Goal Setting

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In the interests of taking the inspiration from last week and running with it, I have been working like a Trojan on my shawl.

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Though you can’t really see it yet, it has grown considerably! I have begun the second ball of yarn which indicates that there is over 700m of yarn so far in the project.

Through the magic of lace, there is very little actually see at this point. But I flattened out some of the design in order to give you an idea of the final product.

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Can you see the petal shapes?

Because this is such a large project (and let’s not think about all the other unfinished pieces I have around at the moment), I needed something short and sharp to pick up my spirits. So I took a break for a couple of nights and whipped up this entrelac hat.

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Isn’t it wonderful?!? I love the colour and the movement that the stitch pattern gives the fabric!

There is something else small I’m working on at the moment, but it’s not yet in a fit state to show the internet. So you’ll all have to wait. 😉

So what have you been working on recently?

Day Trip

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I keep seeing signs that it really is Summer. Even if it often hasn’t felt like it.

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Last Monday (part of the reason I missed a post) I went on a day trip up the Blue Mountains to see a dear friend of mine and have a good ol’ natter and a catch-up! The train trip is not short, as some of you will remember.

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But I made the most of it. Then we hit up some of our favourite shops, drank coffee, and spent money.

For those not in the know. Last Monday up the hills, also looked like this.

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That white stuff on the road, that’s hail.

And see this drain?

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Well, then it rained enough that you didn’t see it anymore.

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It was certainly an adventure!

But as always when I go up there, there were birds.

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And this guy is the reason for the state of the railing!

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Yes! You!

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Sometimes I miss living up there. Sometimes I don’t. But that’s a whole other post 🙂

Breaking Routine

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Going away for a week can really make you feel better about the world. You know?

In a city that won’t soon forget the last year and a half,

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we sat and had coffee next to this little guy after experiencing a 5.8, and then an hour later a 6.0.

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For giftmas we were safe, and had family around us. Highlight of my day was holding the 4month old and being the only one who could get him to go to sleep.

By Boxing Day we were on roads surrounded by rolling hills,

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dotted with sheep and flowers.

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Our aim was for a small French village.

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Which we found.

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I started a new circular shawl,

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we went out on the boat,

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there was a dolphin hunt,

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fresh blue cod for lunch,

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and perfect sunsets.

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I hope your holidays are full of family and fun, and that the coming year is easier than the last one.

Happy New Years Eve everyone!

Busy

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It feels like giftmas and the end of the year is just around the corner!

The day job is ramping up in a way that at this time of the year always makes me wonder if others have some inside information about the new year being the end of the world, and they need to get everything wrapped up before whatever it is befalls us all! *cue flailing*

But in amongst it all we’ve kept a sane grasp on reality and managed to fit in a few cocktails,

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do some giftmas shopping in the new Pitt St Mall (food court is to die for!),

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I began a new cardigan (because that’s what you need in Summer),

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and there has been much waking up late and snuggling with the kittuns on weekends.

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Priorities, people! We have them!

The Waltz Scarf

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After being asked about the red creation I was knitting the other day in the Project Bag post, I thought I’d show you the finished product.

It was just a simple scarf I was whipping up for a swap. The stitch pattern looked like this …

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I finished it on Saturday (and not before time!), and set about blocking it.

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And here it is pinned out.

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I was going to wait to post until after it had arrived with it’s intended so as to maintain the surprise. But, they won’t know who they are until they get it, and they they’ll see it, so there’s no harm in posting pics of it here! 😀

For those who are going to ask, it’s alpaca and silk!