2008 Projects

2008 Projects, originally uploaded by Ballatrina2008.

Here is a visual collage of all my knitted projects from 2008!

The joys of packing!

I was out at a course last night but when i got home I thought I better at least pack up another couple of boxes, to keep myself going. I packed up three before getting distracted by the warmth of the heater, then i figured it was about time to go to sleep....


It's funny though, the things you find when you're packing, that you completely forgot you had! I had lots of fun going through my desk drawers, which I hadn't even looked in for maybe 10 years, and discovering all these little toys that I used to play with! I'm grown up now and I was being ruthless, so they pretty much all went in the bin. I found some nice clothes too when I was sorted out my drawers, so my boss keeps commenting "I haven't seen that on you before!"


When I was going through some knitting stuff last night (I had to face the fact that I really wouldn't have any time for knitting at home over the next couple of days, no matter how much I really want to sit down and finish Sassy!) when I found the peach coloured baby singlet that i'd finished! I was sure i'd given it away, then I remembered that the baby I was going to give it to turned out to be a boy, so i'll have to come up with something more masculine for his christmas present. So anyway, without further ado, here are the pictures of the finished product, long overdue!

I remember commenting a while ago that it still looks a bit too wide, but i'm sure it would be ok on a wee baby... now to wait until someone has a girl!

Also, i'm about to discover the wonder of audio books at Audible.com. I thought they might be good for multi-tasking - 'reading' a book and knitting at the same time! I found a Ted Dekker interview yesterday so I got that for Dad to listen to. And for me - I found this book by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, also known as the Yarn Harlot (an awesome blog by the way). It goes for three hours, so that will be a good night's worth of knitting, i'm looking forward to it!

Now to get the packing and unpacking out of the way...

The new 'do!

I got my hair done on the weekend! I'm still getting used to it... its not exactly what I wanted, but so far, feedback is that it looks really good! I'll let you judge for yourself:

BEFORE: AFTER:

Also, on the knitting front, Holly and I knitted for most of the afternoon yesterday - she's working on a gorgeous green garter stitch scarf, and I managed to make another hat, but this time in the right size! I'll try and get a pic tonight.

Here is a photo of my progress as of Friday on the new baby-sized vest:
I have since finished the other shoulder, and i'm now working on the front. Its looking really cute!

New on the needles

I'm attempting to have another go at knitting this plain vest for baby - this time in the right yarn! Here is a pic of my progress so far:

I'm just about to start the decreasing for the arm holes. To give you an estimate of the size, the pattern it's sitting on is an A4 piece of paper. It looks much more baby-sized than my last attempt :)

It's been a long day, well, a long week, actually... i'm going out tonight to a farewell party for Rose, who's moving to London soon - I figured if I didn't go to the party then she'd have to stay, but I don't think that's going to work :( At least i'm planning to go visit her over there in a year's time :)

I'm also getting my hair cut tomorrow - only slightly nervous about it... hopefully I can put up some pics of my new 'do once its done, if i'm happy with it!!