WIP - Knitting - Lady Kina

Since I have been knitting baby kinas recently I thought I would finally knit myself something. I already made myself a Lady Kina in a lovely pink/purple shade and I thought one in blue would be nice.

I decided to use some of my Ice Yarn stash. This particular one is from their Magic Light range. I purchase mine through the Knit4Charities group. They are Ice Yarn resellers here in Australia. I just love how it is self striping but sadly I don't think this particular shade is available at the moment although there are plenty of others that look just as pretty.

The sleeves have finally been completed!

Ice, Ice Baby

I love it when my postie brings me parcels! 

Especially parcels of yarn! 

Woohoo! More Ice yarn!

I love the colourways of these two yarns.
I think they are both Magic Baby. 

The top one is Green shades, yellow white. 

The bottom one is Turquoise, orange, yellow and purple.

WIP - Crochet - Baby Cardigan

I am using my last ball of  Ice Yarn in this colourway. I just love this one. 

I wanted to reorder it but it is out of stock *sigh* 

I have almost finished this cardigan. It whips up so quickly.
Pattern by Heather from Just Crochet. Heather sells her patterns on her website and also on Craftsy and Ravelry.

Finished Item - Baby Kina in Ice Yarn

Another baby Kina finished. I just love the colours of this Ice Yarn.

I will be delivering this one along with some other things to Olivia's Place. They help support mums and families during pregnancy and early parenting by providing things that baby needs (clothes, cots, etc).

WIP - Knitting - Baby Kina in Ice Yarn Magic Light

Okay I have the bug for making baby kina cardigans at the moment. What can I say other than I am liking how quickly I can whip these up and that I find knitting plain stocking stitch rather soothing.

I am loving this Ice Yarn. It looks very pretty. I just love the colour changes. 

Perfect for a rainbow baby.

Finished Item - Knitting - Baby Kina in Salmon

I finished knitting a baby kina in salmon this time. It's such a pretty colour.
This yarn is also from Ice Yarns & was on special when I purchased it.
I still have around four and a half balls of this one along with the apple green I used earlier.

Finished Item - Knitting - Baby Kina

Measures 9 inches across and 9 inches from the neck to the hem.

I really love how this baby kina turned out.

I'm thinking perhaps I should make some more with this green yarn. I also have some of the same kind but in salmon. Who knows?!

My Ice Yarn Order Arrived

My order arrived earlier this week. I ordered 

I ordered the yarn from Knit4Charities 

From left to right in the photo above:

Magic Light grey shades. Magic Baby lilac/pink/white, Magic Baby maroon/orchid/white, Magic Baby orange/white and Magic Baby blue/white

It cost around $4.25 per ball once you factor in postage. 

Not bad really if you think about it.

If I were to travel to say spotlight for example (the closest store is 49.4 km or 30 miles away) to purchase yarn and I factored in the cost of fuel to get there and back it would probably work out to be about the same price per ball of yarn. At least this way the yarn gets delivered to my door (~_o) 

I will enjoy the pretty colours for a while before I work out what I shall be making with this beautiful yarn! 

Ice Yarn Shopping

I have been shopping online for some Ice Yarn which I purchase from the Knit4Charities group that I belong to. They are resellers of the yarn and they don't mark up the prices. Brodie wanted to get me some yarn for Mother's Day but I wasn't ready to order any yarn before now. That being said he and I went halves in what I did purchase.

Magic Light - Grey shades, white

Magic Baby - Blue shades, white

Magic Baby - Orange shades, white

Magic Baby - Maroon, orchid, white

Magic Baby - Lilac shades, pink, white

I love the colours that I have chosen. I have no idea what I will be making with them. Hopefully they will arrive within a week as they are being delivered via courier and not Australia Post. Only time will tell as they are being sent from Turkey. Cross your fingers for me!

WIP - Knitting - Baby Kina

I wanted to use some of my Ice Yarn that I purchased a little while ago but I didn't want to make another blanket using it. I decided that I would give knitting another go. of course it took a while to work out what project to begin. I finally decided on making a short sleeved Baby Kina. It's a paid pattern of Ravelry.

So far so good with the knitting but I believe I need to purchase some longer needles. Either that or some circular ones. I've been eyeing off a set or two on eBay.

It has been awfully warm for the past week and I am struggling with the heat indoors and wanting to knit. It hasn't stopped me but I am leaving it until the evenings when it's been a little cooler.

There were a couple of cooler days but it warmed up again rather quickly. I will be so glad when autumn finally arrives and this indian summer disappears! I need my cooler weather!

I haven't been able to knit for a couple of days. My right wrist and arm have been awfully sore. I'm not sure if it is to do with the exercise group I go to and that I pushed myself hard or it could be the fact that my medication for my arthritis has changed. It could be a possibility that it is both of these things. Either way it has slowed me down.