Following the inspirational pics

I may have mentioned that Richmond Knitters has chosen the Celeste Sweater by Petit Knits for our annual Bendigo Sheep show knitalong. I've decided to knit the 8 ply jumper in 4 ply, because I get more wear out of my lighter jumpers. i decided I wanted to make it on easter egg colours. i was sitting on my balcony, pretending to meditate when a tram went past with an ad on the side that summed up the colours I wanted. I didn't grab my phone before the tram had moved on, but i did a google and found the ad:

Last week Katie gave me some left over Bendigo yarn in white, and I dyed it up for this project:

I'm nor sure if I'm going to go with the four colours above, or sub out one of them for the mint leftovers of the top I just finished. I know the photo if would have looked nicer if I had skeined up the mint, but i certainly don't have time for that!

I'm so chuffed how the colours came out. Here they are with the background colour:

Sometimes my dying results can be a bit unplanned, as I tend to take a more artistic, and less scientific approach to the activity. this time. This time i feel like I nailed it. it will be a while before I get to the actual jumper knitting stage - we won't be wearing it until July, so there is plenty of time, but I am really looking forward to knitting this cheerful, fun yarn I made.

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Unravelled wednesday and WAYRN - the one where I prepare

We are heading off for some camping and hiking and general R&R on Friday, so I'm currently in planning and preparing mode. Of course that mainly means deciding what to knit - I'm going to make the Old Romance cardigan by Joji Locatelli. The yarn is wound and I'm ready to go. I completed Leon's Winter Set (2023) just in time, and it's currently blocking. I'm reading Georgette Hayer's Fredrica , which I am enjoying very much. Regency romance is so sweet and, unlike current romance offerings, I know it won't suddenly tumble into gynaecological territory! For unexplained reasons, NetGalley is offering some Georgette Heyer books at the moment - (maybe it's re-release?) and I'm taking this opportunity to read a few more of them And that's my week in knitting and reading. To read my all my book reviews, and to see everything I knit, you can find me on Ravelry as Sharondoublekni t and on GoodReads as Sharondblk . I'm joining in with Kat ...

Yarnalong - the one with the final bit of transport

Remember how I took every form of transport known to man a fortnight ago? Well, I was missing just one thing, suburban trains. But today I got to remedy that, knitting my way to Dandenong for work. Yay? My Char jumper has been knitting up ridiculously fast. It's easy, pleasant and a well written pattern. I'm reading Rachael Herron's latest book The Ones Who Matter Most . It's a good read so far, family centered fiction, easy to read but still emotionally challenging. I'm listening to Evelyn Waugh's Men At Arms . I'm enjoying it, I didn't really know what to expect, but some of it reminds me of Catch 22, in that it catalogues the absurdities of war and bureaucracy. The narrator has the perfect upper crust English accent and I'm very pleased it's the first of a trilogy. And that's another week of reading, knitting and catching trains everywhere for me. Do pop along to Ginny's blog to see what she and the rest of the yarnalong ...

Slowly slowly

I haven’t posted about my actual knitting for a while. This might be because not much has changed since the last time I talked about my knitting. This is the edging of my Village Sweater Wrap: The picture fails to capture how much further there is to go. I'm just past the first arm hole, so just over a third of the way through. It’s 47 stitches of relatively simple lace. I’ve been knitting it since Monday two weeks ago. It’s quite pleasant, and slowly growing but I can’t quite work out why it’s growing so slowly. One reason I know is that the first week I was knitting it during Good Beer Week, so I didn’t take it out and about with me. I knit other things, and when I’m knitting two things it makes everything feel like it takes forever. But the main reason, I think, is that this is just a slow knit for me. I love the needles I’m knitting on ( Karbonz of course) I love the yarn, I love the way the lace looks. So really, what’s the rush? I’m not going to be cold...

What I made, by Sharon

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