And looks about 3 sizes too big! Well at least I’m done knitting this, and can get on and sew it up. That’ll teach me not to swatch though. eh?

This in my new favourite wool – felted tweed… would change the colour to Ginger though maybe…

The extra ball of Matchmaker came in the post today (all the way from the states in the end!) will get on and finish it before next weekend’s craft club visit to Colinette! Mustn’t be tempted by all that pretty new wool before finishing this off..

In the nick of time…(thank god for Fed-Ex!)
These little fellas are going to be in the science dept. area of the show – kind of germ-y, monster-y mexican wrestler-y chaps…

STUFFED is a group exhibition (part of the This Is Not Art festival) incorporating
soft sculpture by emerging Australian and International artists. The
works are inspired by the aesthetics of plush toys and their
relationship to human behaviour, investigating social norms and a
darker side of ‘cuteness’.

If you’re in Oz and can get to Newcastle, then the address of the show is: Stuffed, Shop 7 Civic Arcade, Newcastle from the 29th September. 12 noon to 5.00pm.

Just swatching for Bob – a present for a friend’s baby… My plans for one project at a time are quickly being overthrown!
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Pattern: Bob (Rowan Babies)
Yarn: All Season’s Cotton / 7 x 50g (Dusk sh 219 / lot 8L4, Fern sh 214 / lot 24K3, Remote sh 204 / lot 11K3, Blackcurrant sh 211 / lot 24B4, Lime Leaf sh 217 / lot 18E5, Mocha Choc sh 212 / lot 13H3 & Jersey sh 191 / lot 22K4
Needles: Suggested – 5mm & 4.5mm / actual – 4.5mm & 4mm
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Hmm these were started before I resolved to swatch! Which is really bad as I misguidedly replaced 4ply soft with GGH Samoa (fab yarn, but far too thick for these!) Also first go at dpn’s and had bad experiences with ladders* in the first sock, so switched to a small circular… see how that goes… anyhow these are going to end up experimental bed socks or something, rather than any that you would wear with shoes!

*even after reading tips on how to avoid them, they appeared…
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Pattern: Stripy Socks by Sarah Dallas
Yarn: GGH Samoa (green: sh 90 / lot 5052, light pink: sh 113 / lot 2487 and dark pink: sh 37 / lot 7532)
Needles: Suggested needles 3 & 3.25 / actual needles 3.75mm.
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and even for something on friday at 3am!

this wrap around cardi made from a grandfathers wool stash!

More goblin-ina really… and at the end of the summer too – doh! but anyhow am knitting this in 4 ply soft instead so maybe can be work over another top in the winter months too…
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Pattern: Orangina by Glampyre Knits
Yarn: Rowan 4 ply soft in Goblin (sh 379 / lot 51884)
Will I *really* need 6 balls?? (+ and extra one – I learnt my lesson getting caught short on the Diamond Jumper!)
Needles: Suggested needles 3.25 / actual needles 3mm.
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Just received the catalogue from the show in Seattle from K – good to have something ‘real’ to say the little birds really did make it all the way there! The two big birds have found new homes, but the little one is still up for sale..