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.

Missing...

No not me - I am still here - and still stitching Santa's figured you didn't need to see them in every colourway. I am missing this piece terribly now that I have put the Christmas version back in the cupboard. Around this time last year I made this spotty centre piece for the Quilting in the Round challenge and I got excited when I found out it was going to be on display at major craft shows in Australia during 2009. Now the last one was in August and I expected this piece would find its way home in September so I waited and waited... I contacted those that I left it with - no response! and again - No Response! So now I am asking for help from those of you out in blogland - If anyone knows the whereabouts of this piece I would very much like to hear from you. And yes I did write my name and contact details on the back. Thanks for your assistance. I will be back soon with something finished for the OPAM challenge - I know I will because it is my brother's birthday this weekend and he put in a request. Best get sewing. Hope you all have time for some creative activities this week. Happy Crafting