Dear silk, I hate you!

Well, not really. I love the fibre silk. It is one of nature's most beautiful fibre's. It's just I can't knit with it. It grabs my knitting needles like it's holding on for dear life and makes my life hell. I've tried knitting twice with Kaalund Yarn's Enchante in Wisteria and I end up frogging what ever I'm making in frustration. So, it's official - I will never knit with 100% silk again.

Lush Yarn Lucky Dip

Yesterday I received a package on my doorstep. It was a box with some pretty yarn in it. Three skeins to be exact. I knew that there would be something green in there, but I had never seen the yarn before. I had purchased a green lucky dip from Lush Yarn. I opened then box in anticipation of whats inside and was surprised by these lovelies!

Twinkle Twinkle


Gratitude


Great Minds

They looked so goo, I had to order the blue lucky dip box. Can't wait till it arrives!

It's Finished!

I finished my Traveling Woman Shawl! Blocked and ready to rock this winter - very exciting :)

I've already cast on my next shawl/neckerchief project - Ishbel - with some lovely yarn I pick up from Lush Yarns at the CraftExpo. It is a very exciting time...now I must return to the real world and work on my assignment.

Eeep! Three More Rows!

Only three rows to go. Should be finished tomorrow and then blocking!

I think a trip to the CraftExpo this Thursday is necessary to pick up some new yummy yarn worthy of my next shawl project, Ishbel!

I should be sleeping

It's 4.23am. I should be sleeping but thanks to my neighbour who likes to play annoyingly loud music at ungodly hours, I am now awake. Not happy. I was looking forward to having a good long sleep in today. Anyway, enough of that.

Just thought I'd share my crafty plans for today:
I plan to continue sorting the array of buttons I have gathered according to colour in these spice jars I picked up from Ikea.

And then I plan to keep on knitting my Travelling Woman shawl. Hopefully finishing it this weekend too!

I hope everyone has a craftly good weekend.
:)

Anywhere but here...

I sit here struggling to finish an assignment for uni, wishing I was somewhere like here:

Photo by: JSMoral

Isn't it just beautiful!