NO TIME, ALL THE TIME

I am so far behind on all my blog reading. I honestly have little idea what most of you are doing. I get brief glimpses through flickr, and the occasional hasty speed read through bloglines, but my desire to comment and email get met with wails and tantrums, and that's just from Max, let alone a small baby not interested in the information superhighway at all. I'm trying to catch up, and make sense in blog posts - hey, this week I'm just proud I'm blogging even if it is rather chaotic blogging.

The constant changes of weather here haven't helped either. I've never been a great one for dealing with sudden weather changes. The wind in Melbourne when we lived there drove me mad. Now the wind has followed us to Sydney and it's fierce cold battering wind and I'm tired of it. And I know we desperately need the rain, but enough please. I want some warm weather, and some sun without the wind. One nice blessing of cold weather, is that quick knits for babies can be whipped up and worn immediately (before they out grow them). I finished the Vintage Cardigan (Erika Knight Simple Knits For Cherished Babies - a great book which is woefully off course with lengths of babies in it's knitted measurements. Knit with Artyarns merino and another miscellaneous yarn I have no ball band for, but it's a 4 ply)for Pia and despite my doubts about the variegated yarn and how it was knitting up, she looks stunning in it. The deep colours really suit her. And notice the nice little white t-shirt underneath - well I'm now fretting about washing this cardigan because the white now has a pale pink sheen due to colour rub off. I dread to think how much colour is going to seep out of this when I wash it tomorrow.

That is, of course, if it isn't snowing. Don't laugh - it has been elsewhere.

Some of you have asked about getting The Crafter's Companion in Australia. I have it on first hand basis that the book will be available here in February 2007 for a retail cost of $32.95(Aus) through Hardie Grant publishing. I have no details for where it might be bought, but keep your eyes open!

Comments

[carolyn]

the cardie looks super cute!!!! i'm sure if you wash it in cold water, it will be fine. i bought one of those red shirts from the gap and the fifth time i wore it, i had a white shirt on underneath and it got all kinds of color on it... but all was fine after the wash... ;)

[nichola]

What a cutiepie! I love the striped pants and the cardi is fab. I hope you get some 'me time' soon.

[pendlerpiken]

aaaw! the pants, the cardigan and little Pia are all lovely... thanks for brightening up my day!

[craftydabbler]

She has grown so much!!!! Other peoples children grow and change so quickly.

The little cardigan is beautiful, and the colors, oh yum.

[manda]

The cardigan really is beautiful! And Pia is looking so grown up and is of course, also beautiful!

[joyce]

lovely sweater! - i've discovered the phildar knit catalogues and they have a few in english - so i have tons i want to knit when the kids get bigger...

[brownpants]

I washed artyarns in a very similar colourway and it did turn my cold water pink, but it was n't too bad. The colours are still fabulous.

[sarah]

see, the pink has this way of working it's way in :)
loving seeing miss pia's wardrobe in action :)))

[Debb]

Such a beautiful baby... enjoy...

[Fiona]

Thanks for the info about the book.
The cardigan looks great. Have heard salt keeps the colour from running out of garnments but not sure how true.
I agree with the weather. It's dreadful.
We get the winds but it is so wild it is just blowing the rain clouds straight by.
No rain here and I would love a bit for the garden. If this is the start of summer we are in a lot of trouble.

[love squalor]

she looks beautiful! older already! lucky baby with such a talented mom!