I haven’t blogged much lately. Recent lists have also included “dentist”, “tax return 09/10″ & “pap smear”. I suppose I could have blogged those lists, but frankly, I’m sure you’ve all got your own lists of doom and don’t need to devote any more energy to mine. I hope to emerge from these lists before “tax return 10/11″ goes on the list.
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I have been thriftily knitting my way through my stash since November and today I’ve actually taken photos. My friends are finished their PhDs, now they’re having babies. Some of the ones who didn’t do PhDs are having second (and third) babies. There are a lot of babies to knit for, many of them are due in winter, this is excellent. They’ll all get out and about in a Friends of Innercitygarden uniform.
I made a promise to myself that if I knitted up useful things (presents are useful, I would buy something for these babies if I wasn’t knitting for them) from my stash then I would earn some Habu yarn with which I can knit Kirsten’s paper crane top. I’m nearly there. The paper crane has been in my ravelry queue for quite a while.
Details are on ravelry for the interested. I took that last cardigan to craft camp this weekend – I sewed on the buttons and seamed the sleeves and declared it a Craft Camp Finished Object. So what if I did all the knitting part over several months? I worked through a pile of almost finished objects and made them finished finished – I replaced elastic in my fire engine red skirt ready to wear for winter (it’s an 80s wool number, apparently it originally came with a matching batwing sleeve top), attached velcro to the kid’s cape so he can be a superhero (or wizard, it’s black with a star) and warmed up on the craft camp sewing by making a wheat bag for the kid. I can’t photograph it, it’s in his bed. It’s a hand-me-down light brown cordoroy, a very basic rectangle. He loves it. He has low expectations. Anyone who shows him Tania’s wheat bags will have me to answer to. I pieced a doona cover top, I ran out of fabric to do the back of the doona cover. The Bloke had threatened to leave me Craft Camp until I finished finished the doona cover. I was prepared to wait him out. I haven’t photographed it.
I made myself a wrap dress. I’m pretty happy with it. As usual, there are things I’d do differently if I was doing it again, but that’s to be expected with a make it up as you go along type pattern. This is the only photo that’s not totally out of focus. Do you like the stripey sock on the floor? I must have words with Teddy about putting his laundry away.
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Now, the photo above of my list was taken this morning. This evening the list looks like this:
[Buy] caustic soda
Put washing away
Make bread
Superannuation
Make soap
Museli
Knit
Pay childcare bills
Nobody say anything. So long as no one speaks I might be safe from thinking of anything else that is on the list but not currently written down.
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March 16, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Eleanor
I’m whispering, so you don’t add anything to the list.
Just wanted to say that seeing you pottering in the kitchen wearing the dress you had just made was one of the highlights of my Sewjourn experience. You looked so lovely.
The lamb was delicious too, of course.
E x
March 17, 2011 at 6:46 pm
innercitygarden
I am glad you enjoyed me wearing the dress.
March 17, 2011 at 2:16 pm
janet
That dress does really suit you, you know.
Well done on the knitting.
I have my own list that I am afraid to write down but probably should. Tax is never on my list though as my old accountant always used to say why let the ATO keep your money (assuming one is due a refund) and now I let that extra cash be my prompt. Ooops, I spoke.
March 17, 2011 at 6:42 pm
innercitygarden
I always had that theory when I was single. Now that I have a self employed partner the situation is somewhat different. I get a refund, he gets a bill. In a good year my refund equals his bill.
March 17, 2011 at 8:26 pm
fiveandtwo
Oh, I wish I’d seen the finish of that gorgeous green dress. It was a winner as it morphed on Sunday. Disappointed to have missed the lamb as well.
At our place the tax thing is much the same but it’s my family tax credit = husband’s tax to pay. I sometimes think we’d be better off as employees as far as tax and superannuation goes.
Also suffering knitting envy: those hats, those cardigans…so good.
March 17, 2011 at 8:32 pm
innercitygarden
You should definitely take up knitting. You’d love it, *and it would love you right back.*
I’ll have another go at photographing the green dress – or better yet, I’ll ask the Bloke to photograph me in it – so you can see how it finished up. I hope you photograph your finished objects too.
March 17, 2011 at 10:56 pm
dancingwithfrogs
Have you made the soap yet? How did it turn out?
March 18, 2011 at 10:35 pm
suse
Our tax is like that too. Except! Guess what? This year for the first time in ages the self employed husband got a refund! But then the tax agent’s bill was for almost the same amount.
Can’t win.
I’m still dreaming about that roast lamb and vegies dish.
Have you made soap yet?
March 19, 2011 at 10:30 am
innercitygarden
Congratulations on the refund!
I am yet to buy caustic soda, and therefore I am yet to make soap. It will have to wait til next Wednesday anyway, when the boy is at kinder and I’m home.