Had some fun with dye this weekend ^_^ It was raining most of Saturday so was the perfect excuse to get some crafting done. After the happy colours my first handspun absorbed last week...

I wanted to do some more dying but didn't have time to to do the spinning to create the yarn. My grandma had given me some of her stash and as I was washing it and adding it to ravelry I realised that the fluoro pink would be perfect for combining with the dye colours I currently own

Love how it turned out (just by adding blue!) and wish it would dry faster! I don't knit with 4 ply much though so I'm not sure what I'll be doing with this. Will need some experimenting :)

I also finished off quite a few other projects this weekend - will show you a couple of them for now:
Miss Scarlet Cloche
(have been listening to too many Phryne Fisher mysteries
Large Mobius Mitts
I have very small hands and felt it was about time I made some larger ones available :)

Hi everyone - I'm back from my Cairns adventure very sunburnt and a little starved of knitting

We did lots of awesome beaching, built some sandcastle forts and while spending a day snorkling off Green Island this lovely turtle came to munch its lunch just below us! Tim managed to get this pic with the underwater camera ^_^
Before this trip I thought nothing would stop me from knitting but I discovered that 35 deg humid heat really makes it impossible. I had some lovely cotton yarn with me but even that only got worked with on the plane flights. But it was probably good for me to take a break and rest my eyes and brainHave made up for this on my return by finally getting around to trying out some dying on my first ever handspun wool. It's pretty messy and uneven but I'm still very proud and can't wait to knit itI got my drop spindle from silversunalpacas which makes me drool over their delicious colours
Thanks to all those who bought patterns while I was away, was actually the most busy week of sales ever for me, thank goodness for wireless hotspots :p

I'm off on an adventure (read holiday) until the end of next week! Very sorry to those few emails/Ravelry messages I didn't get a chance to reply to - will get to you as soon as I get back! zoooom!

Ace Airplane by Bumbleday

More shiny things to show!
These are my newest Mobius Mittens ^_^

I received a sample pack of Tarndwarncoort yarns and thought the aqua hand dyed Polwarth yarn would make a lovely feature on these grey and teal gloves. I will probably be making a few more pairs with this design

The Mobius Mitts pattern has been tweaked again to make the increasing instructions a little more clear (download PDF). I am also planning another small update in the next few days to show how you are able to have the gloves slopping in opposite directions (as below) rather than the same direction as the pattern currently instructs. So check back if you are interested in this
See more posts about mobius loops

These blogger scheduled posts are very useful - I couldn't show this one earlier as it was a gift for my friend but I can now reveal this secret project!

For Mario fans it may be obvious what is going on here, but for others a little explanation might be needed:
I decided it would be cool to get the last scene of the original Super Mario Bros. and rework Bowser's hammers into juggling clubs to reflect both my friend's awesome juggling and mario skill :D

I hit several sticking points along the way:

• Crocheting an image with six colours is really not fun
• Black wool was thinner than the other colours (couldn't keep it square!)
• Should have worked in the round so that I could have at least easily carried the wool more neatly behind each row
• Magnets were too weak to hold through 2 layers of crochet so had to sew them on with thread
• I'm terrible at sewing in a straight line
• Bowser has too many teeth to sanely crochet

but I think it turned out ok in the end :) and the kindle fitted!

I have so much to post about before I go on holidays next week, but for the moment here's another little light globe made into a vase to brighten up our kitchen

The lovely Jess from Graceful Rose Designs has kindly offered to gift my Green Tea Scarf pattern to a Ravelry reader who comments on her blog post during October:


Please pop over and visit Jess' blog for your chance to win ^_^