I had a lovely day out with my husband yesterday, we walked and looked at the sea, had lunch and, of course, visited the local yarn shop. I picked up some cotton to have a go at the Fiona bag from bruxknits - scroll down to see the link to the free pattern pdf.
I had it in my mind that I wanted to use green and trim it with pink, as they are my colours of the moment but somehow the girly part of me chose pink as the main colour and green as the trim. Ah well - a girl can never have too much pink, can she? I have made a start on it but no photograph as yet, I'll show it when I'm a little further along.
It was a good day for post as well, some lovely Opal sock yarn (I got the Magic 1035 at the top of the page) and Addi circular needles (my first pair of Addis!) from the lovely people at Get Knitted. It's a great place to order yarn from, I rang them (no online facility as yet) on Monday and it was here (and I'm a long way from anything!) on Wednesday. It even came with a free sock and little gift-pouch pattern. Looking forward to knitting up these socks which will be for my eldest daughter (who is nine years old this Friday!!!).
The other interesting thing that arrived was this yarn from The House of Hemp. I think, co-incidentally, that Emma has it in the same colour which I believe is called 'Ah'. They hand-dye the colours so I guess there is some variation.
I plan to make the camisole from the cover of Vintage Knits with the hemp yarn, all in one colour, like MJ's over at Yummy Yarn - isn' it pretty?
Oh and the lunch and especially the company was excellent - could a girl ask for anything more??!
Posted by Anita at June 17, 2004 01:42 PMAh, a girl after my own heart who can never have enough pink, talks knitting first, children second and husbands/lunch dates last ! Sounds like you had a great day and some lovely goodies. Hope your daughter has a wonderful birthday - my eldest daughter is 9 too (going on 30 though) :0)
Posted by: Heather at June 17, 2004 08:27 PMSounds like a lovely day.Lots of nice stuff - I love the hemp ! - which wil be fun to knit.Look forward to seeing the lacy camisole.
Thanks for the link to Yummy Yarn.A new blog,to me,and a nice one.
That sounds like a great day! Is it your daughter's birthday today? If so that's 2 knitters children I share birthday's with - Kerstin's son and your daughter!
Posted by: kerrie at June 18, 2004 02:52 PMHappy birthday to your daughter! It seems like you're having a purple moment with the 1035 combination and the hemp yarn for the lace camisole (hee hee). Looking forward to seeing your cami!
Posted by: MJ at June 18, 2004 05:41 PMI bought some Ah too. Be careful when you wind up, it gets very easily tangled... but the colours are gorgeous
Posted by: P at June 20, 2004 04:14 PM