Knit4Charities COTM

For February I chose to donate to Wallsend Aged Care Facility

Here is what I have sent

25cm squares to be made by the coordinator into blankets

(Used up all the bits and pieces of yarn I had laying around)

and can you guess what the little things beside it are???

Yep, they are these very cool slippers/socks

Dzonba – The Himalayan Slippers

I was dubious about the pattern, but decided to give it ago, as I was sure there was some charity that could use them

And I have fallen in love with them

Very simple pattern

And on only 2 needles – except for the bind off (which is so easy)

I did a 3-needle and stretchy bind-off

Think I found out what all the hulla-ballo is in blogland about hand-made socks

Totally surprised me

Need a pair for ME!!!!!!

And yes I have knitted a pair of socks with DPN’s

But with 8ply/dk yarn and totally hated them

Did not fit properly and I hated the feel

Yep, that’s right – cheap acrylic yarn

P.S – one of the other charities for February is C.A.R.S. (Chris' Animal Rescue Support)., Dorothy of Hooks ‘n’ Grannies, is the coordinator for this one

If you read Dorothy’s blog, you will know how important something like this charity is

So I just will have to send something for this one too – very soon

Just Jen

A little promo for a fellow blogger and a Knit 4 Brisbane's Needy (K4BN) member

Justjen-knits&stitches

Jen has the cutest kitty

I have fallen in love with the Orange/Marmalade one

Pop on over and have a look

Do you remember

This post about the Koala who could not decide whether to be called Kenny or Katie??

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Well it turns out his name is ………

Blinky Bill !!!!

And for those who have no idea of what I am talking about

Well here is a link

BTW – does he look scary without a mouth???

I have trouble stitching it – it looked very scary when I put one in

Where do you see it

Hi

To finish off the story of my trip I took at Christmas …..

We detoured on the way home via Auckland, NZ

Although the weather was not good, we made a little trip across the harbour to Devonport

And guess what greeted us as we got off the short ferry ride ??????

Devonport is a very pretty little town

Unfortunately the day we went was a public holiday in New Zealand, but we did get a very lovely breakfast and I was totally surprised when I spotted this ……

Very, very lovely and the lady who was working there was very helpful

Unfortunately I had no way of carrying yarn around with me for the day

Btw - Did anyone else watch the show last night "Then The Wind Changed"?

It was about Black Saturday and quite a few tears were shed by me

But I was delighted to spot some of the women from Strathewen creating a knitting project for the children - giant chickens!!!

They commented about how helpful the knitting and time together were

Yarn Along

I have been a lurker on Ginny’s blog Small Things for a little while

And have really enjoyed reading other bloggers posts about what they are reading and what they are crafting.

I feel the time is right to join in and share my reading and crafting habits combined

I chose this book in a last minute dash at the airport

Or rather I think this book chose me!!

Was 1/4 read through while waiting in the airport and before we hit full altitude

btw – The author also wrote another book I thoroughly enjoyed – The Memory Keeper’s Daughter

The project is another Southern Star (size unpublished and with mods)