We've been enjoying some beautifully clear autumn days here this week - I captured that sparkly waterfront view on Sunday. Wellington is well known for its less-than-calm weather, so I feel like days like that need to be documented!
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I have two nieces who turned a year old recently, so I knitted them a wee hat each. I've had cute photos from their mums showing that the hats fit and look very sweet, so I'm keen to make some more from this pattern. It's a free one on Ravelry called 'Beloved Aran' and you can use any type of aran-weight yarn to make a hat in either baby, child or adult size. I was after something very lightweight so I used two strands of fingering-weight alpaca held together to make these. More yarn details, etc here on my Rav page.
I have a few other projects on the go, as always, including a pair of socks using this beautiful yarn I showed a while back... hand-dyed by my friend Nikki. The colourway is called 'rare and exotic beast.'
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Also this week I got some new postcards printed with an embroidery I did in the summer. I have some sets of these cards in my etsy shop but also hope to send some snail mail to friends during the winter. A pop of summertime yellow is always cheering in the letterbox.
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Via Holland Road Yarn's FB page, I came across this interesting podcast: This is Your Brain, This is Knitting which is an interview with psychologist Dr. Art Markman about about our brains on knitting, as well as multitasking and process vs. project knitters. Thought you might be interested too. (Podcasts make great knitting + cup of tea accompaniments but you probably already knew that).
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