Wool, glorious wool

When our friends at Purl's Palace had their store, I must admit that I would wonder over every now and then for a chat and to look at all the beautiful yarn in their store.  Mostly looking at the beautiful garments, a lot of them designed by Zoe which made them even more special.

Secretly I had wished that I could knit well enough to make something for myself that looked decent enough (for a beginner knitter) for me to actually wear.

Well I did.... It was finished a while ago and I have worn it through a lot of the winter months and it has been wonderful.  Its called Stingray made with boucle wool (to hide the bad knitting) and I often wear it with one of Kristen's lovely brooches.

Hello new addiction ..... I need to do something with that Noro over there and make some.......

A little bit of stitching...

Do you every go through a phase of looking at all your half completed things and then promptly ignoring them???!!!  Do you look at them and think they will never get finished - the pattern you have devised that needs to be written, the little "quick" stitchery that is now months old and half finished.. the quilt pieces done at primary school that need to be finished... that patchwork bag that well... sort of looks like a bag........ !!??

And then you go and start something else....

I am having one of those times .... with heaps of things to plan and do you would think I'd pull my finger out and get them done... but no.

This is a Rowandean mini kit called Echinacea.  They come with everything you need and some, like this, have different fabrics and threads to play with.  Best part is that even though they have the basic stitch instructions only the fundamental pieces (in this case the flowers) are actually printed on the fabric so you can make it your own without much effort.

Sigh... back to the finishing.....