chevroning

the whizzme family don't like to stay still for too long, so we popped over to Sydney on Sunday to see one of our nephew's confirmed.I managed to convince R (or Mr whizzme as he is now known) that even for only 24 hours it was very important to bring along my knitting and hence we would have to check in our baggage! sheesh! Miss L complained it wasn't long enough (we only stayed 24 hours) but managed a dip into the sea, lashings of hot chocolate and to bring home a bag of lego.

Thanks everyone for the lovely feedback on my little bag experiment. I am currently still getting back to everyone. But this post is to show you the progress of the Chevron so far (or the knitting project that came to Sydney). I oohed and aahed over the lovely chevron scarves Alex of Moonstitches knitted. The pattern is from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. Even though I had no Koigu I thought one of my *cough* many luscious hand dyed skeins might be suitable. I picked out this beautiful alpaca yarn from Becreatif.

However, after a few rows it wasn't making me gooey with pleasure. I purchased these lovely Koigu's from Purl, so cast on again. Nope - not that either.

(sorry forgot to photograph this version so just trust me ok? it wasn't working!)

I dug around in my stash and found a lonely skein of Koigu (KPPPM P511L) so I combined that with the KPPPM from Purl. This is it so far - ick!

who knew this was going to be so bloody complicated! (and yeah I bite my nails)

I have since purchased the following Koigu's from ebay - hmmm, what should I try next?

or maybe I should combine my alpaca with this another colourway from Becreatif?

any suggestions you have would be most appreciated.

I am also on a Koigu hunt, as I want to try the Babette Blanket next (always one for a bandwagon!!). If you have any Koigu skeins in your stash looking for a new home and you would like to do a swap, please email me whizzme(at)bigpond(dot)net(dot)au

While I ponder the chevron dilemma the hexagons continue, maybe photos of mine by the next post. I also have some more purchases to share and there will be another giveaway this month, so stay alert!

absence makes the heart grow fonder

and it really does. After two weeks away from 'his girls' R returned from the states today, to a very warm welcome. Some very nice pressies, but that will have to wait for another post, although I must say the good man did go all the way to Purl for me and purchased some luscious yarn - good, good man.

Anyway, to keep you entertained until our excitement has calmed, and I have pictures to flaunt, here are some interesting things I came across during my late night browsing*

1. Thanks to Bella Dia, who previously posted about this beautiful timewaster site - just move your mouse, then try out some of the other scenes down the bottom. I also enjoyed their one hour site.

2. Would like some of the silkscreens from here, and love this t-shirt.

3. An Ashley's wonderful art has long been a favourite, (I own this and this), but I must draw your attention to her hello series.

4. I love new visitors, because it means you find great new blog's like this one.

And this little line from Blair's latest post really resonated "I may be a pale green, but I'm getting greener."



*Like a love sick teenager last night, I couldn't sleep knowing R would be home soon, so it was a good chance to catch up on bloglines and the like. sad I know...