odds and ends...

Knitting was slightly curtailed this weekend - not just because of the bunged up wrist (much better now, thank you - knitting has resumed, with caution...), but because a certain young man in my life was celebrating his 9th birthday. We couldn't decide on a cake, so we went with the cupcakes. Then we couldn't decide on an icing colour, so we went with all of them:

And then I found the best thing EVER for the cupcake baker:
A cupcake tree. (Thank you Bulk Barn! Man, they have lots of stuff in there... (they just opened one near my house)).

In order to rest the wrist, I did a little machine knitting:
hmmm... a plain rectangle, loosely knit, charcoal wool. And I have lots of similar wool in different colours. Maybe colours that would work for a kilim type bag? For those that know of Sally Melville's book - Styles, or for those that were at her talk at our Guild last week, you'll know she does something called Knitting as Warp, where she uses plain knitting as a basis for a weaving pattern. Well, you know me - I have the attention span of a gnat, so when something new and interesting shows itself to me, there's a pretty good chance I'm going to try it. Dying yarn with Kool-aid? Done it. Bead Knitting? Done it. Socks? yep. Lace? Yep. Crochet? yep. Short rows or other techniques? If it seems interesting, I'll give it a shot. So this knitting as warp? You bet. Stay tuned - the charcoal rectangle is blocking right now...