Knitted, finished, done ,finito pt. 2. The ugly blanket.

 The ugly blanket and why.

As with most things that I discover I like to do it usually comes accompanied with a exuberant rush of excitement which is then usually followed by another exuberant rush of purchasing all sorts of stuff and or things that I think I need for projects that I think,  'I'll get around too'.
But sometimes,  as so often happens,  my dreams get caught up with my early skill levels and abilities and,  as in this case,  I bought heaps of yarn for projects that were either way beyond my, then,  'current' skill levels or just totally over ambitious considering the time they would take to complete.  This inevitably led to a massive over purchase of yarn and the problem of what to do with it all.

So with these previous thoughts in mine and a burning desire to use my newly purchased 10mm x 80cm circular knitting needles and a resent discovery of double knitting, which appealed to me no end for some unknown reason,  I came up with the brainwave of knitting a blanket all for myself.

And 'Da da', here is the result.

The ugly part!

And now as to why it's called the 'ugly blanket',  which I don't think it is at all but in fairness to everybody's democratic right to have and opinion and to voice it even if it is not asked for, my wife would offer her opinion at every opportune time as I picked up my blanket by announcing (notice I didn't solicit an opinion from anyone here at anytime),  "God that's an ugly blanket'.  (Oh, thanks darling, I love you too).  So,  in keeping with my passive aggressive personality,     rather expressing my deep feelings of disappointment in her opinion  towards my most beautiful creation,  I chose to name it 'the ugly blanket' out of respect for her democratic right to voice her opinion whether solicited for or not.

Knitted on/with 10mm x 80cm circular needles.

 Knitted, finished, done ,finito pt. 1.

Cheers and happy knitting,

Stewart

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Crack-Up" (1936) US novelist (1896 - 1940)

Knitted, finished, done ,finito pt. 1. Face washer

 Being a newbie knitter I suppose it was only a matter of time before I discovered cotton yarn. 12 months ago I didn't know it existed.

So I needed something I could knit using cotton and as fate would have it a pattern for a face washer turned up and I thought to myself, now that's something I could do and practical as well.

A flower a day for September #25. a'may'zing

Well what can I say , I've been mega slack and have fallen behind with my 'A flower a day for September' but never fear there's more to come and in my defence I have been working extra shifts at work to make ends meet and during that time I also picked up some strange virus which meant I would fall asleep for hours on end and still wake up tired and fall back to sleep again. Anyhow I seem to be well again (until next time it seems) and plan to finish what I have begun by running 'A flower a day for September' over into October until the thirty days have been completed. Best I can do for now.

These are photos of some amayzing May's.

Here is what The Garden Guru has to say about the May Bush (aka Spiraea)

Spring in Toowoomba, and many other towns around the world I suspect, just would not be the same (obviously, Stewart), um, ok then, Spring in Toowoomba, and many other towns around the world I suspect, just would not be anyway near as enjoyable without the mighty May bush.

I doubt there would be a street anywhere here that didn't have a May bush planted somewhere but in most streets there are many and multiple planting of this lightly perfumes shrub.

 I haven't seen one standardised, have you?

And every spring when the Mat's are in flower you might catch me singing this song by Buddy Holly.



Cheers and I hope your as amayzed az me,

Stewart.

A flower a day for September #24.

 It's been raining and overcast here for nearly the whole week and I haven't been able  to get out and get some good photos. Here is a selection of the ones that landed on the cutting room floor, so to speak.

It's supposed to keep raining into the foreseeable future so I'm just going to have to take my chances when I can and get some more photos.

I'm on the home straight though with less than a week of September left. 

Cheers

Stewart

A flower a day for September. #23

As you know the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers is still on here until the end of the weekend so I'm combining a visit to the Quilt show and my Flower a day for September posts by adding photos of Quilts with flowers in/on them. And if you want to be amazed at the  handy work of some people then do yourself a favour and get yourself up there for a look see.

Where is it I hear you ask? It's at St Ursula's hall thingy in Rome st. You can't miss it!!!

Cheers

Stewart

A flower a day for September. #22 Wisteria

Just like 'One swallow doesn't make a summer' nor does one Wisteria make a Spring but let me tell you a whole town full of the plant does.




Also the back end of a sadly neglected Scotty

This is my white florabunda Wisteria which, probably due to the unseasonal but very welcome winter rain, has flowered the best it's ever flowered in 17 years.

Just one fine example covering a front fence and half the garden around the corner from us.

Cheers and happy Spring

Stewart.