What I made, by Sharon

As mentioned last visit I ordered some Bendigo Woollen Mills Luxury to knit Owlet jumpe r for my about to be two year old nephew. The pattern is lovely, well written and pleasing. I loved knitting with the Bendigo wool, it's soft but not denatured and smooth and lovely. The colour in real life was even better than on the internet. I 400 grams, so I also knit the matching hat. I'm a little worried about the sizing, since here it is on my head. I do have quite a small head though. I really didn't make any changes from the pattern although I haven't put buttons on for the eyes. I don't think I will, partly because Leon reckons it's girly and partly because I really don't feel like sewing on dozens of buttons. It was such a fast, pretty, satisfying knit. I hope to be able to get some action photos after they have been gifted. Which will be at a children's birthday party next Sunday. And since the party is at ten am I fear we will have to a...

After the drama of the needle size Owls was a remarkably fun, quick knit. I actually finished it last week, but we didn't get a chance to take photos, since the weather has been warm and humid and this is not the sort of jumper that can be put on for a brief photo shoot and then stuffed into a small bag. It took me a week from start to finish, and reminded me of how much I love stocking stitch in the round. I used most, but not all of the 620 meters of wool that I spun. Knitting with my handspun was interesting and very satisfying, and I'm pretty content with the quality of my first attempt at long draw. It is certainly next to skin soft, and warm enough for any day Melbourne might throw at me. I learnt a knew way of doing short rows - Sunday Short Rows which I found both easy and understandable, something I have never found with wrap and turn short rows. I was afraid of making the jumper too short, and may have erred on the side of length, but it's...

I went up half a needle size for Owls, and got gauge, or close enough. I'm between pattern sizes as well as being slightly off gauge and so I went up a pattern size as well. So far its looking fine. I don't think I'm going to run out of yarn, I think its going to fit me and the handspun fabric I am knitting is so warm and squooshy. The weather has gone oddly cool - normally this time of year we have days and sometimes weeks where it is above forty degrees, but not this year. At least knitting this massive, warm fluffy jumper has been a comfort. I made my first yarn purchase for the year. These two Wollmeise Skiens, bought from a Ravelry destash. The green / yellow will be perfect for Romi Hill's Mia Shaw l (Rav link) No idea what I'd going to do with the other. To (probably mis)quote Jen "I'm just going to hold it and pat it and call in George". I've been spinning up some red 100 percent silk, to ply with my Sioz red Merino , which is redder ...