Kangaroo

Last night I sewed together that knitted kangaroo I have been making.  I think I have found a rather large fault with the pattern.  The body back seems to be around 15 rows too short!!  So Mrs Roo is rather fat and dumpy and has a thick neck, nothing at all like the photo on the box.  I was so disgusted I put her back in the box, head first.  Not sure if I can be bothered with unpicking the seams and then froggng the yarn to remake her......

Knitting

Well, I have just spent the last 2 hours sorting and then properly storing some of my knitting yarns.  I now have a very large, very heavy bag full of assorted knitting yarn.  The bag used to hold a single bed sized doona/pillow combo.  I also catalogued them.

Found some projects I am in the middle of, including a pair of socks - well actually 1 complete sock and the rest of the yarn.  Don't know where the needles or pattern have gotten to.

I know I have another bag of unsorted/catalogued yarn stuffed into the wardrobe as well as another bag of similar size to what I used today full of yarn.  Somehow I think I like buying knitting yarn.

Goodness knows what I am going to do with all of it.  It's mostly single balls.  Various colours/weights/textures too.

Any suggestions?  Maybe I will use some of it on the naughty things.

Agapanthus

Taken today - a pic of my 27yo agapanthus.  Did try to dig it up once so I could split it up and replant the bits futher along the driveway.  It would not budge!  So it remains a lonely plant.

Knitting Socks etc....

Knitting has taken over.  I feel the need to knit things.  Last time I was like this I knitted socks for eldest child (she loved them), middle child (he didn't) and me (well they didn't get finished).

I have now found patterns for 'naughty' things - g string undies, pasties, corsets.  This could very interesting indeed.

And to top it all off, my LYS has been practically throwing out balls of yarn for 50 cents.  How am I supposed to resist such a temptation!  I have already filled a bag a doona came in with yarn - and I just relised I have another of these bags hanging around to put the newest purchases in.  Will have to dispose of the brand new doona though.

What have I been doing?

Today I have been browsing the web - starting off looking for free prim patterns (luv luv prim stuff), ended up finding a blog that showed how to cut up fabric and crochet bags.  The blogger even used old flanelette pj's to make a bath mat - now that could be a go.  Has me inspired to give it a go.

But since coming home from our annual summer vacation I have cleaned up my craft room a bit and found 4 kits to knit aussie animals.  So far I have made a wombat and a possum and am in the middle of a kangaroo - they are quite cute actually.  I may have enough of the yarns left over to make another one of them.

Set up my Esty store too - sold 1 owl to someone in Melbourne.  They offered, if that's the right word, to purchase more of the owls for their own online store once it gets up and running.  How exciting is that!