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June Busy Blogfest

Last night LynS made the comment that she was planning to blog for every day in June as her life was so busy. I too am feeling the effects of a busy life at the moment, work has been incredibly crazy and my reaction has been to blog less. I find I am missing it and need a kick to really get back to thinking about it. As I will be continuing my tradition of blogging the film-festival every day I thought I would join Lyn in her plan to blog daily.

Blogging Plan

Sydney Film Festival 3rd (for me) - 14th of June
I will be trying to return to the 2008 Festival hey day - as apparently that was more memorable than the 2009 reviews.

Knitting Project - Susie Hoodie
The newly started, frogged and restarted Susie Hoodie. I will be trying to get through a reasonable amount of this jacket/coat in worsted weight yarn over the month of June.

Spinning
I will be trying to get back into a more comprehensive Spinning effort. I have done very little in May (pretty much Since around the Birthday party in early May) when the wheel was put in a corner and has yet to re-emerge.

So I hope I can live up to the plan.

Let the Cabling Begin

Monogomous Knitting and Stash Excavation

Since the completion of the Cardi and Socks I have been monogomously knitting La La's Simple Shawl in Wollemeise in a Teal, Brown, Navy, Green colourway. It is quite dark in tone and I need daylight to photograph it well. Work and family life have been busy so my knitting time has been limited so I just over halfway through (The target being knit to the end of the skein - about 570 yards in fingering weight).

But I do have some pics for you. I am planning to knit a Susie Hoodie and have had some Cascade 220 sitting aside for it for quite a while. I couldn't remember where it was and I had to pull out some bags and boxes stored in wardrobes and bookcases.

The result of my stash excavation

• The Cascade
• Hand-dyed yarn from our trip to Tassie about 3 years ago
• Some miscellaneous yarn that needs to be sorted and stored properly.

Isn't the Cascade a gorgeous colour!

This is the hand-dyed 8 ply we picked up in Tassie. I really must do something with it.

I have had this cardigan on my radar for a while, I have even had the yarn (The Knittery Silky Merino DK in a gorgeous Purple). Last night I finished the cardigan and I absolutely love it. I need to press the sleeves a little but that won't take much and it looks fabulous over a dress.

Stardust from Knitty

We are Stardust!

Socks, Sock Clubs and Colour

This week has definitely been about the socks. At the end of last week I recieved the last of the Needlefood Sock Club Pacakages the colourway is gorgeous blues and ice like blue/greys and the extras were highlighted by the Smiggle three zippered/sectioned pouch. Absolutely Fabulous

This week another package arrived (not so sock focused). I won the monthly draw that Ewe Give Me The Knits has based on a Monthly Spin Challenge Theme (Remember the gorgeouos wine coloured yarn from last month.). So Friday I recieved this wonderful package. Superwash Merino/Bamboo Nylon in Purles/Blues and Blacks some bright mohair curls and Rainbow Dyed Firestar...Shiny.

Last weekend we had a campout in the backyard for O's birthday and I had a tie-dying session with the kids at the start of the party (and we sent them home with a T-shirt instead of a lolly bag). The results can be seen below with some gorgeous t-shirts as a result. The Big Red item is the fluffiest (shedding) Dressing Gown that was a birthday present from her grandmother...Too much fun.

Back to the socks.. a renewed love of sock-knitting has moved the Hokey-Pokey socks (in a gorgeous Needlefood colourway) for O to finished. Yay!

Now to finish the Stardust Cardigan.

Film Festival Schedule

The Sydney Film Festival Schedule is up and I am now sorting out my schedule. As always I have a Evening Subscription (State Theatre) so I have the following films included

• Lebanon
• Heartbeats
• Howl
• Lourdes
• Life During Wartime
• Red Hill
• La Danse: The Paris Opera
• Cairo Time
• The Tree
• Kawasaki’s Rose
• Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
• Boy
• Moloch Tropical
• The Waiting City
• Lola
• Exit Through The Gift Shop
• Colony
• If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
• Ajami
• Uncle Boomee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
• The Runaways
• Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
• Women Without Men
• Winter’s Bone
• Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno
• The Killer Inside Me
• I am Love
• Me Too
• White Material
• Four Lions
• Cyrus
• How I Ended This Summer
• Home by Christmas
• Wasted on the Young
• The Ghost Writer
• Prince of Tears
• Creation

I have yet to have a real read through but I am delighted that both The Runaways and The Ghost Writer are included. More on what I think might be highlights over the weekend as I spend a bit of time with the program and do a little more research

Stardust Takes Shape

Knitting Progress and Looking forward to the FIlm Festival

As a result of a massive birthday party here for O we have had a bit of an interruption in knitting.

I have just last night managed to complete the sleeves finally for the Stardust Cardigan. I now have the pieces blocking for sew up either thursday or friday night. (Wishful blocking!). Photos when I get some decent light. I am loving the colour and the yarn (Knittery DK Silk Merino - alas no longer available)

I have moved on to the absolutely no thinking plain socks in needlefood for O (They have taken much much longer than I planned so I thought I would try to be faitfhful for a bit. This of course has resulted in pattern searching, purchasing and downloading.

I do have the yarn for the featherweight cardigan all rolled into balls. Hmmmm...distraction.

P.S Sydney Film Festival program announced yesterday and the guide will be in Friday's SMH. Just under a month to much film-going fun.
Early standouts (at a glance) expect more once I have had a chance to devour the program.

Jan Hrebejk's Kawaski's Rose as his previous films have always been enjoyable
Gaylene Preston's Home by Christmas