Friday 6 April 2012

playing with dolls

well this is the most fun knit ever!!!!


paper-dolls by the incredibly talented kate davies...


i love teal-blue and deep red together. the yarn is rowan felted tweed dk - great colours, excellent for colourwork, a bit scratchy but i'll live with that!

the next one i knit will have sheep around the yoke - can't wait!!

Tuesday 27 March 2012

finished objects

another hat in the kate davies-a-thon....

this one is sheep-heid...



... and i finally finished varelle's semele...



..knitted in silky merino fingering from TheUncommonThread

Monday 19 March 2012

the naughtiest jumper

i cast this on after the dawny swim last year - november i think - and have been very naughty about it. dazzled by other yarns and patterns and knitalongs, procrastinating over doing the sleeves, it's travelled to the north coast of nsw, western australia, and been ignored. i was a bit "blah" about it, not sure i'd wear it once i'd finished it.

i finally finished it this weekend, and i love it! great pattern, beautiful yarn by the v talented kristen of skein


thank you to my long-suffering photographer

Sunday 18 March 2012

cronulla conquest

fantastic swims today at cronulla....


i'd only ever been to cronulla once before and have never swum there
two swims on offer - a 1km triangle (warm-up) and 2.3km swim around shark island.  pretty choppy conditions out there, and v cold southerly that resulted in totally numb arms for me - made the last part of the choppy bit pretty hard. best marked course i've ever seen though, so i just ploughed on. i think i've found an ok way to swim through chop - will keep trying and ask some experts.

talked to a local before the start - he gave some great tips for landmarks and invited me to swim with their social group - they swim saturdays and sundays around the island - meet up at 9am outside the surf club (7.30am group meets both days as well). they then have coffee at one of the many coffee shops on the beach.

great results from my friends - michael (@maitlandswimmer) 1st in 1km and 2nd in 2.3km swims, damien (@aquaboy62) 2nd in 1km swim and jen (@coffeemumswims) 3rd in 2.3km swim - brilliant!

will definately be back next year!

Saturday 17 March 2012

newcastle wharf-to-waves swim


gotta love a current-assisted swim with a small turnout of competitors

rotto feb 2012

i got our finish photos from the rottnest swim this week....


i really can't describe it as well as nicole (2nd from left) so please read this wonderful report on the oceanswims website

i must admit two things...

1. a few of us were desperate for the loo in the photo above
2. after finding the loo, we didn't get further than the bar...