Lessons in colour

What looks good in a skein, expertly twisted and displayed to enhance the stunning deep red, does not necessarily look so lovely wound in a ball and may well look quite disastrous knitted into a shawl.

Hmmm... I don't hate it but I'm far from liking it... I might hate it.

I haven't started the lace bit yet and I keep telling myself that I will like it then...I really should have stuck to one colour, or a more subtle blending with looooonng colour changes not this short colour change bizzo. Sigh.

'tis ok tho. I have plan B. First I need to finish knitting then drop the whole thing into a vat of deep red dye - the cream will go red, the red will deepen, the brown will deepen, the yellow will go brown.

Plan C.. if that is a disaster, drop the whole lot into a vat of black/brown dye.

I'll be back a bit later if I can redeem my poor judgement.

Oh! the pattern is a freebie (and quite beautiful) Tinks and Frogs Rue - Larch Scarflet

Thwarted by ignorance

Can you believe it? They paid actual money to have the sign 'fixed'..I would fix it again but apparently I paid for the gramatically incorrect sign in the first place and then paid again to get it restored. I am shaking my head in disbelief, I live among idiots. It makes me want to stick a pin in someone's eye.

Come and join my pincushion swap - I know you want to :)

Not sure what I am on about? It is a point of grammar, see here
Eyeball pincushion image from here

Giveaway over at the Bloom residence

I was going to share with you the makings of our regular Wednesday pizza night but I am tired and grumpy so instead you should go over to we bloom here and check out the funky duds aka zypalongs giveaway...

Things might be a little quiet around here for a bit

for many a varied reason I have to trudge out to work...it has been many, many years since i have had to sell my soul to the devil of the Australian hospital maternity system. I am not looking forward to it in the least - it is a far cry from the warm safe homebirth midwifery i practise in my idea world...it is even further from the warm, safe space of my own home suggling with my own baby BUT my beloved will keep my big girl and my wee one safe by his side. i will get up pre dawn catch the maze of public transport, work like a dog, curse the system and try very hard to bring a little magic to each woman and baby in my care. (all the while crossing all my fingers and toes that circumstances change QUICKLY so that i can just go back home again). I am a bit (well quite a bit) grumpy about the whole thing...i have asked for Wednesdays off so i can still do craft group, tho i may be a bit subdued. til then.