Good Luck!

Aaah, knitting weather! It's been a good time to finish things, what with the hiatus between projects that I'm in at the moment.

Here's my Good Luck Cowl. Knit with qiviut (musk ox), kindly sent to me by Abbey! I cast this on for Knitting Camp in late April, and finished it a few nights ago, just in time for some really cold weather.

This is the cowl pre-blocking ...


... and post-blocking.


A close up of the stitch pattern :


Here's its Ravelry project page. The qiviut really is beautifully soft and super warm! Are you surprised to hear that Petal likes to snuggle in to it, too?

Ribby Jacket

This is the pattern booklet I got at Knitting Camp in late April ... it was a simple knit, all 2 x 1 ribbing, knit flat. I finished it in a month, and must admit I hurt my hands by knitting all that ribbing, too quickly.

Anyway. Here's the end result!


Knit with Cascade 220. Delightful stuff! It's pilling pretty quickly, but I'm willing to forgive it, for its softness and warmth!

I've done the button / buttonloop twice now - once too low, and it's currently too high - so hopefully I'll be third time lucky! But it's a very comfy cardy, I really love it. Petal loves it too, and keeps pulling and chewing at it. Hmmm.

Errata

Thank you everyone for your lovely kind and heartfelt wishes on Uncle Tony's passing. His funeral was last week, in Albury, and everything went well. It was great to see my aunt and cousins, and other family, despite the very sad occasion. My SIL (who is a celebrant) ran the event beautifully and thoughtfully as ever. I did a slide show of around 80 photos from Tony's life was well received, too, at the wake. Our photos of the event are here, if you're interested.

I've just finished reviewing my copy of Word Searches for Dummies, and found (with some help from others, thank you Five Ferns!) various errors, damn it. I guess it's inevitable. There is now a page of Errata on my web site. And if anyone else spots mistakes (that aren't already listed), please let me know! All these will be fixed in the first reprint.

And now, some gratuitous puppy piccies, because I know that's what you really came over to see! Petal is 11 weeks old, and cuter than ever. Her ears are definitely up!


She loves playing with balls, and cracks us up when she chases a full size tennis ball, and then picks it up! Her tiny teeth catch onto the fuzz - the ball is bigger than her head!