Rosettes

Freebies with my baby beanie sales ... I went through a phase of knitting little rosettes out of my stash for my stalls. Easy to knit and I made way more than necessary so I like to put them in a Toggle beanie sales as a surprise for the buyer.

A quiet weekend on the crafting front, just picking up odd WIPs lying - a hat for Charlie, my DK Smoothie cardi - even the blanket got a couple of rows in. I'm off to Knit Rangers shortly - might get a bit more done there!

KM and MA dropped in today with some old knitting patterns - I love the zany old styles and especially the text - "The Cool Look of Summer", "Delicious as Cream". I seem to find the old crochet patterns look cooler at the moment - mmmm - maybe I should learn to crochet more than granny squares. 

We've had such great weather in Auckland the last week and I took full advantage yesterday with a huge walk around Oratia. I'm not a big walking person but I'm trying to get out more on the local tracks. Not so keen on tramping the forest paths alone sometimes Suburban Tramping is called for. Having walking goals aside from the obvious general health benefits is very important so half-time "carrot" at the Oratia Farmers Market yesterday was key - coffee, caramel croissants and manuka-smoked sausages. More than enough to keep the legs moving!