Lacy day scarf

It's getting cold here so I've taken up knitting again, and rather than sticking to boring old garter stitch I thought I'd try lace knitting.

I found this gorgeous yarn in 'vintage hues' down at the local Kmart and bought 5 rolls; isn't it beautiful? The lace pattern would probably stand out more in solid-coloured yarn but it turned out to be a good choice because it disguises all the mistakes I made as I was learning how to slip stitches, knit two together, yarn forward and pass slipped stitch over!

Just don't look too closely at the part that's draped over my shoulder - that's where I started from, and after unravelling it three times I just forged ahead and let the mistakes add to the 'uniqueness' of the piece. I figured it out in the end, with the help of KnittingHelp.com, a very handy knitting website with free videos of every stitch you could possibly need to know.

I'm so impressed with the result I'm going to knit a lace wrap next, although it's 121 stitches wide and I started last night, so it could be next winter before I get to wear it!

New blog-a-log

Hello and welcome to my new blog, where I'm hoping to post more often than my last one.

First off, here are some pics of my humble vegie patch.

I staked the peas today, they were growing along the ground and trying to climb up each other, so now they look much happier.

When we got back from Margaret River we found that some more of the fence had fallen down, and the neighbour's dog had taken the opportunity to escape through our place down to the park. So this weekend's job will be to get a new fence.
At least the tomatoes didn't mind, they just bent forward and kept growing!

The second crop of radishes is coming along too, and the pak choy is ready to eat.

The only disappointment so far is the oregano - that's it in the purple pots. The seeds germinated but haven't done much else. They seem to be stuck at a millimetre high, not growing but not dying either. Any suggestions anyone?