mission: aborted

Well, the yarn shop mission was a dismal failure...i'd been driving for ages with my own idea that the shop was closer to home than it actually is...a lot closer!
Self-doubt set in, navigational instruments were absent (left the street directory at home) and my navigator was awol (well, in meeting at work)!...and so, i made the call to abort....only to discover that i had in fact been one mere street away - aarrgghh!

oh well....by the time i'd arrived home, more yarn arrived in the mail which satisfied all yarn yearnings!

there was some deliciously warm and fuzzy dye-free brushed alpaca in a rather scrumptious chocolate...


....and some simply gorgeous 'glam queen green' banana silk yarn!!

both were purchased from alleco who are lovely to deal with and speedy - my order arrived within 2 days!

I was thrilled to find the brushed alpaca in the bargain bin! I'm keen to knit up a beanie and 'knucks' for my dad to match a scarf a knitted up for him ages ago in the same yarn...
....and perhaps a something for over the shoulders with that glamorous green...?
...we'll see!

...about bloody time!

Yet again, jen has had to wait an inordinate amount of time for my next blogging entry - sorry! i promise to be a better blogger ;)

...i must admit, it is a bit unfair that I get to enjoy hearing about jen's rise to fame as a creative (and the antics of her lovely family) whilst she gets no updates on all the mischief i've been getting into, or at least my latest knitting adventures....at least now that i've finally found the battery charger for the camera i'm able to add visuals!

...and so i present my very first finished object (and only finished object to date, excluding scarves): "le poncho"


I'm very excited today - it'll be my first trip to a local specialist yarn store! thus far, i've been able to satisfy my yarn yearnings with internet consumerism....and sales at the local kmart. In fact, the only time i've been into a yarn shop was with my partner's mother in christchurch: "knitworld"
i got the distinct impression that the mixed racial aspect of our little trio rather confounded the sales assistant...hee hee!

Well, best be off then....i'll be back to report on the success of the mission: to find some extra balls of discontinued yarn so i can knit up a fetching piece for my mother's impending trip to greece!