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Two new to me yarns acquired today. A jumper quantity of the Loch Lomond for a Rockhound pullover, and a shawl quantity of the Isager for a Soft Current shawl, both patterns by Wool & Pine. #knitting

View out the passenger window of tussocky covered ground dotted with power pylons, the background is mostly cloudy, with the very lowest part of the mountain showing.

It's a cloud covered maunga kinda day for a road trip.

a yellow plane with the number 95 on the side of it ALT: a yellow plane with the number 95 on the side of it

I have two days of work left until I'm on holiday for a week and a half and I'm so excited for what we're doing for the long weekend.

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A blanket made of parallelograms. It has 22 colours to make a row and there will be 16 of these all together unless I run out of a colour before then. The colours rotate down as each new row is added with the first colour from the previous row becoming the final colour on the new row. Colours are all shades of orangey browns and pinks with a couple of grays, a green, and a blue to try and make it interesting. 20 out of the 22 colours are hand dyed.

Two weeks of knitting equals 30 new parallelograms added to my Hvammsvik Blanket (Stephen West). The first column did work great the first time so I changed out some colours and like this version way better.

A knitted shawl made from two triangles joined together at the sides to create a parallelogram. Coloured vary from speckled creams, yellow, pink, blues in a rainbowy sequence almost.

Adventurous Wrap by Ambah. Started at the end of December 2024 as a holiday project I did with my mum when I stayed with her. She lnit here own one at the same time. We've been doing Christmas/New Year knitalongs for the last few years. Made using Dye Studio 54 minis from more than one collection.

Went to see the Minecraft movie tonight. I enjoyed it way too much. No, I think I enjoyed it the way it was meant.

A cute silly black cat sitting on the back of a beige lounge chair behind my black tshirted shoulder.

The Not-A-Lap-Cat Po cat sitting on the back of my chair. She's so funny and cute, except when she comes inside from the pouring rain, at night, and jumps on the bed while you're trying to sleep. No, actually even then she's still so cute.

A cute tabby cat sitting behind a wooden box full of balls of yarn.

This can't be comfortable. I was half expecting her to climb into the box. She's trying to let me know it's my bedtime and I should let her have my chair. It's 20.40. #cat #knitting

Dips and my box of yarn

A v-neck wide jumper with very short, small sleeves laying on a maroon background. The jumper is made of variegated yarn in greens, pinks, yellows, and orangey bits.

Finally managed to sew in the ends and block my Boxy by Joji Locatelli. I've made most of the other Boxy jumpers but this is my favourite. The camera and lighting doesn't do it justice...the pooling isn't nearly as obvious. Looking forward to wearing this. #knitting

Many colours of garter stitched parallelograms. Green, oranges, pinks, browny rusts.

April autumnal knitting.

Sunset.

My son came to visit. Po ran off, she's scared of everyone but us. Lala's scared of Po and would rather avoid other people, that's preferable to having to deal with Po. Dipsy could care less about what Lala and Po get up to, but will avoid other people if possible. Lala's staying in tonight. #cats

A knitted swatch of ten rows each of the five different colourways from my previous post.

Swatch. All five colours. Now to decide what to use where...
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Five skeins of 4 ply yarn. The left one is a tan base with teal, blue, yellow and rust. Next one is tan base with speckles of blue, rust, yellow. The middle one is all dark purples, blue, and teals. Next is a predominantly rusts and some brown, also on the tan base. The last one is the tan base with blue, teal, and some mid to dark red.

Dye Studio 54 colours from my visit on New Year's Day. About to start a wind-a-thon, a colour/gauge swatch, and then the jumper. Agnes by Brooklyn Tweed, I began in other yarn years ago and still want to make. #knitting

A tabby and white cat sitting on top of a burgundy velvet pillow.

The Elusive Lala. When she has to be kept inside there's nothing better than sleeping on my pillow. #cat

Thanks. ☺️

A 2 x 1 rib in deep purple sock yarn, the shortest of cuffs for a pair of socks. The background is a deep teal linen covered in a floral pattern of lighter and darker teals.

Dug up this gorgeous purple from my sock yarn scrap box. I'm making the Comfort Core B socks by Summer Lee. As short as possible.
German twisted cast on and a 2 x 1 twisted rib.
Yarn is a retired Vintage Purls sock yarn.
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A very pale lilac sparkly cross stitch fabric with some dark green cross stitches.

Started a new project today. A pdf that won't work with Pattern Keeper or Markup R-XP despite me trying every option in both to get it to work. The symbols appear in both apps as a mess with 2 symbols overlaid in 1 square. Tried working from a printout. Nope, not for me. #crossstitch

Done...my first time joining in a SAL and I'm excited for what's to come! ☺️

A delightful tabby with greenish-yellow eyes poses for the camera having just sat down my my lap...which had just sat down after a long day at work.

The great and glorious Dipsy Doodlebug, Most Enthusiastic Cat in the World! #cat

I used the Learning to Crochet to...learn to crochet as a kid. Memories!

I wrote #seasonalsunday so many times and still couldn't get it right! 🤣

A cross stitch of a woman holding a white flowering bough over her head with strawberries hanging off. The skirt of her dress forms an idyllic summer beach scene with a boat, fish, and a lighthouse on a hill. The sun shines down on everything.

Getting closer to finishing the first part of the Four Seasons by Barbara Ana. It's all dress now. #crossstitch #seasonasunday

White evenweave cross stitch fabric covered with a gray 10 x 10 grid and some stitches across the top in tans, pinks, and yellows that will become the sky background.

Back to some #crossstitch for the rest of the month. This is Tarot Ten of Wands by Stephanie Law/HAED. It's 350 x 575. Started sometime early last year.

Slightly messy side seam with a good 10cm added after splitting for the arms, working front and back. Each side has 205 stitches. #knitting Stitch marker shows where I began.

This is amazing! Great detail.