Tsunami Warning!!

"Mum, the TV says there's a Tsunami Warning!! What should we do?"


"We should go and have a look of course!"



Hmm - looking pretty glassy straight ahead.


Looking pretty glassy all the way up north.


Looking pretty glassy down south too.



Shouldn't someone warn this guy?




Well, there's nothing else for it. Let's roll down the hill!



I had never heard of a tsunami warning before Boxing Day 2004 and hurricane Katrina. I know I should take these warnings seriously, but seriously - why can't the Govt tell us the ACTUAL risk of tsunami resulting from seismic activity in NZ? Why do they have to cry wolf every time there's a tremor in the Pacific? Of course it's got nothing to do with protecting us, it has to do with absolving themselves of responsibility should the worst ensue. Don't say I didn't warn you.

New projects

I would like to be able to say 'out with the old and in with the new' but I haven't been able to complete either the sock blanket nor the autumn arbor yet.

What I did find myself recently in need of is some instant knitting gratification. Something tangible to show for myself, not just five more centimetres of a 170cm scarf, or a few tiny mitred squares from a giant four foot square blanket.

And so, I began a worsted weight project. One night to do one sleeve - now that's what I'm talking about!



I've been talking about which project to use for my soft worsted 3 ply haven't I? I finally went for the 'sleeve as swatch' strategy on a worsted version of Norah Gaughan's Assemblage - it's a keeper.

And, for those knit nights and car waits and little opportunities where only the garter stitch will do.



No details on this project, because, you won't beleive this, I'm going to give it away when it's finished. See, knitabulous does have a heart.

Good Vibrations

Today was MissFee's 40th birthday. Now I don't know Fee that well, but it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single long night of knitting and talking and too much to drink at knitting camp is enough to bind a new friendship very fast - both in strength and time.

I was honoured to be invited, delighted by her gorgeous house, the food was wonderful and the company grand.

There was so much positivity, warmth and general good vibrations going on today that I came to the jubilant realisation that the knitting internet community, and all the face-to-face gatherings that stem from it, have enriched my life in a way that I never thought possible. I am lucky to have found it.

I didn't take many pictures, I wish I had have taken more, but I did have a delightful afternoon nonetheless.

The gregarious and devilishly handsome Lee commissioned me to dye Fee some yarn. I wanted to make it something special and a little luxurious. I call it The Knitabulous Trilogy; a skein of merino sock, a skein of 50/50 wool/silk fingering and a skein of silk lace - all in the same colours, but because the fibres take the dye differently, each has a depth and shade of it's own. I can't wait to do more.