Monday, April 12, 2010

Knitting Handspun Frenzy.....

I'm in a bit of a knitting frenzy at the moment, which has been great for using up some of my handspun yarns. I can now nearly shut my cupboard!



Some of my better knits go to The Little Gallery Of Fine Arts in Tairua and these ones are all headed there. Its a fabulous tourist destination on the Coromandel run by the talented artist Paula McNeill.



The Coromandel is one of New Zealand's favourite tourist destinations - you can even dig your own hot water spa pool in the sand at Hot Water Beach.



The above is a crochet scarf - I love crochet as its difficult to drop a stitch by mistake as there is only one on the crochet hook anyway! The gorgeous commercial green heather merino wool is Cascade Magnum in Moss colour (100% Peruvian Highland Wool). Its 2 stitches per inch - love it! Nice and quick!

10 comments:

Queen of the Tea Cosies said...

Only in New Zealand. And Tasmania. And Canada. And Greenland. And Scoootland. And Siberia....

Janice said...

These are positively fabulous!! The colors and texture -- so fun! And your kiddos are adorable! They make lovely ( and cheap?) models!!

Janice

Jasmine said...

Love the knits.
The hot water beach sounds amazing.

Unknown said...

Whow. Great! Think I'm gonna try it too.

Ginga Squid said...

Thank you!
And Antarctica - got to do it there too (the thermal thing), was very very cool!
LOL Janice - not quite as cheap as one may think after costing up the chocolate & candy bribes required.

Kiwiyarns said...

Just love those hats and scarf!

Ginga Squid said...

Thank you!

1funkyknitwit said...

I'm thinking these are rather cool hats with great texture & colour.
Must comment on the kids as they make the perfect models & they are wonderful props for your accessories :D

Valerie said...

Those hats and scarves are terrific, wonderful texture and colours.

Stay at home moms said...

Hello,
it is Great I'm gonna try it and i love those hats and scarf the combination is looking good.