Picking up stitches...

If you’ve ever dropped a knit or purl stitch while knitting, it can be so frustrating!  I have been known to unravel the entire piece (dishcloth) and start again.

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That was until I discovered the world of helpful tutorials on YouTube...

Here is a link to a very helpful video on picking up simple dropped stitches...

Picking up dropped stitches

See how you go...I’ve tried it a few times and it works!

Meg at A Hopeful Nature - I hope this helps! 🙂

Cheers - Joolz xx

Back on track...

After 'frogging' my knitting over the weekend, I am back on track, knitting the correct pattern and its coming out fine. Phew - baby steps, Joolz!

...sun is streaming in the windows although its cold outside...

Keeping our vitamin C levels up with fresh juice - apple, carrot, orange...

Yummy dinner last night - Babymac's chicken cacciatore. Tummy pleasing!

(Pic from Throwback at Trapper Creek blog)

I can't wait to try these Apricot Bars with my apricot jam.

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Its a beaut sunny day today but very crisp at 12C ...

...but judging by those clouds, rain isn't far away - it's heading our way!

Cheers - Joolz xx

 

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Frogging hell...

My Commemorative throw rug knitting has got off to a rough start...

I started it last Thursday but only got through the navy part before I dropped a stitch so I unpicked it and started again...

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I posted this picture yesterday on Facebook and it drew the attention of my sister who has already knitted this rug...

She pointed out that the red section should have been much longer and in stocking stitch K1 row, P1 row) not garter stitch (K all rows).  I had read and re-read the pattern yet still missed this important bit!

Ugh! Start again, Joolz!!

Cheers - Joolz xx

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Anzac Commemorative Throw Rug...

 My kit arrived today so I hope to get knitting later this afternoon...

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100% Australian Wool - the colours are in honour of our armed forces - army, navy and air force.

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The rug is knitted in strips which means rather than sewing each square together, you only have to sew whole rows together.  

Wish me luck!

Cheers - Joolz xx

Busy times...

Sorry, I've been absent for a while. We had Bri home for a week (so good) then we went to Sydney for 4 days last weekend...

The perfect boiled egg. Everyone likes them cooked differently and it's a personal thing but I like mine with a cooked solid white but the yolk runny and creamy. On MasterChef, Marco Pierre White suggests boiling water in a saucepan then carefully putting the eggs in. My eggs are just right at 5 minutes 45 seconds...

Bri and I enjoyed Thai when we had to zip to Mt Gambier... $11.90 lunch specials!

Aren't these little guys cute? Bri has self-taught herself to crochet (YouTube) so she's been churning lots of these out.

I enjoyed cooking for her. She likes Devilled Sausages...

...and corned beef with veggies and broc-cauliflower cheese bake...

While Bri crocheted, I knitted - another nice dish cloth (or wash cloth).

I am awaiting the delivery of my kit to knit this Commemorative Throw - Shades of our Forces. The colours represent the Army, Airforce and Navy. I chose to knit it in wool rather than acrylic.

Kits are available for a limited time at the Better Homes and Garden shop site.

Now this - this is my sister Leanne's completed throw rug. Isn't it beautiful? I hope mine turns out as nice!

I'll be back with a few pictures of Sydney soon...

Cheers - Joolz xx

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100%Cotton...

 

These are my yummy balls of cotton from Bendigo Woollen Mills. Lovely and soft and it knits up beautifully. Plenty of dishcloths in that lot! The green one is light teal. I ordered these online and although 2 were on back order, the other ball arrived in about 4 days so they are quick. Worth a look, all you knitters and crocheters!

Cheers - Joolz xx

 

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Pics from the weekend ...

 We are having very mixed spring weather in these parts - Saturday was an absolute pearler of a day then by late afternoon, the clouds rolled in and threatened a thunder storm ... but it never eventuated.

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 Sunday morning was bright and sunny, just look at the new growth on our Silver Birch ... then we had light hail at 10.30am!  Crazy!

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Bonnie - check out those whiskers!

A few months ago, I think Bonnie got in a fight.  Her eye looked a little sore for a few days and now she squints a bit and her right eye can sometimes look crossed.  There is no wound.  She is so hard to photograph.  The minute I get out the camera she is off or looking away from me.

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Another silly pose!
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She really is a pretty puss and keeps herself very clean and well groomed, seeing she is an outdoor mogster.  She does get shut in the garage if she comes home each night, but sometimes she stays out way past our bedtime and doesn't come home!
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Another dishcloth finished - I'm good at finishing one every 2-3 weeks!   I start them off then let them sit for a while, them pick them up and finish in one go!  This one is called Baby Block and was a nice
pattern to knit up.

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I am still struggling with blogger - it's putting photos up in a back to front order (compared to how it used to) and in HTML mode, I can't seem to cut and paste pictures into position.  I hit 'insert a caption' but couldn't undo it so it had to stay there.  Baaah!  Hate is a strong word but ... Blogger, I HATE you!
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Cheers - Joolz

To Melbourne and back...

Another week where I haven't had the chance to blog. We had a trip to Melbourne to deliver two cars and pick two up from the auctions so that took up Tuesday (getting there) and Wednesday (delivering the cars).
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The weather has been terrible - on our way home from Melbourne on Thursday, we passed through Ballarat and it was 6C at 11 o'clock. By the time we got home it was only (c here! Friday was a day of high winds and pouring rain (going almost sideways at times). I think it was about 10C all day!

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Whilst in Melbourne, I had plenty of time to sit... and sit... and sit, waiting for Gus to do his deliveries and look at cars at the auction. Lucky I took my Ipad and knitting! I powered my way through this cute dish cloth...
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Isn't it sweet? But do you know what? See the amount of yarn left at the top right hand corner? I had 4 stitches to go to cast off and ONE INCH OF YARN LEFT! I nearly cried! Later on, back at our friends house, I re-cast on some of the stitches then borrowed a small length from the 'cast on' tail at the bottom. I just got it finished!
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On the way to Melbourne, we witnessed the most amazing rainbow we have ever seen. Gus was ahead of me in another car (yes, we drove two over and two back) and he rang me to say 'Wow!' It was the most brilliantly coloured and hugest rainbow ever! And it was a full arc - we could see both ends and every colour of the spectrum. I will never see anything like it again, ever!
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As always, I didn't have my good camera on me, just my Iphone so I apologise for the quality.
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Cheers - Joolz