Hello! Doesn’t this look like great weather? Funny – it went through stages of perfect sun and skies, then in typical Tassie fashion, poured!
Not a great day for getting into gardening, but enough dry spots to get out and do a few things… Like take Pip for a wheelbarrow ride
Seriously – the best 15 minutes wasted of the day!
Apparently this new wheelbarrow doesn’t hold the terrors of the old one! (Which he wouldn’t go near if it was in motion!) We went all around the yard and when I stopped he thought he was going to settle in for a snooze!
However, the purpose of me being outside with the wheelbarrow was to stock up the wood at the back door – so eventually I had to evict him and get on with my work
Then a few minutes to appreciate some autumn flowers
I got back down into town to post a couple of things – notably my Mothers slightly late b’day present that I finished off.
She did tell me not to post it and just give it to her in November when we meet and go to Japan – but I am all excited I finished it and its too difficult to wait that long. So I accidentally put it in the post. In a few days I will get a phone call with a small lecture about not taking notice of my Mum 😀
It took me a while to find the colour wool I wanted. Mum had asked for something with pink in it, but it was hard to find anything that was not ‘teenage girl’ pink. I think this is rather lovely – Hopefully I have chosen right!
I started this one with no good reason – and I KNOW I am going to regret the ambitious colour changes. Its going to take an eon to sew in all the threads!!!
Other things I have been working on are face washers. I plan to take them to Texas as presents. I just have to weave in the ends and they are done. A friend is doing me another two. I figured Texas was too hot to knit my friends scarves, gloves and beanies, so face washers are useful. Its just the time it takes to do these!!! Forever!!! (Small needles and thin cotton!)
There is a big yarn sale on at a local shop – just acrylic, but its a nice soft one. I couldn’t resist getting some new colours!! Just making some cozy cuffs! The one pictured above is nearly finished as of tonight. They grow a lot more quickly than the face washers!
Most of these projects are worked on in the evenings when Jeff and I have finished dinner and are watching a movie. (Got to multi-task!)
Hope your day is fabulous!
Cheers
Beautiful work Lisa, seeing your shawls makes me want to try and learn how to crochet again, ha ha! Weaving in ends (I like to knit) is such a drag.
I can’t see your mom giving you too much trouble for mailing it now 🙂 It is always so nice to receive things from loved ones in the mail.
Thanks Amy – its a very relaxing thing to do in the evening! (I finished one glove tonight) 🙂
The shawl is easy – there is a good youtube tutorial – Its called a viral shawl I think. If you get all keen I can find the link for you !!
I did a quick search and found a bunch of videos about that shawl, thank you. I have a beautiful grey yarn I’ve been itching to use to make something with and maybe this is it 🙂
fabulous! Have fun with it! Its kinda hard to stop at one… I think I have done… um 9 or so! 😀