Ah the worry

Spent today worrying about my daughter, who started at new school today for year 9 and didn't know anyone. She was at her last school since Kindy. All turned out OK, a girl she used to go to after school care with a few years ago, started today as well. So they hung out together. She has figured who the mean girls are already, so knows who to avoid. She likes the teacher she has met and says most of the kids are nice .Phew - so did not want to be the big mean Mummy who took her away from her friends and a good school and cause her pain.

She is actually going to catch a bus home tomorrow, a first as well, think I'll still be worrying tomorrow. She is so much braver than I was at her age.

Magic Stripes

Just not impressed with Magic Stripes, frogged sock, just doesn't knit up neatly. And was an ugly colourway as well, liquorice allsort colours, pink, orange, green with dark grey, would have forgiven that if it had knitted up well.

Got some Online Supersocke Cotton out from the stash , and doing a simple double rib using 2.75mm , very nice and soft knitting up neatly and can knit at work without much thought, looking forward to wearing these.

Another over 35c day today, becoming the norm. We've just spotted a red belly black on the front verandah, first snake this summer and hopefully the last

more Fetching

Well think I've satisfied my fetching fetish for now. Love the black ones , even though they are a cheap acrylic. Modified them from suggestions from the Fetching Ravelry Group. They are for my friend who says she has average to large hands and from all comments the original pattern is quite small, which would appear to be so, as the Patons Tweed DK one's are just right for me and I do have small hands. I added an extra row of cable at the wrist , four rows of 4x1 rib before the thumb and completed the cable be fore doing the picot castoff. This seems to prevent the rolling with a flatter neater finish. A lot of people said they didn't like picot castoff, but I find it very appealing and one of the things that draw me the pattern. Will definitely do some more, royal purple yarn from Biggan I think for daughter and I. That will have to wait still on one income, so stash busting is the only yarn option at the moment. Thinking of making matching socks.

What now, maybe back to Magic Stripe Socks, or start a cable scarf.

Weight gone 7.9kgs and counting , over 10% of my body weight

Fetching

Love Love this pattern (Knitty - Summer 2006) unfortunately did not quite have enough yarn to complete mittens to match the Road Scarf, but wanted some so badly.So an abbreviated version was completed , few rows missing and only a hole for the thumb.

Now working on a version in Patons Tweed, which maybe a bit small for anyone but me (really sad about that).Then I want to make some my friend in Black and some how I don't think it will stop there.

NewYear & a FO

Happy New Year everyone, hope it's turns out good for you.



The Road Scarf is completed , and an attempt at blocking being made, given the 12 different stitch panels, had no choice really. Original pattern asks for repeat of four stitches, but I thought I take the opportunity out to try some more. Stitches include Basketweave, Simple Seed, Double Rickrack, Hazelnut, Drop Stitch, Diamond Seed, Ridge, Chevron Seed, Moss, Network, Mesh & Sugar Cube. Yarn Elle Tweed Aran from a discount store , nice and soft even if only 20% wool. Not sure how will block given wool content. Is a stash buster, just under a skein left, will attempt to get some short fingerless mittens out of it.

Shock horror also finished a blouse I was sewing for my Mum, only took me about 12 months.