April 12, 2004
I intended to take pictures
I intended to take pictures of the blankets today, but I forgot until it was too late. Tomorrow.
I did a little knitting on my Cleckheaton sweater, and I bought the pattern for the Bottoms Up Bucket Hat from ChicKnits to join in my first knit along, the Bottom's Up Knitalong hosted by Becky from Fluffa
I'm not sure yet what yarn I'll use. I have a decided lack of yarn stores around me :(
My not-so-local yarn store is a 50 minute drive away, all others are much, much further. I don't live in the middle of nowhere, I think Sydney is just a bit slow on catching up on the so called knitting "craze". Closer by, I have Spotlight, a craft chain store that generally carries the most popular yarns (mostly superwash and eyelash), and further afield, Lincraft, a craft chain store that is slighty more upmarket than Spotlight. The closest Lincraft is a 45 minute drive. However, it is now school holidays, Emily has some birthday money left, and I think a trip to the nice big shopping centre (that just happens to house Lincraft ;) might just be in order next week!
Welcome to the knitalong! Re yarns, I want to be discussing that this week, after the Easter craze chez moi calms down. Perhaps you can glean a few recommendations from there. I'm sure you'll find a good substitute...I don't get a wide selection of yarns here myself, other than French yarns, so I've learned how to look for and find good substitutes. In any event, I'm sure your hat will be smashing :-)
Posted by: Becky at April 12, 2004 11:34 PM