Karen’s Craft Odyssey

Sounds like a primary school report, but I really did go to the Ekka last Wednesday.  We sat near the sheep shearing and showed people what we do with wool:

So serious!  But we really had a great time.  I did some weave-it squares and some drop-spindling.  I even made progress:

They’re small and quick — almost instant gratification knitting-wise.  Some are for a colleague, but I’m thinking baby things would be good to have for the Christmas Fair and Open Day.

First off, a Seamless Baby Kimono, in rainbow acrylic:

Then a series of quick projects with Ekka wool. (to be sold at the Ekka, with all proceeds to the Royal Flying Doctor Service):

And, for those of you on Ravelry, I’m putting a bunch of new stash up (naughty me!).

I finished TWO projects while watching telly tonight.  Gloves for the Ravelry swap:

And my Bamboo Penny (based on Bad Penny from knitty.com, but adjusted somewhat):

While I was knitting, Ash found a very comfortable box to sleep in (NOT!):

After the massive frogging on Wednesday nite, I’ve just about finished Glove #1 for the “We’ve Got You Covered” Swap over on Ravelry.  If you’re on ravelry, you can read about the swap here. (Don’t know what that link will do if you’re not on ravelry, but it probably won’t work).  Anyways, here’s what the left glove looks like:

I was planning on embroidering (duplicate stitch) a little motif on the back of each glove in a bright maroon. (Yes, you’re looking at the palm, but the colorwork design is the same all around).  Do you think it’s busy enough?  If you were there Wednesday you saw that I tried knitting the motif in, but the contrast between my two colors is not sufficient.  Is maroon a good choice?  Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

In other news… On Thursday Frank and I went to GenConOz.  We shopped, played games and saw some great costumes:

And on Saturday I gave a presentation at Queensland Spinners about networking on the web.  You can find the links that I used here.

Sunday I finally finished weaving the napkins.  They’re now off the loom and waiting for finishing.  I’m in the process of washing one of the samples from the end of the warp so I can see if that’s the best way to finish the fabric.