Weekend too short, send more please
What a weekend! After getting various doctor’s tests done on Friday, I was so knackered I got virtually no knitting done. I did, however, score 16 balls of the now-discontinued Cleckheaton Angora Supreme from Clegs for $1.95 a ball. Bargain - and it’s aran weight, or close enough, so I’ll be able to make one of those lovely American patterns from it. I’m thinking Ariann from Chicknits. I’m also thinking that it’s about time I used up some of my garment-quantities of yarn and actually made some garments!
I also did some stash re-organising on Friday. You don’t want to know how much stash I have. Put it this way… I bought a unit from Ikea, which is six foot by six foot, just to house it… and it doesn’t all fit.
Yesterday was a winery trip for my dear friend Ben’s birthday - we were driven an hour and a half into the Yarra Valley and visited four wineries, beginning with Domaine Chandon. I did take some sock knitting, but needless to say not much got done! We rolled home yesterday evening, very merry and laden with bottles, and again I felt too tired to knit. Also… what do you do when knitting hurts? I have a tendency to occasionally “help” the retreating R-H needle back out of the loop with my left index finger; well, I’ve done this with sharp little sock needles a bit too often lately (especially when alcohol has been involved) and now I have a sore patch with split skin on my finger. I’ve got a band-aid on it, but that doesn’t help, and makes knitting awkward! I guess I must just learn to knit more carefully. And I’ve misplaced my 4.0 crochet hook so I can’t even work on my scrap Babette blanket! Bah humbug!
Next weekend I’m planning a trip to the Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo with my dear friend Lou. We’re going to stop in at the Woollen Mills as well, of course; Lou hasn’t ever been there. I am looking forward to seeing her face when she gets in there 
We’ve done the show before, but it’s always good fun, and I love seeing the critters - especially the alpacas, and the baby sheepdog puppies rounding up ducks! They don’t just have fleece and wool - they have a variety of other stalls selling food and drink, spinning wheels and accessories, hand-turned woodcraft, etc. It should be a good day out!
