Share the love award

I was honoured to be one of the recipients of the Neno's Award from dear Karen over at Musings of a (mostly) Self-Taught Knitter. Thanks Karen for all those lovely things you mentioned about me!

The Neno’s Award Rules and Regulations:

1. As a dedication for those who love blogging and love to encourage friendships through blogging.

2. To seek the reasons why we all love blogging.

3. Put the award in one post as soon as you receive it.

4. Don’t forget to mention the person who gives you the award.

5. Answer the award’s question by writing the reason why you love blogging.

6. Tag and distribute the award to as many people as you like.

7. Don’t forget to notify the award receivers and put their links in your post.

I love blogging because its great to be able to share. Whether its the book i'm reading, or what crafty project i'm working on, I can share it with people all over the world - its great to get my little voice out there, and to get feedback about it too! Its also great to record what progress i've made since I started knitting, which really wasn't all that long ago.

And the award goes to...

Susan at 2BKnitting! This lovely lady is a knitting machine! The reviews she does on all her knitting projects are super helpful, and she takes great pictures of what she's working on. She and I have had many conversations about alterations to projects and trying out different techniques, its good to have someone to bounce ideas around with. Although i've never met her in person (hopefully one day!) she's a good friend.

Leeshie at The Knitty Gritty! She and I 'met' over at the 20-something bloggers group (I think, is that right??) and she's a great blogger, with a cool sense of humor, and she's made some lovely projects since i've been reading over the last few months - check out her new Owls sweater! (And she's in Ysolda's knitting group! How cool is that!)

Let's have a chat in the comments - what is it about blogging that you love?

Award and update

I got this award from Sarah over at Class and Coffee, so if you regularly comment on my blog, I’m awarding this to you! I love this – I’ve been saying ‘OTT’ quite a bit lately about different things, so its very fitting!

Now the fun part! You have to answer these questions, only using ONE WORD:

1. Where is your cell phone? handbag
2. Your hair? frizzy
3. Your mother? Smiley
4. Your father? Funny!
5. Your favorite food? Grapes
6. Your dream last night? None
7. Your favorite drink? tea
8. Your dream/goal? Happiness (I’m stealing Sarah’s answer!)
9. What room are you in? office
10. Your hobby? Knitting…
11. Your fear? Loneliness (again, stealing answers!)
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? married
13. Where were you last night? Lounge-room
14. Something that you aren’t? quick!
15. Muffins? Yum
16. Wish list item? Touch-phone
17. Where did you grow up? Australia
18. Last thing you did? Typed…
19. What are you wearing? Yellow
20. Your TV? Old!
21. Your pets? Cobby
22. Friends? Few
23. Your life? Limbo
24. Your mood? Bored!
25. Missing someone? Family
26. Vehicle? Dying
27. Something you’re not wearing? Necklace
28. Your favorite store? Spotlight!
29. Your favorite color? Blue
30. When was the last time you laughed? 7am
31. Last time you cried? June
32. Your best friend? Unknown…
33. One place that I go to over and over? Subway
34. One person who emails me regularly? Matt
35. Favorite place to eat? BNZ (ok, it seems weird with just the one word – yes, it’s a bank, but they have an amazing foodcourt underneath!)

Let me know when you’ve come up with your answers, I’d love to check them out!

Knitting update
I’m working on lots of things at the moment.

• I’ve seamed up one shoulder of the Baby Surprise Jacket, so I have to do the other one and sew on the buttons.
• I’m making a red mohair beret out of some stashed yarn I have, so I have something pretty and warm to wear in New York in January – I think it will have a matching scarf too! I couldn’t find a pattern I absolutely loved so I’m kinda just making it up. So far so good – about halfway through!
• There’s a little purple preemie beanie sitting staring at me from my desk that needs to be finished too… just need to figure out how to stop the stitches at the ends of each DPN being so loose, its not looking that great.
• We had a craft day with some ladies from church on the weekend and we've now knit enough squares for three small baby blankets for Casa Kiwi! They need to be sewn together.
  
• I knit up a cotton bath mitt last night, as something I might be able to sell –unfortunately it’s a little too big but again I was making up the pattern, so I know what to fix for the next one.
• Speaking of selling, I have to get my A into G, a craft fair is coming up the first week of September and someone has offered to sell my stuff there, so I have to get a move on with lots of knitting and sewing for this! I have visions of tote bags floating around in my head…
• That Buttony sweater is now my new lunchtime project – I’m managing at least two rows per break, because there are so many stitches, but slow and steady wins the race – at least I’m working on it again!
• I’ve been reminded that its about 130 days until Christmas, so I’m thinking about Christmas knitting in the back of my head… probably not a lot this year, since I’m going away, but who knows!

What’s on your to-do list? Have you started thinking about your Christmas knitting?

~Happy knitting!~

And the award goes to...

A lovely big thanks to Susan and Leeshie for nominating me for this blog award!

It is my pleasure to pass this on to those who's lovely blogs I read:

1. Hanging by a thin thread - ChelleC is a lovely blogger, giving full descriptions of her experiences, very interesting reading
2. fly along - this blog is full of photos of her amazing projects and latest spinning
3. Liz Knits - Liz is a great knitter and has come up with some awesome designs. And she just got chickens!
4. Skeins & Steins - Catherine is another fantastic knitter, and has an Etsy store too, where she sells alot of her recycled yarns
5. Twenty Cent Mixture - I met Louise at a knit night a while ago and she's just as lovely in person as she is on her blog. She's a fantastic seamstress as well, and her Felt store is worth a look
6. Musings of a (mostly) self-taught knitter - Karen's blog was one of the first I started reading, and she's always very entertaining with tales of her kitten, and the Meme Monday's!

I hope you enjoy looking through their blogs as much as I do. Have a look at my blog roll for some of my other constant reads.

In other news...

• The purple baby set was well recieved! Its good to know these things are going to a good home. It also stood out because it was purple - everything else was pink!

• I'm updating Twitter more than my blog these days - I hope this will change soon, but if I haven't updated for a while, there will always be a new tweet!

• I've changed my blog layout again so I can make room for bigger photos. If its causing you any problems, let me know!

~Happy knitting!~