We had a fantastic time in Canberra. There was stash enhancement. There was car knitting (but not much because my hands were giving warning twinges). There was plenty of KIP. I rescued a friend who had dropped some stitches on the shawl she was knitting on huge wooden needles. And I met a big burly Singaporean man lamenting that he couldn’t take his bamboo circulars on the plane, who later helped the friend I rescued remember how to cast off.

It was a great convention, too.

I have some catch-up blogging to do. Firstly, this turned up the day we left:

An order from Simply Sock Yarn, containing Dream In Colour Smooshy in ‘gothic rose’, Fleece Artist Sea Wool in ‘amethyst’ and Crystal Palace Panda Cotton in red. I ordered the latter for the non-wool socks of my Sock Challenge, and decided to try out the other two to make the postage worthwhile. Unfortunately, being the complete drip I am, I forgot to order two balls. I realised straight away and shot off an email asking what I should do. The seller replied a while later saying she had missed my email and offered to send a second skein with free postage, which is very generous.

When that skein arrives I can choose any pattern from Knitty, as I only specified it had to be non-wool. Which one to make? In the meantime, I did get started on the William Street socks during my week away, but only got halfway along the foot. They certainly make for bulky socks, but since I spend most of my time at home in slippers that won’t be a problem.

On the way home from Canberra we just happened to stop at Tarcutta for lunch, so I had to have a look in the Farmhouse Industries shop to see if there was any more Annie Gregg hand-dyed yarn, didn’t I? I found thse four skeins of merino angora blend.

So soft. So pretty. So much stash enhancement that it makes me giddy.