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We went to Bendigo! A big group of us stayed at the same place as last year, this time taking up 3 houses instead of the 1 and retreat! We were there for the Australian Sheep and Wool Show which was fabulous and even more busy than last year.

So busy, in fact, that I think I took a grand total of about 10 photos

However, there was yarn buying! woohoo!

So many great finds, and some lovely surprises. I even got a (very affordable) swift and some blocking wires too. Stoked. I had some great scores in the BWM bargain room, including some 12ply and some undyed cameo which has a touch of lovely fluffy angora.

And we even had a Dagwood Dog for Kelli xx

Blogtoberfest continues!

Well I finally finished sock #1, and am onto the second without the usual delay! woo! They JUST fit, so I will have to see how they wear in.

I love this yarn more and more as I knit it..

Yesterday I did a little blog housekeeping; I tidied some code, updated some ancient plugins, and added a cart! Yep, some lovely hand dyed yarny goodness up there, so check it out More will be added today, in thicker weights.

Available at the moment:

Yesterday was also a day for baking. My youngest loves cupcakes (who doesn’t?) so she whipped up these berry and white chocolate cupcakes with a little help.

Delicious, and very fruity! This is how it’s done:

1 packet of vanilla/butter cake mix, made to instructions. Yes, I cheated. But heck.
some white chocolate drops
and some frozen mixed berries (we usually have a bag of boyseberries/blueberries/raspberries in the freezer for topping yogurt)

Bake. TADAAAA! Cool for as long as you can bear it, and eat with a cup of GOOD tea. Bliss.

I am seriously considering buying a cheap ice cream/gelati machine this summer. We have an abundance of home grown lemons, figs, and local fruit that would make for some delicious cooling treats. We have a deep freezer running, so why not? We spend a small fortune on icey poles every year, which sadly tend to be full of nasty colours etc. Hmm… some thinking to be done..

Today I am going to catch up on some yarn photos.. see you then!

Totally unable to blog. Our optus cable connection is busted, and we are on a crippling 2kb speed up and down. If it isn’t fixed in the next 2 days, we’ll be signing up with a new providor. But in the meantime, I’m having to do everything via my iPhone on 3G!

Oh and optus, you have 2 days to wow me. We have no contract anymore. We’ll take our mobile and cable elsewhere. ADSL1 is still faster than 2kb. We might live in the sticks, but we still deserve Internet access!

After seeing a friend’s gorgeous Moo cards a few weeks ago, I decided to pull my finger out and order some. This is done directly thru Flickr, and I made one of each, so there are no duplicates!

They are fantastic. If you are on Flickr, there are links to Moo on the front page. If you aren’t, try www.moo.com