Picture heavy post ahead!
We've been busy little beavers at Casa Del Random.
But first, it's Saturday, so it's Saturday Sky time!

No perfect blue sky today. It's raining, but no one is complaining, becasue we need it. Let's hope it's raining over the dams though.
Twinkie is unimpressed.

Lots of knitting happening, finally!
The second Fair Isle glove is finally seeing some action.

There's cuff. I'm past the corrugated ribbing, which really is the part I hate the most. My sister in law will be here for a visit in two weeks, and the gloves are for her, so I really need to get busy with these.
And I finished David's first glove.

I figure that I did one Fair Isle glove, then one of his, now I'm on the second Fair Isle, then I'll do the second of his. I'm not sure how he likes that idea. At least one of his hands will be warm!

I got it into my head that I'd like to start Peacock Feathers.
I have this gorgeous Possum/Merino yarn that my good friend Meaghan gave me, and I'd hoped to use that.

The colours aren't quite as bright as they appear here, and I love it, but I swatched and the yarn is a little too thick for the pattern.
So I went through the stash, and found some Centolavaggi. But it was white, so I decided to have a play with some dye.
Bad idea.
I didnt' take pictures along the way, but I wanted a green. The only green dye I have on hand is a bit pale, so I added some turquoise, hoping to darken it. It came out too dark, so I redyed it. It was too bright, so I added some purple.
I don't like it. Especially for this pattern.

The picture isn't quite right (my kitchen benchtop is definitely not yellow!). It's a jewel tone sapphire, with lighter blues through it.
I'll never use it, it's just not my colour.
If anyone is interested in a swap of some kind, let me know. Otherwise, I think it'll go up on eBay.
And I have to start again for Peacock Feathers.
You think I'd learn. Every time I try to start a new project when there's something else I should be working on (like the Fair Isle gloves) the results are disastrous. Every time.

Em finished Imogen's hat!

She also knitted the other things you see here, the jacket and the bag. There is a slight problem witht he jacket, which is awaiting my attention. She didn't leave a long enough yarn tail, and her cast off edge started to unravel, so I've undone some of the crochet edge to start the work, but haven't actually gotten around to the repairs. There may also be an end or five that require weaving in.

Another thing Em made yesterday is..

A mess!
Oops, sorry, I meant cupcakes.

Her baking skills are definitely not inherited from me.
And finally, yesterday I spent most of the day making this.

A tiara-y thing for Em's newest dance. No costume yet, but that'll happen. Eventually.
It's not quite finished, I need to cover the visible wire, but I'm pretty impressed with myself.

If you look at the picture of her in her tutu a few posts back, she is wearing something similar. I paid a rather exorbitant amount of money to have that one made, and decided to give it a go. Voila!
But now she wants a beaded headpiece for every dance.
Not happening, dudette.