whoops, time flies!

so it has been pointed out to me that i'm an absolutely atrocious blogger and that i should immediately get my act together and start blogging more frequently, but in the meantime a little catch up post!

i feel like i've been knitting heaps, but I don't seem to have all that many completed projects to show for it, but here's what i've done over the last 2 months or so...

1 head, 3 ways

left: santa hat! a pattern of my own making, using up stash white yarn held triple (yum, acrylics) and some luxury BWM Hibiscus

centre: Hermione Hearts Ron (pattern on Rav) in Morris Empire 8ply

right: Ripley by Ysolda Teague in Noro Silk Garden Chunky (a gift for a friend moving to Nepal for a year)

as I always love knitting for a theme, or a good cause, or you know, because it's a day ending in 'y', i thought it would be fun to do the Hermione Hearts Ron for the Harry Potter 7 pt 1 movie, although it was like 35 degrees that day so I wore it for like 5 minutes! but still, the thought was there. This hat has grown SIGNIFICANTLY, it went from fitting perfectly to now being like 4 inches too large around the band, thinking it needs either elastic or something like a frogging and knitting the band again on teeny needles

in a similar vein, the santa hat was for the SnB Melbourne Botanical Gardens Christmas Pic-knit, a lovely day in the sun (and coincidentally the same day I went to the HP7pt1 movie!) with great ladies, and a puppy!! look, i actually remembered to take my camera to a knitting function! woo! thanks to the delicious weather we've been having, I've been able to wear it quite a bit - last day of work, secret santa at SnB Richmond and Christmas Day! Have a little lookit at the 'tan day

i snuck in a quick cowl for Norovember, knit in the round and an eyelet row every 7 rows in stockinette

not sure that I like this one, might frog it or I might not because I'm lazy?

the Hap Blanket for Bekki and Serena, a wedding present. Another Ysolda knit, so quick and lovely, though I made it around 30% bigger than the pattern, turned out a perfect lap blanket side, or a nice portable floor rug for their little baby boy Mannix. Their house is all in neutrals with dark wood accents, so this turned out perfectly :)

so as I write this, I have 2 rows left on the front bands of my Dad's Avast sweater (Knitty pattern) and then I just need to wash, block and sew it up and add the zip (ha! so much still to do!) and i'm still plugging away on my Saroyan shawlette, I've stopped hating that again so that's a hip hip hooray moment, it's going to be quite nice and light so I need to get that finished as soon as I can so i can wear it, what with this delicious cool weather we've been having. as a summer-hater i'm like HURRAH! more coldness!

hope all your knitting is going better than mine, every project is taking forever *sigh*

hey Sonia, look I updated!! :)

fingers in pies...

so I've finished some stuff, and frogged some stuff (where's my prince dammit?!), and started some stuff! i'm completely stuffed just thinking about it

it's a busy time of a year for me because i'm getting the itchy fingers i get when i start getting nervous about summer approaching and killing my knitting mojo because OH MY GOD THE HEAT is not cool at all and makes me cranky, and cranky knitting is tight knitting

so i have ideas, I'm thinking fandom-centric blanket made from small squares knit one at a time (hot weather friendly), socks (of which my FIRST ever pair have been cast on and am a pitiful halfway through the first leg), and um maybe the Decimal cardigan (ok, that's a definite) and the swallowtail, oh and yeh, ALL THE CHRISTMAS KNITTING *sigh*

but i have also finished stuff like the version i worked up of some fingerless Bella's Mittens (woo! they worked, even if i was on the special bus and knit one on 4.5mm and one on 5.5mm needles, Jet (by Patons) is very forgiving and they are totally wearable).

also knitted up a quick hat for Tracey's new bubba Ryder John (and then promptly forgot to take a photo) in various blues, in the same blues, i have knitted up 4 squares for a swap and about to do 2 more for October

i forgot to do the photo taking thing of the hat, but i do have the cowl and the mittens (and my fun bunny ring from the Rose St Artisans Market outing with the Richmond SnB girls)

now when you look at it, imagine me saying hippity-hop and making my hand jump like a bunny...

... did you picture it? yes, I'm 3 years old.