Wedding & Honeymoon

Hello to my precious blog,

Long time no see! With final wedding preparations and a month long European honeymoon knitting took a backseat. I can tell you that whilst travelling on long train rides in Europe to get between destinations I craved my knitting - obsessed much? Anyway, I looked for anything in Europe knitting related and came up empty handed... no yarn, no needles, no patterns!! Maybe because they were heading into Summer I do not know but I was disappointed. There was no gorgeous European yarn for me to bring home! So I settled on magnets :)

Since being home I have picked up knitting again... it's like an old friend. So familiar and easy to get along with. I have a few projects I left incomplete before the wedding that I am studiously working on to finish so stay tuned.

Cheers, Sarah

3 months to go!

Well today marks the 12 week countdown till our wedding and I am sitting here thinking about the list of things that still need to be organised for the big day. I'm slowly losing the time I have up my sleeve and the things are still sitting there unchecked on my to-do list!

Hopefully Dave and I can pull together and get most of it knocked off before the beginning of February! The invitations should be sent out this week (when I finally getting maps and accommodation ideas printed out!!) and then we can focus on organising the cake and bomboniere. Some days I just wish the whole wedding was over and we were on our honeymoon!

First on my wedding list is mind, body and health. Wish me luck with that --- my current exercise regime is ramping up and my Personal Trainer tries to kill me everytime I see her.

As for knitting, it has taken a backseat to a cross stitch project I have started as a Christening present for my friend's first baby at the end of January. It's quite a project so hopefully I can get it complete to give to her on the day!

I hope everyone had a fabulous New Year! Did anyone make any resolutions? Mine is to be a more relaxed and easy going me......... while concentrating on tapping into the healthy side of myself and overcoming my sugar addiction!! haha... Welcome to 2010 it's going to be quite a year!!

Cheers, Sarah x

Luke is complete!

I have finished Luke the Lion. He came in a pattern kit and is part of the Wild Friends range.

I found Luke easier to knit than Mike because he is simply garter stitch with hardly any body or limb shaping required. The only time consuming knitting part was the stripes, but they really make the pattern I think!

Completing Luke was harder than Mike though as there were bullion, straight and satin stitching required, as well as french knots for his freckles but with a little help from Youtube I think he turned out perfectly!

Hope you enjoy his pictures.

Cheers
Sarah



and a close up

Merry Christmas!

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and safe New Year!

I was busy knitting some gifts for a few close American friends recently and some of the gifts have arrived. Here are some pictures of the two scarves that I made for my friends.

Blue Patons INCA Texture Rib Scarf




Red Patons INCA Double Rib Scarf


and with it's tassles.


Hope you like them! Cheers and Merry Christmas!!!
Sarah

An Etsy Link I love!

Found this link while scrolling through Etsy. Might have to purchase this pattern and put it in my queue of stuff to make!!! :)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/maryjanestearoom

Luke the Lion

So after Mike I have decided to try Luke. I started him today 23/12/2009 and hope he turns out just as cute. I had already bought Luke in a kit form so this pattern is in my Wild Friends book but in 4 really cool colours not the traditional colours of Butter & Rust as you can see in the picture below that I got in my kit.

He came with 2 skeins (1 of each colour) and I am using 3mm needles. Will post more pictures when he is complete.

Cheers
Sarah

Mike the Monkey

So -- recently I came across a range of books by a company called Saleutions Pty Ltd. They have a range of patterns called Wild Friends which I totally fell in love with. The pattern book and yarn was on sale @ Kmart so I bought some materials and decided to start off with Mike the Monkey.

He comes with two skeins of wool - Beige & Java and I finished him off on 22nd December 2009. I think he is just adorable and will make a great addition to a friend's nursery whom just recently gave birth to a baby boy!

Isn't Mike just too cute?