Well, when I’m not organising Notebook Magazine’s The Craft Room then I’m planning my next 2 markets at handmade and mathilda’s which are both in canberra next month (yikes!) and then when I’m not doing that and need some relaxing then I’m crocheting hats…..I was lucky enough to pick up this lovely Jo Sharp wool when I was at wool baa last weekend. Its a lovely soft pink and is making the sweetest little winter hats which we’ll take to market with us. I’m also going to invest in a reachy upper thing (very technical name, I know!) so I can pull the hats off my tree with ease and put them back again! We spend a lot of time doing that all day!
I also picked up this lovely book, Debbie Bliss 9-5, perfect if you like knitting for kids that have outgrown the pre-schooler patterns. First on my list is the gorgeous fair isle cardy. I have ordered all the wool from bendigo and can’t wait to get started…I also plan a trip to my grandma betty the queen of fairisle knitting for some pointers.
and the last thing I’m working on is this lovely quilt in Rosalie Quinlan’s book, A Stitch in Time. It’s a very, very pretty book and the large hexagons (2 inch sides) are so easy. I need 16 large flowers and have 4 finished so far. And think about the 16 large flowers not the 100+ individual large hexagons you need, much easier to deal with!
and the best thing about working on all of these projects and being super busy is that the weeks are flying by with baby number 4 on board! 18 1/2 weeks and 6 kilos later!
I can just see you at the market with your tongs!
Oooh, I love all of those things. The cardi is gorgeous! Aren’t those pom poms the perfect finishing touch?! And don’t tempt me with more lovely hexagons! I don’t need any more project ideas racing around in my head! 😉
(a lot of exclamation marks in this comment.)
Are you going to find out if you’re having a boy or a girl? I *had* to know both times.
Hi Corrie,
Congrats on baby #4. Wow i love this gorgeous fair isle cardy.. xx
I like that pink!
Long reachy things are a mut for a shorty:) What a fab idea!
Love the Fair Isle – Tip Number 1 – dont hold it too tight – Tip numper 2 – steek it (then you dont have to purl – seriously – you will not be disappointed.
I might join you and do a little KAL.
Those extra large hexies are such a great idea.
Having seen some of the fabrics you’re using, yours is going to be stunning!!
I love a fair isle cardi – I buy them nearly every year – I have to take my hat off to you for making one … or three..or four…
OH yes, like in Chinese markets when they have to pull down the faux Guess top from 10 feet in the air, i can just imagine THAT was what you were thinking when you decided you needed a grippy reachy thing!! He he he, love Posie
Everything you’re working on looks so yummy! You must have zippy little knitting and crocheting fingers…mine are all thumbs! That quilt will be stunning
Corrie, please could you let me in on the secret of your 27 hour day invention? Or do I just need to learn to knit faster? Gorgeous yarn. And very taken with the notion of a reachy-upper.
Goodness 18 1/2 weeks already ! Love your new pink wool .
Oooohhhh!!!! I would so love a quilt of flower hexagons.
I was telling someone last night about this quilt and I’m so glad I came back to visit becuase I love a hexagon quilt and this pattern looks so sweet. (PS And yay for google reader so I can mark you to come back.)