A Day Out

Earlier in the week a group of friends and myself headed up to spend the day in Napier. We had organised a tour of a local knitting wool factory, Skeinz,  for our first stop.  What an interesting tour this was and of course, we had to pay a visit to the shop - if you are ever in Napier, this is definately worth checking out. There's some great wool to choose from, and at very good prices.  I came out there with this selection, which I'm planning to use for a crochet blanket for Hannah.

After lunch it was time to stop by one of my most favourite stitching shops, Heirlooms, which is owned by the lovely Sherelyn Whiteman.  I had some discount vouchers to spend and had no trouble picking out a few goodies. Sherelyn showed us how she is storing her stitching in these lovely "books" so I couldn't resist purchasing one either :)

The latest JBW Designs had only just arrived in Sherelyn's mail box earlier on in the day so I picked out a selection of these, and a few other Christmas ones.





So a good day all round I think - time catching up with friends, and some new stash!

On my needles

Using some of the wool I bought on my weekend away back in June, I recently started this cardigan for Hannah.

Its knitting up pretty quickly so far, and I love the colour changes in the wool.

These are the pretty stitch markers one my clients made me for ages ago and I haven't had the chance to try them out until now.



See you soon xx

A Few Finishes

Last weekend some of the ladies from my work were involved with a local Art and Craft Exhibition, displaying knitting, embroidery and crochet. As most of these items were being sold to raise funds for our service, I donated a couple of pairs of knitted handwarmers and also a knitted beanie and dolly blanket.

Hannah quite liked the hat - I guess I'll just have to make another one.

Just a simple granny square blanket, using up some leftover pink wool from another project and edged with white.

We've had some bitter winter weather over the past week or two - I actually thought it was going to start snowing here the other day and it never does here! But there are signs that spring is on its way - its definately lighter in the morning when the alarm goes off and look what's made an appearance in our garden - my favourite spring bulb.

The scent in our kitchen is just heavenly.

I'll see you soon with a stitching update. Thanks for stopping by!

First Ornie for June and Knitting

Howdy folks, here's a little update on a chilly Sunday afternoon. The first of my Christmas ornaments for this month is Holly Noel by Mill Hill.

This was a quick stitch, or should I say bead as obviously it mostly beaded :) I've had a few of these little Mill Hill kits in my stash for several years now so I'm going to try and get a few more done over the next few months.

With the chilly weather we've been having there's nothing better than sitting down by the fire at night, once Hannah is tucked up in bed, with a nice hot coffee, my knitting and some of my favourite tv shows on. At the moment I'm making another cowl, this one is intended for a friend.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Winter Warmers

Here's Hannah modelling my latest knitting finish, a Cowl, which I made for my cousin Donna's recent birthday. The pattern is from the Panda Amber Warmers booklet and I used the recommended knitting yarn. I might just have to make one for myself as its so snuggly and warm.


Another completed project from last week is this simple granny square dolly blanket that I've made for one of Hannah's friends who has a birthday coming up soon.

Hannah has already requested one the same, even though she has plenty of other dolly blankets to play with!

~Katrina~

A Gift - Handwarmers

One of my friends recently celebrated her birthday so as its now autumn here in NZ, I thought she might like a pair of snuggly Merino wool handwarmers. This pattern was very easy and so pretty, I'll definately be making myself a pair.

Handwarmers by creativeyarn

pattern found here

Double knit Patons Merino wool, 4.00mm needles

~Katrina~