Knitting Doldrums

I've been trying to find the right word to describe how I feel about my knitting at the moment. I haven't lost my knitting mojo but I seem unable to get enthused about any of my current projetcs. I keep starting things and then frogging them. I have knitted the back, a sleeve and half the left front of Pebbles and am seriously thinking of unravelling it all. Rosered suggested starting a new project every day for a week as a cure (it worked for her).


In the meantime - a finished Christmas present:

I'm quite pleased with this - it's for my daughter-in-law. My family in the UK are all getting hats this Christmas. I still have to knit two so I hope that the feeling of ennui soon passes!

Relocation, relocation!

We found out last week that the whoever owns our unit has defaulted on the mortgage and the lender wants vacant possession - understandably! There is some question as to who actually owns the unit as there are several names on the court document - none of whom are the landlord. Since it all sounds distinctly dodgy, we decided to start looking around.

Can I tell you how depressing this is? There is not much out there and what is available in our area is pretty grim. At one of the inspections another lady was muttering about the need for a good dose of Domestos and I have to agree with her. The one bright spot in an otherwise disheartening day was this jacaranda.

Sadly, not even the proximity of this lovely tree could compensate for the dire state of the inside of the unit! I was extraordinarily fed up and grumpy by the end of the day. The thought of relocating the stash - let alone anything else - is quite overwhelming!

On the knitting front there are a few items off the needles - hoorah!

The socks that were started in July in Knitabulous Ultimate sock yarn in Chrome:

And the Trinity Shawl made from the one of the Lush Yarns Pink Ribbon Day special yarns.

This was a very satisfying knit. It knitted up quickly and the yarn - a fifty / fifty blend of silk & merino was beautiful to work with.

Grumpy in WA

The flight over yesterday was not too bad. I watched (and cried over) Mao's Last Dancer and experimented with the dreaded crochet hook. Boteh still eludes me but I did manage to produce this:

Not sure what I'll do with it but it did pass the time.

I eventually left the office at 6.30 WA time. Since I had left home at 6.15 am (Sydmey time) it had been a long day and I was tired. The hotel I was staying at was a 3.5 km drive away and when I got there it was serviced apartments. No room service. My room was configured for disabled patrons so nothing was at my height. I was tired, grumpy and not happy with the room. There was nowhere else so I agreed to stay.

I thought I'd get out my knitting to calm me down. I wanted to just bring carry on bags to save time at the airport so had taken off my metal Knitpick tips and brought two new, security friendly wooden tips. The screw connection on one tip was faulty so it wouldn't tighten up and I COULDN'T KNIT!!!! This was the final straw!

Fortunately there was a Vintage Cellars right opposite the hotel and an IGA down the road. I got bubbles from one, superglue and some food from the other. I got back to my apartment and filled a glass with the bubbles, stuck the Knitpicks tip on with the superglue, and banged the food in the microwave. Calm descended......

Mid-week weekend update

We are now halfway through the week and I haven't had a chance to talk about the busy weekend just gone. A trip to the hairdresser - always a high point for me because my hair grows so quickly - meant that I had a couple of hours to work on the RoseRed for my daughter-in-law. Great progress was made but I fear I am running out of yarn (an all too familiar occurrence, I'm afraid) and also that it is too small! I've managed to find another skein of the yarn so once that has arrived I will re-knit it using 4.5 mm needles and compare the sizes.

On Sunday we did the cliff walk from Bondi to Tamarama and back. It was a beautiful day and the walk is currently enlivened by sculptures. This did mean that there were a lot of people around in addition to the usual joggers and walkers but we got a good workout and enjoyed the sculptures.

As RoseRed is stalled, I got out one of the purchases from Lush_Yarns and started the Trinity Shawlette (which I have re-christened the Trinity Small Shawl).

It's a great pattern and quite versatile and the yarn is lovely to work with.