Twas the night before Christmas . . .

I hope you and your families have a wonderful and safe Christmas!

My Favourite band: Linkin Park

Do you have a favourite band? Mine is Linkin Park. I have been enjoying their music ever since I heard "One Step Closer" around 10 years ago now. I own every album they have released and their songs frequent my most played songs on iTunes. Their style of music evolved with each release of a new album and is something I thoroughly enjoy.

I have seen them live in concert three times now. To say that they are utterly amazing live is a huge understatement. They are the only band that I can say that sound better live than they do on CD (and they sound fantastic on CD). Maybe it is hearing Chester's awe inspiring voice live, the great audio-visual show they produce or the electric atmosphere that is present from the time they grace the stage and grows till the very end of the show.

Here is a video of their opening song "Iridescent" from their show at Sydney's Acer Arena on Saturday 11th December 2010. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!



So I was wondering, who is your favourite band?

It's almost finished!

Hopefully it will fit this time!

My not so creative space

Wow, I didn't realise how long it had been since I last posted! Well, I've finished Ishbel, finished all my uni assignments (and uni really too!) and went to Bowral and Canberra. And trying to fins a new job too!

First of all, here is my Ishbel all finished and blocked! I'm happy with in, but I think it could be bigger. I have enough yarn left over so I could make a second one if I wanted.


I went down to Bowral and Canberra recently for a week. It was nice and relaxing, but my favourite memories are of the Australian War Memorial and Canberra Zoo. The War Memorial was fantastic, we went on a guided tour with a volunteer who really knew his stuff! Also, we were there for the closing ceremony which featured navy, army and air forces recruits from the local miltary college and that was amazing. At Canberra Zoo we got to meet a cheetah. I love cats so this was a dream come true!


Isnt the cheetah beautiful ?!

So thats what I've mainly been up to. I havent done much since coming back from holidays two weeks ago. Just been working and looking for another job. And a little bit of knitting, but mot too much. Hopefully I'll have something to show you soon.

Happy crafting :)

My Ishbel is almost finished!

I spent today finishing my Ishbel shawl. It has been sitting in my WIP tub for a few months untouched and I pulled it out yesterday and realised I didn't have long to go!

I used Lush Yarn's Silk/Merino fingering weight yarn in Ghost. I just need to block it, but that will have to wait about a fortnight until I finish my assignments and I get back from holidays. I used 55g of yarn and still have 90g left. I'm not sure what I'll make with the left over yarn.

As I went to put the left over yarn away, I realised that I dont have a lot of bright coloured or multi coloured yarn. Admittedly I dont like most multicoloured yarn, but I do like semi solid coloured yarn quite a bit. Most of the yarn in my stash is either gray/black/white or shades of those neutral colours or shades of blue or green.

I do then to wear clothes in these colours as these seem to look the best on me, but I'm getting bored of these colours. I want something bright and intense. I think I will need to expand my colour preferences...

I also just thought I'd share the preview for the next Glee episode. I'm not a Britney fan, but Glee (or any other musical) is pretty awesome. Enjoy!

Sometimes things just dont work out the way you want...

So my Lotus Hat didn't quiet work out the way I would have wanted it to - it was too small despite doing a few extra repeats :( I do want to make this again, but I just cant bring myself to start it again at the moment. So, after feeling rather down (and not just because of the hat) and dissatisfied about the current projects on the needles, I broke my agreement not to buy any more yarn or cast on another project until I had finished the projects mentioned in the previous post.

So, I bought some 8ply wool (don't worry, it wasn't expensive) and cast on a new project. I cast on the Dandy Neckerchief.



Progress is very slow, but in approximately 3 weeks, that shall hopefully improve and work will resume at a regular steady pace. Along with my other 3 projects listed before.

Until then, I need to get back to the work that I need to do to get through the said 3 weeks.

Happy crafting :)