FNSI Update

Last night I joined in again with FNSI and again I knitted.  I am nearly finished this shawl - less than 12 rows to go.  I would have finished last night but Kristen and I were off to the movies. 

I forgot to say on my last post what the pattern was called.  It is "The Age of Brass and Steam Kerchief" and is a free pattern I found on Ravelry.  I am going a bit bigger than the kerchief and doing the shawl. My plan is to finish it this weekend.  

I also made this little bolero a couple of months ago and just had to put a button on it and done this last night. Now off to block it and into the stash ready for the local A&P show Home Industries entries later this year. With the left over yarn I also made a little turban hat to go with it. The patterns were found on Ravelry and called Entrechat By Lisa Chemery and the hat is Karina Baby Turban by Mariannas Lazy Daisy Designs.

Yesterday I also done some baking.  My daughter Kristen comes to stay on her days off regularly and yesterday she complained there was nothing in the tins to snack on, so while she was out at the dentist I cranked up the oven and started baking.  

The best cooking book out is the Edmonds Cookery Book, a New Zealand staple in every kitchen for years.  I have five of them and this edition that is now 30 years old is the best one. You can see I use it a lot obviously.

So yesterday I made some Peanut Brownies, Chocolate Chip Biscuits and a Sultana Cake.  I was going to make some ANZAC biscuits due to it being ANZAC Day on Tuesday, but when I went into the cupboard there was no golden syrup.  I will be making some in the next couple of days definitely when I get some.

Kristen does bring baking with her often, but this time she brought it for a friend who picked up an item for her while they were in Auckland instead and they were some good looking Afghans I missed out on.

Finally, yesterday Kristen and I went to our local dog grooming shop as last weekend when they had their grand opening of the new business, she couldn't make it.  While there, I bought Snowy and the gran pup Rusko a K9Chew and they love it.

 

Lovely Fabric, Lovely Yarn

A few days ago scrolling Facebook I came across my local quilting and fabric shop More than Fabric's post with some yummy fabric I had to have.  So yesterday on my day off work I went and brought some with a table runner I want to make in the planning.

The fabric line is Wander Lane by Nancy Halvorsen. While there I did see and touch some some other fabric I really did like but resisted .... for now. Have to have an excuse to go back.

My Dirty Lace is coming along very slowly. I had to frog back a big section as I noted a mistake you just could not miss and even hubby pointed it out. Once I competed this I got back into the knitting and finished the eyelet 1 section finally.

I thought after this I needed a little break and I recently purchased some lovely 8ply yarn in the Skeinz sale and have started another project. This time I am knitting 'The Age of Brass and Steam Kerchief" a free pattern on Ravelry and I am knitting the shawl size.

The colour is called 'Paua' and even though I have knitted a small amount at this time it is going to be a lovely coloured shawl when it is finished. I was very lucky to buy two skeinz of this as it sold out quickly.

FNSI Result

Last night in I joined in FNSI and completed half the top front of this Millie Cardigan I am making.

It is a design I have seen a number of times knitted up and wanted to do it for my self. So when I was away recently I saw the pattern and I had to grab it.

Then today I went to my local fabric store and grabbed this love Dusky Pink Merino skein to make another.  

I also received my parcel from Skeinz today.  They had a lucky dip sale on Thursday and I just had to get some. I have plans already what I may make.

Yesterday I also had a craving for some homemade spaghettis so I grabbed some tomatoes and a small lot of golden queen peaches and became productive today.

The sound of the pops is a very nice sound to hear.