Winter knitting

 This past month has flown by and we have been busy settling into our new home. The weather has been absolutely horrific and at the moment we are holed up in our study with the heater on, shivering under blankets as it hits freezing temperatures after a hurricane roared through town yesterday. I forgot how absolutely cold it gets near the sea and it's a big shock to the system. I suspect I will have to stock up on thermals and merino jerseys before this week is out, just to stay warm. We are so lucky that we moved all our household items before this bad weather hit.

In an attempt to create a wooden headboard for our bed, I ventured out to Mitre 10 and got blown about 20metres down the parking lot by a gust of wind, and then saturated with torrential rain. Needless to say that project is on hold! There are some other creative projects going on though.. I haven't mentioned this before on the blog, but in November an elderly lady got me inspired to try my hand at knitting and it's making for a great winter hobby. I went to the op shop and bought some knitting needles from the 20 cent jar and some yarn from the warehouse (because I didn't know where else to go) and caught the knitting craze. This hobby is incredibly addictive! It's so rewarding learning new stitches and seeing the finished product of (suprisingly) hours of work. Talk about practicing patience! The online ravelry community is amazing to be a part of, there are thousands of free patterns available for knitters and crocheters and all sorts of forums to go to for help and advice or a chat. Goes to show that knitting is not just for the older generation!

Here are some items I have knitted so far this year, in iphone quality as my camera has disappeared amongst the boxes for now. Right now I'm working on a romper. Yarn expensive, especially pure wool, but I'm hoping to make a collection of things for when my friends and relations start to have babies. (Mid twenties - it's starting to happen!) There is an exciting project in the works that I am going to be starting on shortly, for real and not just on paper. Now that we live in the city where resources like fabric are a lot more accessible, with a large range, I'm thrilled to be able to start on something I've been thinking about for the past year or so. Hopefully it all happens. Stay tuned!