2011 - FO's 21 and 22



There are green stripes in this one, you just cant see them for some reason
6 - 12 month size
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12-18 month size and yes you can see the stripes
Ravelled Here

I finally finished the 2 sweaters for some little girls who need some more handknits.  The little sisters should look very cute in them.  The pattern is the Budgie Striped Baby Sweater designed by Grumperina.  The blue/green striped one is the 6 month size and the lime green/pink one is the 12-18 month size.  I am knitting one for their cousin too in bright pink/yellow which I have just started.  I only used 1 ball of each color of the Heirloom Dazzle and the pattern is so easy to knit up.  The only changes I made were to add button bands instead of zippers as I really dont love sewing in zippers or trying to find the right sizes to fit them.

I am really enjoying the cold weather being snuggly inside and knitting away.  I have been knitting on Paul's sweater at night and getting really excited about it as I had ordered more yarn - then today I received a letter from Bendigo Woollen Mills saying that they had already run out of stock in the pewter colorway of the Moorland yarn.  I ordered mine last week to finish off the sweater which was 5 balls so I am hoping that it will be the same dyelot.  It must be very popular.

After that little notification I then went onto my internet banking and discovered that somebody had been using my debit card number to make little transactions for themselves.  Thankfully I didnt have much money in the account otherwise they would have taken more than $29 so tomorrow will be spent speaking to the fraud squad.  I am really annoyed though as they stopped my card last month because they thought someone was trying to use it and then it cleared and it was okay, which clearly it wasnt.  This time I decided that no - I cut up my card and am now awaiting another new one.  I do hope they catch the little *!#@* who has been using my card to buy a video game (1 transaction) and whatever else they thought they could have for free.  I wont say on here how annoyed I am with people who think they can just take money from other people for no reason at all.  It makes my skin crawl actually.  Oh and to top off this week I have been dealing with Isabelle having head lice!  Tomorrow we are both getting our hair cuts so we should feel better.  Thankfully we havent found anymore in the last 2 days!  Okay I have gotten it out of my system, back to knitting to calm down, ...... deep breaths!!