Spring is coming

This week was a lot about being out and about...

An excursion to the wool museum at Geelong with friends for the scarf exhibition.

Lots of loveliness to admire there.

On a grey day I visited with the Old people and noticed all the colours in their neighbourhood, as while I live near the beach they live in the hills and the colours are very different there. There is an amazing array of greens in their neighbourhood at present, oh and the wattle is brightening the world too.

The hook has been busy with all the colours making this gorgeous pattern in cotton.

Playing with the special camera effects creating all kinds of fun patterns and getting ideas for future projects.

I made a dent in the basket of colours but now I have small left overs, there may just be more colour play.

I learnt in this project that all the 4 ply cotton yarns are not created the same but they worked together nicely. 

Oh, and the mother generously donated another bag of cotton yarns to the cause! Best get the hook moving faster.

Wishing you all the colours of spring.

Using all the colours

After finishing some of the things that were on my needles over the weekend, I decided to start a new thing to use all the colours.

I gathered together this collection of cotton for a pretty blanket.

Lots of fun to be had with this basket of goodies

Look - I even made a start. 4 ply cotton yarns in all the colours and my 3mm hook.

So the colours are not showing very well here but you get the idea.

Yes, that is the brown cape under the new round blanket beginnings, I am all done with the knitting on this project.

The finishing may just have to wait until there is a day with a some sunshine and warmth as it really needs to be washed and blocked right after I weave in the stray tails. I used almost all of my 600g of wool so there is not even any leftovers to deal with.

I finished the pair for the blue mitts also, but haven't got a photo to share yet.

Hope your weekend was a productive one and your week is colourful.