauritius), they lived in Wollongong until their deaths.
I have my youngest son's wedding on Tuesday then my husband and I are going on a road trip to Craigie and Delegate to see where his great great grandparents and family are buried. Then going to drive down through the snowy mountains, through Thredbo to Khancoban, each winter when we went skiing I always wanted to see what was past Thredbo. Then from there to Corryong VIC, where the Man from Snowy River is buried, from there we will head to Albury then onto The Rock to visit with friends before returning home.
Monday, January 28, 2013
January Knitting....still some to come
January has been a busy month all around. I have had 3 family birthdays, my wedding anniversary, some holidays from work (only 12 days before and after Christmas through to the New Year). Going back to work during Summer holidays is hard, especially since we have been having some very hot weather.
The past three weeks we have had some terrible bush fires across the country and some very close to where I live. We haven't had much rain and the ground is very dry with most of the grass being a very dry brown now, which makes bush fires extremely dangerous. Now since Saturday night we are having heavy rain with some parts of the east coast of Queensland flooding and now heading down the coast into NSW and expected to hit Sydney tonight, I am 2 hours south of Sydney on the coast. I live between the Mountains and the Sea as many would say. The ocean is a 5 minute drive to the east and the moutains a 5 minute drive to the west, a very beautiful place.
On Australia Day (26 January) we not only celebrated that day, my family also celebrated my parents birthdays (Mum 23 January (75 years) and Dad 29 January (76 years). We had a BBQ, with my eldest son and his wife cooking Surf and Turf, very nice, one of my nieces made a White Chocolate Mud Cake and decorated it beautifully. We talked about when my sister and I where growing up, we laughed so much my stomach hurt. I love having family get togethers. The weekend before we were down the south coast at Moruya with my husbands fathers family staying on a cousins property, playing cricket, feeding the horses, chooks etc, we had so much fun.
Having fun is very addictive, I can't wait for more great weekends with family, friends or even staying home pottering around the yard with my grand-daughter.
My January knitting has been hectic too, I am on a mission this year to knit more of my stash, which seems to grow more than shrink. I think I have enough yarn to do everything I need to, but having said that, I showed my sister my felted slippers and now she wants some for all her family.
I did finish some WIP's, not old WIP's but WIP's none the less. I finished my short sleeve cardigan with Celtic style cables up the front, I really can't wait for cooler weather to wear it. It won second place in Albion Park Agricultural Show the other week. I finished one of the two baby sets I am doing for a friends newly born grand daughters, and I am now on the second one.
I have been a part of a knitalong on Ravelry, the Mystery Sock knitalong, I am loving this, I get a bit more of the pattern each week, and the best thing is that I get to do other knitting while I wait for the next part of the pattern. The last part of the pattern is due on Tuesday 29 January which will finish them off with the toe.
I have knit a pair of fetching fingerless gloves which I gifted to a cousin's wife the other weekend as part of a "pay it forward" thing on facebook. I finished my grand-daughters lacey shrug and she has worn it so that is even better.
Earlier in the month I knit two pairs of booties in old pattern styles, these will go to Knit4Charities in the next couple of weeks. Last night I knit a wash cloth in hot pink for myself to use as a face washer, it is part of a Ravelry knitalong, dishcloth a month. Today I will get back to the baby set, I am up to the sleeves on that, then the yoke is knitted in one piece with the fronts, back and sleeves. It is a very old pattern which is in the new Patons pattern book Heirloom Collection, it doesn't have a name for the pattern it is Style 3 in the book. I had the same set when I was a baby, then I used it to dress up my dolls. I change the bonnet and knit it as a beanie instead. Not many...if any...people use bonnets these days, they all like beanies.
It is a nice rainy day, not too hot and not too cold, which is very nice after the heat we have been having.
The past three weeks we have had some terrible bush fires across the country and some very close to where I live. We haven't had much rain and the ground is very dry with most of the grass being a very dry brown now, which makes bush fires extremely dangerous. Now since Saturday night we are having heavy rain with some parts of the east coast of Queensland flooding and now heading down the coast into NSW and expected to hit Sydney tonight, I am 2 hours south of Sydney on the coast. I live between the Mountains and the Sea as many would say. The ocean is a 5 minute drive to the east and the moutains a 5 minute drive to the west, a very beautiful place.
On Australia Day (26 January) we not only celebrated that day, my family also celebrated my parents birthdays (Mum 23 January (75 years) and Dad 29 January (76 years). We had a BBQ, with my eldest son and his wife cooking Surf and Turf, very nice, one of my nieces made a White Chocolate Mud Cake and decorated it beautifully. We talked about when my sister and I where growing up, we laughed so much my stomach hurt. I love having family get togethers. The weekend before we were down the south coast at Moruya with my husbands fathers family staying on a cousins property, playing cricket, feeding the horses, chooks etc, we had so much fun.
Having fun is very addictive, I can't wait for more great weekends with family, friends or even staying home pottering around the yard with my grand-daughter.
My January knitting has been hectic too, I am on a mission this year to knit more of my stash, which seems to grow more than shrink. I think I have enough yarn to do everything I need to, but having said that, I showed my sister my felted slippers and now she wants some for all her family. I did finish some WIP's, not old WIP's but WIP's none the less. I finished my short sleeve cardigan with Celtic style cables up the front, I really can't wait for cooler weather to wear it. It won second place in Albion Park Agricultural Show the other week. I finished one of the two baby sets I am doing for a friends newly born grand daughters, and I am now on the second one.
I have been a part of a knitalong on Ravelry, the Mystery Sock knitalong, I am loving this, I get a bit more of the pattern each week, and the best thing is that I get to do other knitting while I wait for the next part of the pattern. The last part of the pattern is due on Tuesday 29 January which will finish them off with the toe.
I have knit a pair of fetching fingerless gloves which I gifted to a cousin's wife the other weekend as part of a "pay it forward" thing on facebook. I finished my grand-daughters lacey shrug and she has worn it so that is even better. 
It is a nice rainy day, not too hot and not too cold, which is very nice after the heat we have been having.
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Happy New Year
2013 has started out very busy with knitting. I was way behind in what I wanted to knit for the local argricultural shows held in January. I couldn't make up my mind last week if I would enter, I had some things nearly knitted and some just needed sewing together. I decided last weekend that if I finished knitting the short sleeve cardigan that I would enter, so I knit and I knit and then knit some more and finally got it finished and sew together, it is a winter short sleeve cardigan/vest type thing. I love it, it turned out really nice.
Other knitting for my local Albion Park Show to be held this weekend 12 & 13 January are a pink 4ply wool 3 piece baby set, 2 pairs of booties which I knit a couple of vintage pattern booties, a lace shrug/cardigan which is for my grand-daugher, a cotton summer top, a cotton swing dress which are also for my grand-daughter. I wasn't going to put the last two items in, but as I have been a bit slow on the knitting I decided to, to make up numbers.
Today has been the hotest day here in many many years, with "Catastrophic fire" warnings for the area I live and other places in NSW with very hot temperatures and high winds, it has not been a good day for bush fires. Luckily we didn't have any in my immediate area, but not far away have been some huge bush fires. It is really good now as the RFS (Rural Fire Service) send out sms messages to most people with mobile phones warning them of the dangers in their area. It is still very hot and is not going to be a comfortable night sleeping in this heat, a southerly wind is due early hours of the morning which should cool things down.
Photos will have to come later as I don't seem to be able to select any to upload. Not sure what is going on with it.
Other knitting for my local Albion Park Show to be held this weekend 12 & 13 January are a pink 4ply wool 3 piece baby set, 2 pairs of booties which I knit a couple of vintage pattern booties, a lace shrug/cardigan which is for my grand-daugher, a cotton summer top, a cotton swing dress which are also for my grand-daughter. I wasn't going to put the last two items in, but as I have been a bit slow on the knitting I decided to, to make up numbers.
Today has been the hotest day here in many many years, with "Catastrophic fire" warnings for the area I live and other places in NSW with very hot temperatures and high winds, it has not been a good day for bush fires. Luckily we didn't have any in my immediate area, but not far away have been some huge bush fires. It is really good now as the RFS (Rural Fire Service) send out sms messages to most people with mobile phones warning them of the dangers in their area. It is still very hot and is not going to be a comfortable night sleeping in this heat, a southerly wind is due early hours of the morning which should cool things down.
Photos will have to come later as I don't seem to be able to select any to upload. Not sure what is going on with it.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
tis the night before christmas eve
it is still hot and humid.....it is raining outside after an electrical storm and I am hoping that it cools things down for the rest of the night.
I have put the christmas gifts in the calico bags some of which are over 25 years old, I made them for my boys, nieces, friends boys and they are put to good use every year for gifts that fit, lollies etc. and the newer ones are 4 years old and were made when my grandaughter was born and one for each of my two daughter inlaws.
I havent put Ruby's stocking out this year as sadly Ruby was put to rest on 1 December, she had a short but very dignified battle with brain tumors, then tumors in her liver and stomach. We miss her very much. She was only 9 years old. I have told DH and boys that we are not having any more animals, Ruby was the firsht dog I ever got attached too, it is like losing a very loving family member, well I guess that is exactly what she was....a very loving family member.
On the knitting front I am knitting a 3 piece baby set for the local shows in January 2013. With a list of things I would like to knit for the shows and only 3 weeks to knit them....Have a very Merry Christmas.... I am going back to knitting for a while before I go to bed.
I have put the christmas gifts in the calico bags some of which are over 25 years old, I made them for my boys, nieces, friends boys and they are put to good use every year for gifts that fit, lollies etc. and the newer ones are 4 years old and were made when my grandaughter was born and one for each of my two daughter inlaws.
I havent put Ruby's stocking out this year as sadly Ruby was put to rest on 1 December, she had a short but very dignified battle with brain tumors, then tumors in her liver and stomach. We miss her very much. She was only 9 years old. I have told DH and boys that we are not having any more animals, Ruby was the firsht dog I ever got attached too, it is like losing a very loving family member, well I guess that is exactly what she was....a very loving family member.
On the knitting front I am knitting a 3 piece baby set for the local shows in January 2013. With a list of things I would like to knit for the shows and only 3 weeks to knit them....Have a very Merry Christmas.... I am going back to knitting for a while before I go to bed.
Picture of Ruby and grandaughter Aahliyah
Sunday, November 18, 2012
One week at a time
The time seems to be just flying by.....I do seem to get a few things done, but not as fast as I would like.....I guess there are no magic wands around to help out.
I am working on another crochet rug that my MIL was doing before she died. I have finished two of them and decided to finish another square she had started for my FIL as he said that my MIL was going to make him one to replace his old one which has just about fallen to pieces. I will get this done and give it to him for Christmas.
I did finish the cotton top I was doing it came up pretty nice, probably a bit big in the armhole area, but seeing as it is a summer top will let a lot of cool in.
I have all my Christmas shopping done....well all done in my head, I just need to make the time to go and physically do the shopping. I will have to look at some recipes and sought out what to have on Christmas Day and get that shopping done too....I would love to be all done except for the food items you can't get until the last minute before December arrives, so I can sit back and knit and relax....oh yeah....and work. I am just having the days off which work will be closed over the Christmas and New Year break, 11 days off will be great.
I have had a very nice day so far, I walked to the supermarket (Woolworths) with my grand-daughter and on the way back we stopped off at the park and played on the equipment. I even had a go on the swing, she reckons she swung higher than me....not sure that was correct, but she was going high for a 4 year old.
Below is the crochet rug my MIL started for my grand-daughter and I have finished. My FIL will give it to her for Christmas and the cotton top I made.
Now off to sit and crochet some more.
I am working on another crochet rug that my MIL was doing before she died. I have finished two of them and decided to finish another square she had started for my FIL as he said that my MIL was going to make him one to replace his old one which has just about fallen to pieces. I will get this done and give it to him for Christmas.
I did finish the cotton top I was doing it came up pretty nice, probably a bit big in the armhole area, but seeing as it is a summer top will let a lot of cool in.
I have all my Christmas shopping done....well all done in my head, I just need to make the time to go and physically do the shopping. I will have to look at some recipes and sought out what to have on Christmas Day and get that shopping done too....I would love to be all done except for the food items you can't get until the last minute before December arrives, so I can sit back and knit and relax....oh yeah....and work. I am just having the days off which work will be closed over the Christmas and New Year break, 11 days off will be great.
I have had a very nice day so far, I walked to the supermarket (Woolworths) with my grand-daughter and on the way back we stopped off at the park and played on the equipment. I even had a go on the swing, she reckons she swung higher than me....not sure that was correct, but she was going high for a 4 year old.
Below is the crochet rug my MIL started for my grand-daughter and I have finished. My FIL will give it to her for Christmas and the cotton top I made.
Now off to sit and crochet some more.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Getting things in order
I am still trying to organise my life so I can fit in all the things I love to do, I am getting so far behind in everything.
I have decided that I won't be madly knitting each month for the monthly handmade markets in Albion Park anymore, I have enjoyed attending the markets, but I have to knit so much (not a bad thing you maybe thinking) and nothing else seems to be getting done. The garden is getting to be a real mess, and I don't seem to be enjoying my knitting as much.
I love to knit, but I love to knit what I want to, not what I think others will buy. I have put photos up on my knitting facebook page - Annie Knits http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.167469400061014.39474.100003938645170&type=1#!/annie.knits and will see how this goes with selling my knitting. That will take the pressue off me as far as having to keep up knitting each month for the markets.
I have made a list - yes I am big, HUGE on lists. Anyway I have made a list of knitting I would like to do over the next couple of months, mainly knitting for the Albion Park Show, which I may also enter some of the items in the Dapto and Kiama Shows. The three shows run over consecutive weekends.
I have been knitting a Cotton Swing Dress which I trialled in making it as a size 4 years, just about got it right, not that anyone would really know, just have to tweek the pattern a bit. The pattern I have is only in a size 2 years.
I am currently knitting a cotton top in size 4, it is in the Let's Get Knitting magazine using Panda Cotton 8ply, it is looking pretty good, photos to come after I finish it, I have planned to finish it today, but first I have to remove myself from this chair and computer and go vacuum and wash all the floors, hose out the pergola area and then maybe I will sit down and knit - gotta love the weekends.
I have decided that I won't be madly knitting each month for the monthly handmade markets in Albion Park anymore, I have enjoyed attending the markets, but I have to knit so much (not a bad thing you maybe thinking) and nothing else seems to be getting done. The garden is getting to be a real mess, and I don't seem to be enjoying my knitting as much.
I love to knit, but I love to knit what I want to, not what I think others will buy. I have put photos up on my knitting facebook page - Annie Knits http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.167469400061014.39474.100003938645170&type=1#!/annie.knits and will see how this goes with selling my knitting. That will take the pressue off me as far as having to keep up knitting each month for the markets.
I have made a list - yes I am big, HUGE on lists. Anyway I have made a list of knitting I would like to do over the next couple of months, mainly knitting for the Albion Park Show, which I may also enter some of the items in the Dapto and Kiama Shows. The three shows run over consecutive weekends.
I have been knitting a Cotton Swing Dress which I trialled in making it as a size 4 years, just about got it right, not that anyone would really know, just have to tweek the pattern a bit. The pattern I have is only in a size 2 years.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
At Crossroads
I haven't been blogging, but I have been knitting. I started knitting for a monthly market which has been going well. It does take up so much of my time, I am still working full time, so knitting is for evenings and weekends.
As it is getting into summer here, I am really noticing that the time I have been spending on knitting for the markets has me neglecting all other aspects of my life.
I know we knitters don't usally worry about the housework so much, but there comes a time when it really needs doing, and I am missing going out and doing some gardening and the poor garden really looks neglected with some really healthy looking weeds taking over.
So here I am contemplating how my life should be going. With the recent death of my mother-inlaw a couple of weeks ago, I am starting to think a bit about what I really want to be doing with my time away from work, unfortunately I still have to work full time.
I am thinking of not doing the markets and maybe trying other avenue's of selling my knitting eg. etsy or the Australian online markets "madeit".
I am going to make a list of things I really need or would like to do at home with my spare time and see if I can juggle things a bit better.
To start with I am now knitting a winter top for myself for next year, which I probably will put in Albion Park Show in January, and a beanie with Brooklyn Tweed yarn and pattern I picked up while in USA recently. I love the USA, I have a savings plan in place so we can get back there in 4 years time - Route 66 Santa Monica Pier to Chicago here we come along with some eastern states in Autumn. Big trip so alot of saving is going to be happening around my place.
Here's to life......just do it!
As it is getting into summer here, I am really noticing that the time I have been spending on knitting for the markets has me neglecting all other aspects of my life.
I know we knitters don't usally worry about the housework so much, but there comes a time when it really needs doing, and I am missing going out and doing some gardening and the poor garden really looks neglected with some really healthy looking weeds taking over.
So here I am contemplating how my life should be going. With the recent death of my mother-inlaw a couple of weeks ago, I am starting to think a bit about what I really want to be doing with my time away from work, unfortunately I still have to work full time.
I am thinking of not doing the markets and maybe trying other avenue's of selling my knitting eg. etsy or the Australian online markets "madeit".
I am going to make a list of things I really need or would like to do at home with my spare time and see if I can juggle things a bit better.
To start with I am now knitting a winter top for myself for next year, which I probably will put in Albion Park Show in January, and a beanie with Brooklyn Tweed yarn and pattern I picked up while in USA recently. I love the USA, I have a savings plan in place so we can get back there in 4 years time - Route 66 Santa Monica Pier to Chicago here we come along with some eastern states in Autumn. Big trip so alot of saving is going to be happening around my place.
Here's to life......just do it!
Monday, July 09, 2012
Coastal Crafts Handmade Markets (CCHM) - Albion Park
I have been very busy knitting for the next CCHM on 28 July at Centenary Hall, Albion Park. As I will be in America my Mum is going to do the stall for me. Good on ya Mum, you are the best.
My mum liked my fingerless gloves I had on the other day, so I have knit her a pair which I will give to her this week when I visit Mum and Dad before my holiday, and take the last of the knitted items for the markets to her.
I also this week did another beanie for my grand-daughter as she saw me knitting them last week and asked for one the same.
I am really looking forward to returing to America for a holiday and it will be summer there, added bonus to get away from cold weather this winter for a few weeks. I am not going to where I really wanted to go on this trip which was the east coast in autumn, but we are visiting some favourite places from last trip and will be going to Sturgis Bike Week while in South Dakota, the main reason for the trip. I have my Knit Picks wish list already to go so I can get it delivered to a motel while there, only 6 more sleeps.
Knitting below is what I have been doing the past few weeks for the CCHM stall and the last photo is a pair of Fetching fingerless gloves for my Mum in grey acrylic, wool, alpaca blend with an extra cable row (I like them a bit longer on the fingers).
My mum liked my fingerless gloves I had on the other day, so I have knit her a pair which I will give to her this week when I visit Mum and Dad before my holiday, and take the last of the knitted items for the markets to her.
I also this week did another beanie for my grand-daughter as she saw me knitting them last week and asked for one the same.
I am really looking forward to returing to America for a holiday and it will be summer there, added bonus to get away from cold weather this winter for a few weeks. I am not going to where I really wanted to go on this trip which was the east coast in autumn, but we are visiting some favourite places from last trip and will be going to Sturgis Bike Week while in South Dakota, the main reason for the trip. I have my Knit Picks wish list already to go so I can get it delivered to a motel while there, only 6 more sleeps.
Knitting below is what I have been doing the past few weeks for the CCHM stall and the last photo is a pair of Fetching fingerless gloves for my Mum in grey acrylic, wool, alpaca blend with an extra cable row (I like them a bit longer on the fingers).
Sunday, June 24, 2012
A new Knitting Adventure
A new markets have started in my home town of Albion Park, NSW Australia, they are the Coastal Crafts Handmade Markets (CCHM). The first markets were held on 16 June and with 32 stalls was a great day.
They are held in Centennary Hall which is great as weather will not affect the markets at all, and the first was a very wet and cold day.
I will be in USA for the second markets on 28 July, and I am going to see if my Mum will look after my stall for me, otherwise I have talked with another knitting friend who is going to try and get a stall with her machine knitting husband and if they do, she will look after my stall if needed.
I did really well on the first stall, it was hard to know what to knit for it, so I had a good mix of baby, kids and adult items along with some cotton dish cloths. The dish cloths sold out which really amazed me.
I am knitting away madly again so I have some more nice items for the stall in July.
I went to Wangaratta on the long weekend while visiting friends at The Rock, NSW. We had a great time, well I had a great time at the Woollen Mills, walked out with such a large bag of wool. We then went to Beechworth and another visit to The Ardent Alpaca with another nice purchase of alpaca yarn for a scarf for me. It is knitting up so beautiful and soft.
I knitted a pair of fingerless gloves for a friends son who is at Uni at Bathurst, very cold winters there, and I have also finished a pair of Fetching for a woman at work, and a very nice purple cotton and bamboo swing dress in size 2 for a knitting friend and she also bought the pink bamboo and cotton swing dress for her friend with twin girls.
They are held in Centennary Hall which is great as weather will not affect the markets at all, and the first was a very wet and cold day.
I will be in USA for the second markets on 28 July, and I am going to see if my Mum will look after my stall for me, otherwise I have talked with another knitting friend who is going to try and get a stall with her machine knitting husband and if they do, she will look after my stall if needed.
I did really well on the first stall, it was hard to know what to knit for it, so I had a good mix of baby, kids and adult items along with some cotton dish cloths. The dish cloths sold out which really amazed me.
I am knitting away madly again so I have some more nice items for the stall in July.
I went to Wangaratta on the long weekend while visiting friends at The Rock, NSW. We had a great time, well I had a great time at the Woollen Mills, walked out with such a large bag of wool. We then went to Beechworth and another visit to The Ardent Alpaca with another nice purchase of alpaca yarn for a scarf for me. It is knitting up so beautiful and soft.
I knitted a pair of fingerless gloves for a friends son who is at Uni at Bathurst, very cold winters there, and I have also finished a pair of Fetching for a woman at work, and a very nice purple cotton and bamboo swing dress in size 2 for a knitting friend and she also bought the pink bamboo and cotton swing dress for her friend with twin girls.
Monday, May 07, 2012
Mad knitting weekend
I have been knitting madly all weekend doing a beret with knitted flowers for Aahliyah, some stripe fingerless glovers for her and now a matching stripe scarf which is a bit past half way done.
In the pictures of have the knitpicks socks yarn I dyed at the Knitters Retreat the weekend before, I have wound it in a ball and it is on the list to be knit, not sure what it will be knit as yet.
I bought a bit of yarn at the Knitters Retreat, 20 balls of Patons Emotions 4ply which is Merino and Cashmere - very very soft 10 balls in light blue and 10 balls in a darker blue, 4 balls of a black cashmere yarn, about 10 balls of baby pure wool yarn in 4ply in different colours and I also won 10balls of beige pure 4ply baby wool during Trivia on the Saturday night.
I am rushing this morning to get to work so will try to upload some knitting pictures before I go.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Sick people should stay home
It makes me so mad that people come to work when they are sick....and as usual I end up sick with a damn head cold from it.
I had a great weekend in the Hunter Valley, despite getting a nasty head cold while away.
And this weekend I spend with some wonderful people at the Annual C.R. & K Daisy Design Knitters Retreat held at the Mt. Keira Scout Camp. It was great catching up with people who have attended in the past and meeting new people who attended this year. I made a felt ball, dyed some yarn, and tried to drop spindle spin, which I wasn't all that good at, but will try again at home which might be a bit more comfortable for me. I know now why they are called a Drop Spindle, because if I dropped mine once, I dropped it a few dozens times.
I bought up big on the yarn front, heaps of pure wool baby wool, and some really nice Emotions 4ply which I am knitting another baby cardigan with the boat pattern on the front. I planned most of my yarn buying this weekend, with patterns picked out and a list of yarns needed, so now I have more knitting to get done in the very near future, then continue on with my stash knitting for the remainder of the year.
I finished the Horizontal Vertical Kimono for myself last week and wore it over the weekend.
What is with blogger these days,it doesn't leave spaces between paragraphs anymore or put the photos side by side....WTF.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Hunter Valley Girls Weekend......
Early tomorrow morning I am going to the Hunter Valley with some girls that I ride with, leaving some husbands at home to look after themselves. We have booked a horse and carriage wine tour, really looking forward to that, wish I liked wine better than I do.
Here are the pictures of my knitting recently finished and mentioned in previous post.
not sure in this new setout how to get the photos side by side. And I forgot to upload the blue baby cardigan with the boats on the front. And after trying to find the cardigan on my camera, I don't have a photo, maybe it is on my phone...I will check that one out another day.
I am now off to finish packing for my 4 days away.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Where is the time going
It seems like time is going by so fast, and lots of things are being done. The year is rushing by, we are April already and there is so much to be done. Well according to my head there is so much to be done, I could take a step back and relax a bit, but I am so keen to empty my stash and soon, sick of a big mess on the floor. All cupboard space is full and I refuse to take it outside the room where it lives.
I finished the baby hoodie yesterday and will give it to the baby on Wednesday when he arrives from Melbourne. I showed his grandma this morning when I arrived at work and she suggested that I keep it and give to him on Wednesday. It will be nice to see him and the hoodie together, I am sure the Denim colour is going to suit him, but will be nice to see it does.
I pattern shows the hoodie with flat buttons, I did see some very cute little toggle buttons, but being for a 6 month old, it may have been a bit uncomfortable for him when he is rolling over on his belly, I found some nice flat buttons that suit the colour really well.
I started the other day on the cardigan for another person at work's baby, I am doing a pale blue cardigan with cute little boats on the front, the boats have a flag that sits out from the front too, very cute. I will finish the second front tonight and hopefully a sleeve tomorrow night, I usually do both sleeves together, but as this cardigan only takes 2 balls of yarn and I have finished one ball, I will need to do the sleeves separately. I am hoping for a Thursday finish on this cardigan.
I sorted out some yarn to sell at the Old Fire Station Knitters sale in May in Kiama, I have a heap of acrylic yarn from my mother in law and some other yarns that realistically I am not going to use, and I need to clear room on my floor in my computer/craft room. Some of these yarns are very nice and expensive, but if I am not going to use them, I can't see any reason to keep them any longer.
I am in a very harsh de-cluttering mood.
Photos to come, they are in the camera, I need time to download them and put them on this page.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Busy, busy, busy
I have been very busy with knitting, family, parties, and life in general. I have to remind my self to take photos of my knitting and to blog about them.
I am knitting a 4ply cardigan for my grand-daughter at the moment in a size 4yrs, all bits are knitted, I will sew up on the weekend and try and get some buttons. I used Shepherd 4ply pure wool in a coral colour, will be lovely on her, but hard to get buttons to match.
I have started on a baby hoodie for a work friends grandson, I am knitting the 6 month size for him for this winter and as he lives in Melbourne I would like to have it finished by easter when he will be visiting up here and I would imagine Melbourne will be getting cold soon.
I have paid for my place at this year's C.R & K Daisy Designs Annual Knitting Camp to be held at Mt Keira Scout Camp from Friday afternoon 27 April - Sunday 29 April, I can't wait. Will have to make myself a strict budget so I can buy some nice yarn while there, I should get some patterns organised so I buy what I need and will use.
I am knitting a 4ply cardigan for my grand-daughter at the moment in a size 4yrs, all bits are knitted, I will sew up on the weekend and try and get some buttons. I used Shepherd 4ply pure wool in a coral colour, will be lovely on her, but hard to get buttons to match.
I have started on a baby hoodie for a work friends grandson, I am knitting the 6 month size for him for this winter and as he lives in Melbourne I would like to have it finished by easter when he will be visiting up here and I would imagine Melbourne will be getting cold soon.
I have paid for my place at this year's C.R & K Daisy Designs Annual Knitting Camp to be held at Mt Keira Scout Camp from Friday afternoon 27 April - Sunday 29 April, I can't wait. Will have to make myself a strict budget so I can buy some nice yarn while there, I should get some patterns organised so I buy what I need and will use.
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