Sleep In!!

I mean Sew In -

Last night was Friday Night Sew In hosted by Heidi and Bobbi - but as my title suggests there was way more sleeping than sewing. In fact not one stitch was sewn. 

There was a little cutting for some new projects - yes, that is plural. More than one project started with the Melbourne and Sydney prints. I really wanted to sew but  knew that would have ended in disaster or at least  a lot of unsewing last night.

I did manage to knit a couple of stripes on the latest project, taking things nice and slow on this one.

Hope there was some sewing action at your place.

Yarning along...

A new project using my new wool and a new book.

A fantastic week in and out of the craft room.

NCB tonight where I completed a lot of the first section of - can you guess?

Another shawl - this time I am making Color Affection.

Joining in the Yarn Along over at Small Things - where the talented participants continue to inspire me.

Hope  your week is colourful.

Shawl and wrap

My off day was sunshiny even if not very warm.

I used my time wisely and gave my Whippoorwill shawl a wash after weaving in the ends, then laid it out to dry.

Lots of pins required to get the garter stitch cast off to sit flat - but I am very happy with this finish.

All ready for some action.

Crochet on my Juliana Wrap was completed while visiting The Old people yesterday. 

Just some ends to weave in and the Tassels to complete today.

I did not follow the pattern exactly as I was using donated yarn for this project.

The quantities I had of the red were less than the requirements so I omitted some rows or changed them to blue to suit my yarn.

This is an easy project which is very effective.

Now to finish another patiently waiting project before I start playing with my new yarn.

Hope your Monday was a little bit Sunshiny.

Yarn overload...

After casting off the Whippoorwill last Sunday afternoon (it has not progressed from here),

I picked yarn out of the donation bag and grabbed my hook to try the Juliana Wrap.

This picture shows the colour best.

I am enjoying this hooky project,  though the same weight yarn is used throughout, the sections are completed at very different tensions which adds to the texture of the finished piece,

which is growing quickly.

Just as well really as I did a little shopping this week and now have these pretties lined up waiting patiently for the next knitting project to start here soon.

Here I am one row from finishing this blue section and then just the pretty edging to complete.

Both of these colours are darker than they appear here.

It will be in my bag today and should be finished by the time I return from a visit with The Old people.

And tomorrow is an off day here so there may be a cast on??

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Fun Mail

A package arrived with my name on it - Yippee!

Pretty paper on the outside

and lots of fun on the inside.

Perfect timing for the super cosy socks - sure needed some of these.

The gorgeous little pouch was filled with some essentials - sustenance and a hot drink ( or two), along with some winter themed buttons - Way to fun.

A Bronwyn Hayes stitchery kit ( guess she's been checking here).

Thanks Leanne for all my gorgeous goodies and to Cheryll for hosting this fun swap.

Hope your week is all warm and snuggly. 

Delicious Snippets

Joining in here.

Winter's here

 A time for hats, quilts and hot chocolate (okay any kind of chocolate)

Pink hat with a blue cowl,

Or Pink hat with a green cowl?

Another photo of the shawl progress just because I am a bit Obsessed right now.

The best bit is I am almost done with this. 

Oh, and if anyone's asking I didn't do any stitches on the bosses time!

Yay I get to wear it real soon.

Hope Winter has started well for you.