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SD12: Admitting Defeat

sunrisesister — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:03:41 +0000

Ok, I am throwing my hands up and admitting defeat. I am 3 months behind on StashDown12, and I can’t catch up. My spinning time is seriously limited by toddler interference, my own fatigue, and a busy family schedule.

I am, however, knitting TWO things at the same time. As a monogamous knitter, this is both exciting and terrifying.

A stripe study shawl, and

A chunky cabled vest, both for me!

I have also had some stash enhancement lately… lots of BWM balls and cones!

Plans Afoot

sunrisesister — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:25:38 +0000

So I have been plotting big things.. I have been wanting to sell yarn, fibre and supplies on my website on a more regular basis for a while. But lots of research has been needed – suppliers, costings, demand, availability of certain fibres as well as feasibility of time investment etc.

But it’s happening! Very soon I will be expanding this site to include an online store, and I will be stocking a regular line of products, and adding one update per month. This is realistic for me, at the moment, but may be increased down the road.

Spin: Little Speckled Hen

sunrisesister — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:00:51 +0000

I think I left my knitting mojo in Bendigo. No idea why. Perhaps the over-abundance of yarn and pretties has just fried my brain, and I don’t know where to start! So a little spinning is in order…

Fibre: EGMTK Little Speckled Hen in Merino.

Something is happening with my spinning. Either my hands have now fully recovered from the surgeries, or practice really does make perfect.. Or maybe it’s the new wheel, but my spinning has gotten MUCH finer! This is incredibly fine! If I knit this as a single, it would easily be a laceweight.

The down side is….. it takes FOREVER to get thru a braid of fibre I need to learn to spin chunky!

Bendigo 2011

sunrisesister — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:47:34 +0000

Another year, another sheep show, and another amazing (long) weekend away with amazing people! And again, I managed to take hardly any photos, because my hands were full of a wriggling toddler/fibre/yarn/shopping/hugging friends. Oh well!

Three Bags Full..

The house we were staying at this year was *amazing* – we have found our new Bendi home! Huge, many many rooms, and even a seperate retreat. Perfect for lots of families and kids of all ages. Kangaroo spotting and sunsets/sunrises was the order of the day, and we all enjoyed chilling by the fire in the evenings.

The best bit about going up a few days early, is the time we spent actually relaxing and enjoying Bendigo itself. Lake Weeroona is spectacular, and the weather was just fabulous to match.

(But god, am I kicking myself for forgetting the pram/stroller until N drove up and joined us on the friday night! My arms were killing me!)

We popped into the wonderful Bendigo Pottery, a destination which will be a regular for us!

The show was exhausting as usual, but what a day! I got to see lots of familiar faces, and as usual got to put some faces to rav names and blogs. There was much stash snaffling, and I really enjoyed seeing lots of new vendors as well as the favourites.

On to the stash!

Finds from the BWM back room

Yarn from the show

Fibre from the show

That’s my fibre and yarn spendings for the year

WIP: February Lady Sweater

sunrisesister — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:23:57 +0000

My first big knit for myself in a while! The classic February Baby Sweater on two needles by Elizabeth Zimmerman, upsized for the modern woman!

Needles: 5.5mm and 6mm

Yarn: BWM Rustic 12 Ply in Green Tweed, 4 balls (800gm)

Just the sleeves to go! I cannot wait to wear it!