Finish and partial wip parade

 I finished knitting a dress and hat for Sadie.

I took her to lunch on my birthday and my friends adore her.

I've made good progress on Pirta.  I've finished the body and one sleeve, and started the second sleeve.

I tried it on after I'd finished the body and I'm happy with the fit.

This week I've been spending half an hour a day on the Modular Inlay Wrap.  I've nearly finished the next long triangle at the side.

I"ve decided to work on my main shawl every other day so quite a bit of progress has been made on Free the Fade

I'm onto the last colour.  The colour changes won't be evenly distributed as I ran out of 2 of the colours before their length was completed, however I'm not worried as the aim was to use up the leftover yarn.

I haven't made much progress on my socks and I haven't worked on the blanket for a while so I won't post any pictures.  However by the next time I post I hope to have finished my latest vanilla socks.

40th anniversary, wips, finishes and haul

 On 3 April 1981 I arrived in New Zealand, emigrating from England.  On Saturday I celebrated the 40 year anniversary with friends that I made in September that year when I started work at the Health Department.  

One of my friends, Colleen, had organised a beautiful cake for me.  We had lunch at The Malt followed by yummy cake.

Isn't that cake beautiful?

On to knitting.  I finished a hat.  This is Incandescent from the Strands of Joy book.

My LYS, Loopine Wool co started a MAL for animal toys.  I've never knitted a toy so decided to give it a try.   I made Sadie Souris from Cinthia Designs.

The pattern comes with a wardrobe.  I am making her a dress.

I thought of giving her as a gift, but the girl is only 2 years old and I'm thinking it won't get the love it needs.  Really I just want Sadie for myself!.  I've really enjoyed knitting her.

On to WIPS.  No blanket or modular inlay this time, I havent touched them.  

My Pirta Cardigan from Strands of Joy is coming along nicely.  I've started the colourwork at the bottom.

My shawl has progressed a bit.  I've just started the 3rd colour (out of 5)

Vanilla socks, I think I've done a little bit since last time.

And Bubbles down the drain is moving along.

On to Haul.

I've had a couple of purchases.  I bought 52 weeks of socks and another Pompom magazine.

I visited Knitnstitch for some needles and cables, but of course didn't stop there.

I also bought Cocoknit opening stitch markers and ring stitch markers and 2 balls of Baby Bandit for toy knitting and Donegal 4 ply, probably for socks.