Yarnivorous

G'day all! I've arrived home from Bendi - thanks for taking me up there and lugging stuff for me, Toni! I was so excited (when I remembered to go check out the woolcraft room - only took me about two hours to remember to go look for the stuff I entered...). Nathan's jumper (sweater for Americans, not a pinafore) won third prize in its section! It's missing from the pic because it was modelled on the catwalk! LOL The poor young man wearing it is somewhat smaller than DH so it rather hangs on him. You can even see it in action! I almost jumped up and down squeeing but that would've made my pics and video even worse... I also won a voucher for a couple of days at Tarndwarncoort , aka Wendy Dennis' place, aka the home of Polwarth wool at the Ravelry breakfast this morning. I had swapped my door entry bag from 39 to 42 and 42 was called up third! (39 was not called at all - how lucky was I????) So I'll be having a lovely couple of days down at Wendy's pl...

G'day all! Tis the season for me to hibernate! It has been rather cold here these last couple of days. A strong cold front came through and brrr! (OK, this is to say that it is getting down to about 10C/40-something F overnight and only reaching 17C/60?F during the day, with a rather strong cold SW wind. Yesterday was the first day since December last year when the temperature did not reach 20C.) So here I am, sitting at the computer (as I have been for a greater part of the day) whining about being cold. I've found I can keep my hands warm if I put them on the laptop cos it is warmer than some things around the place. I have a silk/bamboo cap on, a lovely little shawlette knitted out of handspun boucle silk given to me last year, handknitted handwarmers, luscious handknitted socks, four layers on my top (and I've got the hood up on the fleecy top over my cap), the ORBQ quilt on my lap and I am still barely managing to keep warm. And apart from the things in pairs, no...