The week of knitting

I have knitted each night on the baby shawl. I have 640 stitches on the needles and have just gone up a length on the circular needle and am nearly through the 2nd ball of wool. The picture shows from the centre to one side. It is so hard to get a good photo of something when knitting on circular needles as you can't stretch it out flat.

I also have on the needles a bandage in 4ply cotton which will go to Niger for Leprosy patients, it is great for just picking up and knitting of a morning before work or while dinner is cooking etc, an easy non thinking knit between knitting on the shawl.

The other things I have knitted this last week are 4 kitchen towel tops. A person I knit with asked me to make her some, I was going to sell the other 2 at the Knitter's Guild sale in July in Kiama, but I may not be available at that time and I don't really have much to sell anyway.

WInter is here....

Boy is it cold today, it started yesterday afternoon with wind, rain and cold. It is sunny today but still windy and cold. I dipped out of a ride today, but will meet up with DH and others for BBQ lunch for the HOG Anniversary today.

Last week I knitted a Mohair Scarf in a Feathers and Fan pattern, it took 3 balls of Crucci Babysoft Mohair.

I also got the baby shawl out and did a couple of rows, at this early stage it has 260 stitches on the needles.

Yesterday I started doing a couple of handtowels for a friend while at Knitters Guild. I bought two handtowels which will give me four when the tops are knitted, so a couple for the friend and a couple for the knitting sale.

Baby Socks....so cute

The baby socks are so cute, they look a bit long and pointy toed, but they are probably for about a 6 month old not newborn. I may try another pair but make them shorter in the foot and a bit wider across the toe. Instead of going down to 4 stitches then graft toe, I might try 6 stitches across the toe.

I started a mohair scarf last night after finishing the second baby sock. I have to do some knitting for the Kiama Knitters Guild exhibition and sale on 18 -20 July in the Old Fire Station Gallery in Kiama.

Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers around the world, I hope you had a great day.....I did. I got some new bright pink tweetie bird pyjama's and some bright pink Betty Boo slippers. Just the thing for the Knitters Retreat "Nearly Christmas in July" at Mt Keira the end of July. This is being organised by CR&K Daisy Designs at Fairy Meadow. Just $120 for the Friday night through to Sunday afternoon, all meals included. We do some workshops, eat, knit, some drink, chat the whole time, eat, knit, eat, drink, knit.....well you get the idea. It is a great weekend, and being winter it is great to sit by the fire place while doing all of the knitting, chatting etc etc.

See I have been knitting.....

I am off work with a tooth infection, the side of my face looks like I swallowed a football. I am on strong antibiotics for the next week and a half and then off to the dentist....YUK.

Anyway yesterday I was feeling a bit better and decided to sew up the two "Heather" pattern baby matinee jackets I have been knitting. The first one is size 6months and is going to Ireland with friends for their new baby grand-daughter. The second one is for my grand-daughter so I did her a size Newborn as it will be pretty cold when she is due in August. They both need buttons which I will try to remember to buy on the weekend.

See the two together for size difference.

Pattern: Heather (Patons Pattern)
Yarn: Patons Big Baby 4ply
Colour: 3909
Needles: Sizes 3.25mm & 2.75mm
They both took 2 balls and a bit of a 3rd ball.

I am going to try out Rae's baby sock pattern (from CR&K Daisy Design in Daisy Street, Fairy Meadow - Phone: 02 4285 4531) with the left over yarn. I may cast on for them this afternoon as I want to get back to the baby shawl I am knitting. So a baby sock and shawl will be good knitting for anytime, socks for when I can't concentrate so much and the shawl for when all my brain matter is working (well I hope that kicks in for a while to come).

4 more days then the auction for our house. I hope it goes well, so I hope everyone will cross everything and pray for a buyer and good price for our home. Boy this is so stressful, you would think it would get easier the more you do this, but going to auction is new for us and as it gets closer, more stressful. All the hope, anxiety and whatever other feelings we can muster, good or bad seem to be coming out in leaps and bounds. I will be glad to have it sell either before or at the auction - for a good price that we both can be happy with. We have been looking at other homes that will be less stressful (mortgage will be less), and another new start in a another home. Looks good to me right now.