Just quickly...

Good thing I'm not participating in Blogtoberfest! otherwise I would be doing very poorly. I have enjoyed reading people's updates though!

Drove into work today for a change (haven't done that since we moved to Bray Park!) and stopped in at Funky Fabrix - something that I had been meaning to do since I was chatting with Kelly a few weeks ago about the lack of dresses that fit me in the bosom. I didn't purchase any fabric, but did come away with Amy Butler's Mini Dress/Tunic pattern. Looking forward to eventually having a sewing machine (how many days is it until Christmas!?) and being able to sink my teeth into sewing from a pattern, and having awesome handmade clothes! Not that I don't already have awesome handmade clothes... ;)

I have a new project that I'm working on too - the Honeybee Cardigan! I've been working on this for almost two weeks now, and it's looking great - although the yarn that I've chosen (Malabrigo Sock in Archangel) certainly has a bit of an identity crisis - magenta one minute, dark purple the next!



This is where I was up to yesterday - eight inches down, only seven more to go ! I bought some small circular needles tonight so I can start doing the sleeves - thank goodness Addis come in 30cm circulars! You knit the sleeves from the elbow up, and then attach them into the body (which is what I'm working on at the moment). I'm glad that I saw a student who was taking Technical Support classes with work doing a top similar in construction, otherwise I think I would have been a bit lost when it got to that section - I'm not sure if I'm glazing over that part of the pattern, but I still haven't found the part where it says to transfer them. Go figure! :D

Was also looking through Made It tonight, and found some super cute skirts at Lilli Pilli Lane. This only strengthens my urge/need/want/lust to sew! Although then I will be starting a fabric stash... this cannot be good.

although by the sounds of it, I may be getting downstairs as my playroom...

Righto. VERY much past my bedtime now. Up early for work in the morning, and I still haven't had a shower. :D

Oh dear...

I think I'm a little bit in love.

So, I'm working on the Featherweight Cardigan. I am loving this SO Much. It’s so soft, and it’s going to be great to wear at work. And $36 for a pure wool cardigan? Ha! :D I am loving the colour - I'm using Malabrigo Lace in Verde Adriana and it has just enough subtle colour change to keep it interesting without being too variegated.

I chose to trial the Addi fixed circulars with this, and I am surprisingly enjoying them! I thought that I would be a wood/bamboo girl forever, but I started the body on the Addis, and then I thought that I’d start the sleeves before too much of the body had been done. Picked the stitches up with my Harmonies, and it just felt gritty. I’m not sure if it’s the difference because I was used to the Addis… or what. But it’s very, very smooth, and no gritty metal noise. I'm not sure if it's going to be a permanent change, but for this project, am sticking with them for sure!

We might finally have a stable internet connection, so I'll be able to upload photos of our new home, and better photos than my phone camera of my recent projects!! ;D