Moar yarnz

The cotton yarn I ordered at the same time as the acrylic arrived this morning. Sorry Wool Warehouse but you're just not as fast as Deramores. Lovely yarn though :-)



Going in columns from the left there is: Violet, Cardinal, Tangerine, Candy Pink, Orange, Royal, Green, Nougat, Light Green, Brown. In the next bag there is Fuschia, Sky Blue, Red, Light Yellow and Rose. The yarn is Rico Creative Cotton Aran and is going to be used to crochet some things for Christmas hopefully, if I can find the time :-S I really want to make some Festive Bunting from Attic24 and there is also a pattern for some Russian dolls in my Molly Makes book that I fancy having a go at later, although they are written for 4ply rather than aran weight so might have to do some reworking. Regardless, it's a collection of colours that I like and will enjoy using for a variety of projects :)


I also got the final instalment from the Flamboyance Yarns sock club the other day. It's an absolutely beautiful colourway called "Moody Purples"



Today I'm working on my shawl I think. I'm just about to start row 9 out of 24. Luckily all the purl rows are un-patterned but depressingly they are slower than the lace rows for me! I guess I'm so fond of knitting in the round that my purling speed just isn't that good. Oh well, I'm still enjoying it so that's all that matters lol

WIP Wednesday - WIP Overload!

Yikes I feel like I've got a lot of projects on the go at the moment! There are "only" 5 but it's more than I'm comfortable with :-S


^ Quite a colourful little pile don't you think?

 Anyways, first up we have Mr Soaring Sheep's socks. First one is finished, this one is about 20 rows off turning the heel. Not really a priority to work on this one at the moment, poor DH :-p


Next there is the second sleeve for my colourwork cardigan for my littlest girl. I did enjoy working on this at the weekend so I'll pick it up again when the next shawl clue is finished


Speaking of shawls, would you like a little peek of my Mystery KAL shawl?


This is just the main section, I'm into the lacier edging now and it's so pretty. Can't wait to see how it develops further.

Last but not least here are my current crochet projects. The squares are part of an on-going blanket project. The bag started life as a stash busting/ colour playing exercise which has now resulted in MORE YARNS! Ahem. I'm having great fun making it :-)


It's hard to tell because I flattened  but the dark purple row was the last increase row and now the sides of the bag are gradually forming. I love it, it's so happy and colourful :-)

As always I'm linking in with Tami so hop over to her blog for more WIP Wednesday posts :-)

Fluffy post!

I love how fast Deramores ship. I ordered the yarn Sunday evening and it arrived 8:30 this morning. Can't complain about that :-) There are two colours on back order because they didn't have any instock, Aspen (a kind of bluey-green) and Citron (yellow). I've got those colours already as part of the Lucy pack I'm making my current blanket with so if I need to I can take yarn from there.

I should probably stop waffling and just show you the yarn shouldn't I. Well here you are :)



These are "my" colours. Rich, bright, clean looking colours. Starting from the pink colour next to the cream and going clockwise there is:

Bright pink, Claret, Lipstick, Jaffa, Sunshine, Bright Green, Green, Bottle, Teal, Turquoise, Royal and Emperor. (Oh and 3 Cream too of course)



I'm very much looking forward to working with these colours :) Today's project however will be my shawl. The next clue has arrived and it's looking gorgeous! Only 24 rows again but they are getting pretty long now so I think I'll be busy with it for a while :)

Wishing everyone a creative and colourful day :)

Cause and Effect

Also known as, "the yarn made me do it".

I have a problem. I don't do well when I have too many WIP's. I have 4 at the moment plus several rather urgent ones I need to get started on. The problem is that when I have too many WIP's, none of them seem to grow quickly enough so my attention starts wandering. I start dreaming of other things to make. I start browsing ravelry, adding things to my queue...

Then I cast on a "quick project" just for the fun of it. Like a bag



It's fairly fast, it's simple, it uses up my scrap yarns. What a great idea. But you see, there is now another problem. I don't have enough acrylic scraps in "my" colours



There's really nothing else I can do. I HAD to order more yarn, so I can finish my scrappy bag because otherwise I'll have to work on the other WIP's I'm supposed to be working on.

THIS is why I can't have too many WIP's! I've got 4 miles of yarn on the way. Some acrylic, some cotton. All for crocheted blankets, cushions, bags, decorations and various other projects I simply must cast on right now.

I am of course highly embarrassed at my lack of self control. But I am really really looking forward to my fluffy post arriving soon :-D

A "Sweet Tea"

I'd never had a "sweet tea" before getting together with Mr Soaring Sheep. I've no idea if it's just his family that does it, or a Cornish thing or indeed something so common and unremarkable that no one had bothered to mention it to me lol. Anyway, it was mainly an excuse to use my new cake stand and treat the children :-)



Basically it was sandwiches, fruit and lots of cake. Naturally there was a bit of glitter too ;-)



I don't have any tea cups so instead they had mugs with some fruit squash in, they enjoyed saying "cheers" every time they took a drink... I think I need to work on their etiquette a bit more lol 



Normally I bake the cakes we have at home but again this was meant to be indulgent so I cheated and sent Mr SS to the supermarket. I did make the sandwiches though :-p



Time to munch :-) My Mum made the mini bunting in the background, I love it :-)











It was wonderfully silly and lots of fun. I suspect it will be remembered by my children for quite a long time! My big girl is already telling us she wants to do it again for her birthday next year lol.


Thanks for letting me share our indulgent little evening. Hope everyone has a good weekend :-)