ULTRAMARINE SOCK YARN

I LOVE this colour!!! Ultramarine Panda Wool by Crystal Palace Yarns, 51% bamboo-39% wool-10% nylon-Dl 9573- lot C from YARNOMAT. Now I have to find a sock pattern that I can actually knit, I'm waiting for Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch to arrive.

NEW SWEDISH TEAPOT

Meet my new Swedish teapot, or is it a coffee pot? Price $6.00 ( postage extra,ebay). The blue's a very dark midnight colour and the inside's warm cream.
The SOUTHERN SUMMER of SOCKS has started but I'm still trying to find yarn and patterns. I think I'm an advanced beginner so the patterns need to have more detail in the instructions and not be to hard. Last year I managed only ONE sock! bad pattern and yarn choice, my knitting was to tight even though I did a swatch.

DRESSES FOR LILLI

I've found some lovely fabric on sale so I'll make two dresses for my brother's daughter Lilli. The pattern is Burda 9799 both will be view (B), bottom photo the fabric's called floral fancy and I'll add sleeves. The top photo the fabric is a mix of carnations and roses it should make a lovely Christmas day dress, I'll add bow at the back to make it more festive.

FAIRY FLOSS WOOL

This is my second lot of carded wool ready for spinning, it looks like fairy floss! I'm using a small cat brush with wire prongs I think it's called a flick brush. So far it's been easier to work with small pieces I seem to loose less wool this way and have more control. At first I found the wool sticky to spin but then I realised I had been trying to spin some of it backwards, so now all the wool is going in the same direction it should be easier to spin. The wool hardly smells at all and lanolin has made my hands nice and soft I just need to get a large amount ready so I can get stuck in and learn to spin.