The Cursed Hat Returns

It wasn't at the gym. I looked everywhere in our flat. And then, just before we went to London, I crawled under my desk to grab my shoes, and there it was, happily waiting for me to discover it. I was very careful in London with it, and it' s come back home!

I've been busy with Rosedale, have finished with the waist decreases and am now in the endless stockinette. I'm slightly concerned about the corrugated ribbing, it seems to be rolling quite a bit. The Boy suggested it may come out in the blocking - and with that one comment showing how much he knows about knitting, and how much there is still to be learnt...

I think I'm going to have a 'thing' on my blog. Not sure what to call it, it won't be a competition, but it will be fun. I'll announce the details later, but it will involve postcards sent from exotic places to you if you sign up!

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The Cursed Knitted Hat

The le slouch that I was knitting WAS way too big. So I frogged it. And I started again, just doing a simple hat pattern with ribbing and then moss stitch. And it looked too small. So I started again. With a similar pattern. I finished it, it didn't look exactly how I had thought it might. But it was done, and felt so nice and warm. Cashmerino... so, so soft. I hadn't taken a photo, cos I finished it on Monday night, and during the week I do not really see daylight. And now I think I've lost it. It might be at the gym, so I'll try there. It really is a cursed hat.

Rosedale is going well, am doing the corrugated knitting for the body, which is taking a while, because there are a lot of stitches. But it's still fun, so hopefully I'll actually finish this sweater!

My big news for 2007 is... we are moving to Australia. We've both put our notice in at work, so it is now definately happening. In order to get over there, we are planning a big trip. At the moment, we are hoping to take the Trans-mongolian railway through Russia, Mongolia and China, a boat to Japan and back again, trains to South East Asia, where we would like to spend some time in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Indonesia. And then we will probably have to fly into Sydney. I'm so excited about our trip, and really looking forward to going 'home', by the time we get there, it will have been 5 years since I first left Australia for Japan. It will be sad to leave my job and our home here, though not having any close friends makes it a lot easier.

Knitting-wise this means my goal is to finish Rosedale, and do a lot more of Bobble Blue before we leave at the end of April. I also will complete the Dulaan projects. For my travel knitting, I will take sock yarn and sock patterns for all our train journeys!