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Cup weekend!

I finished my mother's socks, and they are in Queensland, all wrapped up and waiting for her birthday. I enjoyed the second sock more than the first, but never really got into the rhythm of the slipped stitches.

Then I cast on the Revontuli - Northern Lights Shawl, in Zauberball I bought at the Caulfield craft show earlier this year. I love the colours, but couldn't see it working well as socks. I'm enjoying knitting this, it's simple enough that I have the pattern memorised, but very effective. I think it will be the first of a number of small shawls over the next few months, although probably the only one that looks like a watermelon.

This morning I have carded some alpaca, changes the bobbin on my wheel and am ready to spin. I have a four day weekend and plan to finish about 60 grams of stripy 8ply alpaca, to make a hat for Leon. I think its going to be a fantastic weekend. It's raining and I'm wearing polar bear pyjamas and waiting for Leon to get up, so I can fry up the pancakes from the mixture I made earlier. Then I have the whole next four days for knitting and spinning, interrupted only by dates to see friends, which I will, no doubt knit right through. I'm reading a good book, I went for a run yesterday when the weather was still nice, so I won't feel obligated to do so in the rain and I have a good supply of tea in the house. It should be a lovely time.
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  1. Katie31 October, 2010

    very impressed! and that shawl looks good enough to eat ;)

    we're having craftiness at our place on Monday if you want to come by, Jen's going to teach Danielle how to weave but I'll just be knitting as always then we'll go to SnB

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  2. Sonia31 October, 2010

    Sounds like my weekend :)

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