waratah

we're so happy to see this waratah gone:

the handknitters guild are piecing the whole thing together - squares of australian images - and raffling it off both at the mini wool expo and the craft expo at jeff's shed - more info about both those as it comes to hand.

the following pink dress is the beast from simple knits for cherished babies. simple? sure. time consuming and hellish on tiny needles? you betcha. it was knit with a really lovely mercerised cotton - thought it was heirloom, but we haven't seen anything like it since. seeing as we don't know of any incredibly young girls (or willing boys), it seems like a good donation to the handknitters guild for expo sale.

we're not quite sure what to do with the scarf:

it's the previous attempt with roving, only this time handknit. literally. if you haven't tried handknitting - that is "knitting" without needles, knitting with thick stuff (roving, rope, etc) is certainly helpful. we're tempted to full it a little, just to get the fibres a little stronger, but we're not sure about the look and weight of the whole thing. only one way to find out...