my knitting history

In light of Rach's http://www.stitchsista.blogspot.com/ knitting history entry, and the fact I am home alone with both my babies at daycare for the very first time (Bodhi's first day ready for me to go back to work), I thought I would do a similar entry.

My nanny, my beloved nanny, taught me to knit at 2 years old - you might think a bit strange, but I was always a crafty child, and she still has my very first scarf I made. It's this horrible crappy acrylic stuff - yicky!!!

Over my preteen years, I would often knit "things" and when I was 9 I made my sister a jumper (she was 4). It was suprisingly simple but good - it's still at my dads. And so continued my simple knitting phase.

In my mid teens a lovely lady I knew - Hi Miss Bev - introduced me to better quality yarn. It was Bendigo stuff, but nice compared to knitting Carnival and Magnum. She was an avid knitter of anything she could get her hands on that didn't look nanna-ish. She bought me a Aran jumper pattern kit and off I went. I loved loved loved loved it. I still have it - can't wear it cause my boobs are way too big for it these days. And from there I entered the world of cables, entrelac and a few other things.

I never made anything majorly interesting. Till...................

I found cloth nappies and this idea of wool soakers. Well that started it as well as internet patterns and yarn stores. With help of my nanny and her old pattern drafting books and a few other researched techniques courtesy of the internout, I drafted up my own shorties/longies pattern. Since then I have made my own soaker pattern to.

I love dyeing the yarn that I use, but still covert other people's dyeing efforts. I must give a MAJOR big thank you to the other "Bags" cause without you, I wouldn't be using the lovely sourced yarns that we have. I would also like to thank you all for the inspiration to keep knitting and changing and expanding my brain and it's wacky ideas.

So there you go - in a nut shell. So much achieved, yet sooo many more things to try and master

things that have died in my house recently

Besides my bank balance - which is not pretty, these are some of the things that have come out of my dye pot recently. Just a smattering of whatever - not all that i have done, but just a few I like :)

My boys

Here are some photos for all of those who have been asking me to send them updated piccies. So many of you - it saves me time.
This is my Bodhi - 6 months old - there are two teeth on teh bottom and now one on the top - but not a front one :(

This is my Henry Monster day before he turned two. So angelic when he wants to be - trust me its a facade!!

And this is Henry about the same age as Bodhi - yes you certainly can tell that they are brothers.

some soakers

Okay haven't been around much. I thought I needed to do a few collective postings with what I have knitted in the past, so I can refer people to that, seeing i don't have a website or gallery and I am too lazy to make one. Hell, I barely post here these days.

Heres some of my Mini Wonder soakers I have made - they are made under Cottage licence from Wooly Wonder (thanks to Pamela). Its a great soaker pattern and fits pretty much from birth to roughly 8ish months depending on bubba. My big fat boofa is out of his already at 6 months (today!!!!!)

And I am still learning this blogging stuff - pretty hard for someone pooter illiterate

My Big boy is 2 tomorrow

Oh friggin bugger
pooter ate my post. SO over it now

Anyways here's my big boy on the eve of his 2nd bday (excuse snotty nose) and the wonderful cakes his mummy made him

The house is moving along

Well the house is going full steam ahead.

By tomorrow the wall panels should be all done and I can take a piccie of it looking like a real house YEAH!!!!

On another front, I have been doing a little knitting. I have a lovely girly set to go on 4BF shortly. Just need to block out the top piece and sew together and then the neckband or something similar

Then I need to get onto my boy set - thinking a nice aran jumper out of bfl to go with merino longies. They will be the green/blue kettle dye I did AGES ago.

And I have started my Eris - done the yoke and that's it. My lovely sis wants Rogue so need to do that at some stage too

Oh soo many things to knit and not enough time in the day

GRRR

Stupid blogger wouldn't let me in for a week and now it's letting me in.

Heaps has happened in the last two weeks or so.

Xmas came and went and so did the relos. On NYE we had both boys christened (lovely day but totally exhausting). I'll have some photos of that later.

I have been dyeing wool for orders (more photos to come) and playing with some other wools just for fun and technique development. Seems I am getting pretty damn good at this dyeing thing, even if I do say so myself. photos yet to come.

Oh and I didn't get the job :( I got an interview, but apparently another applicant was better at interview than me (i've only ever done 3 including that one in my entire life). But I am on the eligibility list, so if that chickie falls through, its mine ALLL MINE!!!!

I have some more knitting projects in the wind too
one for the girls for winter (sneaky photos later)
One planned for boys for winter
Eris on the needles for me, Rogue just waiting to be done
Pair of shorties for Ali of craft alley (almost done, just need to finish the legs and waistband)
as well as a million other things I have seen.

Anyone want a almost 2yr for a few days. Promise, he don't eat much and is more than likely going to hand you a poo at some stage during the day (either his or soemthing else's)