Another week, another bazillion

In the last week, there have been good things, large conversations, random actions of consideration, delight, optimism, new opportunities ....and exactly the opposite of each of these things. Life's a funny old thing, isn't it? It's drought and inundate. and sometimes it's just like Melbourne weather. 

On the weekend, I went to Canberra to educate at obsessed to Fabric (and took a rather cooling pic from the boarding gate) .... and then I only considered to take photos in the direction of the end of the class on Sunday, just before I was due to fly home afresh. 
underneath, we have another beautifully-made hat by another newbie sewing gal. no one would have estimated that she's only stitched a couple of square things before... gaze at those beautifully-sewn bends! 

I loved glimpsing hats being worn while equipment was packed up at the end of the day.

This "I'm just going to make a head covering for gardening" head covering (above) looked way too stylish not to be damaged for something more communal.

This hat (below) was made with joy socialising in brain. stitched, finished and trimmed inside class-time, it was worn out of the store with sartorial flair!

(If you're a little bit inspired by the latest spate of hatty blog mails here, and available to do a class on a week day, you should come along to the Perfect Summer Hats class that I'll be educating at GJ's. discover to make hats in time to whip up a couple of for summer!)

As always - there has been fondling and fiddling with yarn. In the last week I've completed certain thing that I begun in May and almost completed something I begun last week.

Having started this Cardigan increased about four times before I got it past the armholes - and all the while playing yarn-chicken and being diverted by the girleen's swimming courses (or anything fleeting, glossy thing) - I pretty-much provided up on following the pattern and just made things up after that point. After a couple of months, I exhausted of the project (and too numerous persons commenting on the fact that the yarn matched my hair) and just wanted to complete it...so just kept knitting... disregarding all the mistakes and distracted-while-knitting roughness. 
My intertwining is so uneven in this particular garment, it's almost a waste of this gorgeous yarn.... but it's very soft and snuggly and is full of handmade love. It's for a gorgeous 1-year old, who won't be criticising my stitch stress.

In need of instant gratification and a bit of a cellulosic yarn rectify, I dragged out the crochet hook and some Prudence Mapstone tencel loveliness. I'm making another Summer Lace container peak. I love how rapidly this comes simultaneously.

In other news, I eventually have an answer to the inquiry of have I discovered somewhere to move to when the lease sprints out here, which every person and their dog has been inquiring me for the last month or two. Last week, I did, and we'll be moving in a few weeks time. The lease sprints out here in mid-November.