Rain drops keep falling on my head.....

Isn't this rain just wonderful, we have had a full day and night of rain, good soaking rain and it is falling in the catchment area.

I am nearly finished the back of the "Lucky" lace wrap top, photos to come.

Stitch N Bitch on Saturday was great, we sat around chatting, knitting, checking out other people's knitting, and books that some had brought in. Sipping cocktails (Strawberry Whisper) - yummy, while sitting around with so many great people and knitting....just great! I was good I resisted the desserts, I am determined to atleast start to lose some weight, we will be walking again tonight (weather permitting).

Donni had a few projects going, the Knitpicks (I wish Knitpicks sold to Australia) sock yarn in red and green, she is so clever knitting them together on 2 circulars, and the clapy she is doing in brown and blue, it looks great, these two colours are so IN.

Ailsa with her Mystery Shawl and the Corset top - it is just so lovely, she is doing it in her own handspun and dyed yarn, another clever chick. Oh to be so multi-talented.

Jussi was doing the stripy tiger socks, they are so nice in those colours.

I keep feeling as if I need to start on my parents blankets for christmas, but I am trying hard to resist and just do one project at a time, and as I need to finish "Lucky" by 12 December I will keep that going alone, then start the blankets.

55 days till Christmas Day, so I will give myself 50 days to finish all projects, that makes it 20 December to be all done. That way when I finish work for my holidays on Thursday 22 December, I will have a few days to potter around getting things ready for Christmas Day, like clean the barby, get the chairs out, and the old doors and trestles (these make great long tables), you know the stuff, running around like a chook with its head cut off trying to make sure everything is done and how I want it.

What makes my heart sing........

Lots of things make my heart sing, seeing my kids happy, riding along side Steve on our bikes, Ruby makes my heart sing, my roses when in bloom make me smile, just being alive and seeing the beauty around makes me smile. Even with all the shit that can happen in life from time to time, there is so much around us that is beautiful....you know, You just have to "smell the roses" as they say. Look around you and see the good and beauty in all.



This picture of #2 son asleep on outside lounge with Ruby watching over him, this is one thing that makes me smile and my heart sing.

Yesterday #2 son gave her a whole egg, she loves them, she gently plays with it, then she licks it, she even gets it in her mouth and runs around the yard with it, has another play with is rolling it around with her paws,she does this for about 15 minutes or so, she then gently puts it in her mouth and cracks it open, and eats the whole thing. She is so gentle for apparently being the most vicious breed.

The wait was worth it

I had a great time at Knitter's Guild Camp on the weekend. We knitted, ate, knitted, learnt new knitting things, ate, knitted, did I mention we knitted.

We arrived at 5pm on Friday afternoon, settled in, ate dinner, talked and knitted till late. Saturday we were up early, some went for a morning walk, others got a cuppa and sat and talked or knitted until 7.30am when breakfast started, then at 8.30am the workshops started. I wanted to do A-mazing knitting, well I lasted through the sample piece, and couldn't get my brain around it, so seeing as the books and yarn people had set up I decided to go and see what I could spend my hard earned and hard saved cash on. Well I bought 5 books see picture for titles. Others from our group who kept at it, said it was easy once you got the cast on going, but with something like 2,000 stitches, I think I will have another go at home in peace and quiet.

I bought some Centolavaggi 2ply lace wool in off white, I got a ball of Hot Socks wool yarn. From Flinders Island Fleece I got a cone, no a huge cone of 2ply wool in a terracotta colour for lace knitting, a cone of over a kilo of 8ply pure wool in off white, some dying to be done, a small cone of off white 4ply for dying, that was my first cone I thought I would try my hand a dying, then I spotted the 8ply and I want to do some more felted bags, so I ummed and arred and got the Virgin Credit card now I am talking in name and by nature and made my first purchase on credit card, I am so happy it was for wool, I didn't go crazy just $52, but I did tell Steve of my credit card when I got home.

I then won 25 balls of Miraggio by Patons yarns with two pattern books, also I won a Learn to Crochet kit.

The food was plentiful, saturday I stuffed myself stupid and went easy on sunday, I didn't have any morning or afternoon tea cakes etc the whole weekend, I don't know where they expected me to fit it after the meals we ate.

I made great progress on my father in-laws blanket for Christmas.














My mother in-law makes the most amazing cards, this is my birthday card
















This is what $302 looks like converted into Knitting Books and Yarn.





















And I won these:

















And I made this yesterday in Mosaic Knitting Workshops:

One more sleep....that's all it will take....just one more sleep

One more sleep, alot of packing and still doing homework for Knitters Guild Knitting Camp this weekend. We are staying at Stanwell Tops Conference Centre - I can't wait.

I need a nice relaxing weekend after last weekend and the dramas that followed. You know the song "Dancing in the Street" well the new title is "Brawling in the Street". And after many thoughts on choosing a name for my house I think I will rename my street to "Anarchy Hill Drive" - Rebellious, Chaotic, lawlessness, just plain out of control would suit. Anyway a good old aussie brawl any day is pretty good, not these girl fights with guns, knives etc which seem to be creeping into the aussie way of life. Anyway two visits to the chiropractor and all is well with the old body again.

Tianne I am still deciding on whether to take alcohol this weekend or not, I don't think I will. I am running out of time for getting everything ready. I have prepared homework for the Amazing Knitting and Mosaic Knitting workshops. I have started on the seams etc workshop stuff, but probably won't be doing them. I have to remember to take the camera for some good blog picture. I should write a list of things to take so I don't take too much or leave something behind, maybe tonight I will do that.

Pictures on Side Bar

When I work on my blog and look at it on my computer, I can see all the links buttons etc. Eg. Yarn Magazine button, button for Sassy Gina-D who spoilt me in SP5. I was looking at my blog from another computer last week and I couldn't see the buttons I have on my side bar, can other people see them or not. Can you let me know please. Thanks.

3 more sleeps......

Just 3 more sleeps till Knitting Camp....yahoo!.

I have to get my act together, after a full on week at work last week filling in the for General Manager and Mayor's Executive Assistant, I was sooooo tired each night, I am glad to be back in my own office this week. After an exciting weekend (if that is what you call what happened) I had to go to the chiropractor yesterday to get put back in alignment, feeling a bit better today, I finally last night started getting things ready for knitting camp this weekend, I will need to finish work early on Friday to be at the venue for 5.30pm. We have a few 'homework' items to prepare for the workshops, so I will have to get them finished tonight hopefully.

I got a lovely parcel from Ozeyarn yesterday, the 100cm circular needles needed for a workshops at camp and Heirloom 4ply Cotton for my #1 son's girlfriend's 21st pressie for December. I will take that to camp along with the second blanket for in-laws.

Julian from Ozeyarn send me an Ozeyarn carrybag, sample cards and some Jo Sharp pamphlets in my order. There is a great article on Julian and Ozeyarn in this issue of Creative Knitting.

Pick Up Sticks had another article published in this issue of Creative Knitting, it was a great read, I didn't put it down until I finished, I was cooking dinner while reading, and guess what....the meat was so well done, nice and crispy. Oh well, they are use to my cooking.

Chrissy Blanket

I am about half way on the mother inlaws blanket for Christmas.


On Tuesday I had to see the skin specialist for a large black spot thingy on my back, he froze off a sun spot above my lip (well doesn't it look a treat today, I am glad it is Council's Union picnic day tomorrow so I don't have to come to work) and he took a skin cancer of my arm (both of which I had no idea were there), and now I have to go back to have this mole cut off my back next month. The next available appointment was a week before our annual bike ride to Canowindra as I did't want to have to ride with stitches in my back I put it off until after that weekend. Oh what joy of ageing, now we know the dangers of all those years at the beach and sun baking in coconut butter and baby oil, but hey the tan was great. Isn't it funny how now I think white is nice. When I was young I was always dark brown people thought I had olive skin, now people think I have lovely fair skin as I try not to get my face in the sun much at all (just a little bit).

I went to the knitting frenzy on Saturday it was a good day, sheep being sheared, a couple of women spinning and a lot more knitting away on the squares to be made into blankets to be sent to Mongolia. One ladies mother had knitted 350 squares, that is going to make 10 blankets. They raise money for medical procedures for people in Fiji, India etc for surgery on some awful looking body defects in mainly children. The idea is that you get people to sponsor the squares you are knitting. The organisers are hoping to raise more funds than last year and they are certainly going to have more blankets than last year. The local paper took a photo of me and a few others watching the sheep shearing, well I can tell you it really has kicked my butt into gear as far as the eating better is going. I have been eating heaps better since yesterday (hahaha) when I saw the picture. Light and Easy Cereal with Soy milk for breakfast, I have my homemade natural yoghurt, strawberries, a mandarin, a salmon salad to eat at work, and will have to decide on something healthy for dinner, and drink plenty of water. I must start walking of a night again.