Pie in the Sky 68-10

Enter a skein of yarn spun in my VERY early days as a knitter. I used fibre from Spunky Eclectic's Club - the Pie in the Sky colourway, and had plied it with a silver thread - my first out-of-the-ordinary yarn and I remember having such fun with it! It's a little uneven, but that's ok - it was all part of the spinning journey and it's nice to look back to where I first started!

I decided for my first 68-10 Drops headband (yes, I know I've already posted about the one knit in cotton, which I actually knit SECOND!) I would use this handspun held together with another yarn, to get the correct gauge. So I used some heirloom wool in a chocolatey brown, which offset the handspun nicely.

I knit this with my dreads in mind, and actually began knitting it in the dreadlocks hot seat!! it didn't take very long to knit up and I'm stoked with the result :D Now I just need the weather cool enough to wear it!!

Cotton Drops

I cast on for another 86-10 Drops Headband straight after I finished the woolen handspun version. I loved the handspun but working up north in Australia it is TOO HOT for wool so a cotton version was required!

Using 4.5mm needles, I used some Jo Sharp Desert Garden Aran Cotton yarn I purchased years ago from the lovely ladies at Knitting Inspirations. The headband took just over one ball and I found the yarn lovely to work with and entertained thoughts of maybe even a summer top from it someday?

It was a very quick knit - I followed the guidelines of the pattern but made the length a little custom by adjusting the number of rows knit before increasing. I'm finding the headband SO super comfy, and it doubles as an excellent eye-mask to keep the light out when I'm trying to sleep in on our one day off!



p.s. I have a bit of a back log of projects to post about - such as this one. I'll catch up soon hopefully!!

Deadly Dreadlocks

Yes, you better believe it! I am now a dread-headed dreadlocked lassie!

It's something I've wanted to do for a VERY long time, and in fact I had 'non-permanent' dreads put in for the high school ball, and then proceeded to ignore the hairdressers' warnings about taking them out straight away - I left them in for 3 weeks or so since I loved them so much! Many hours of combing got them out, but I always wanted proper ones and have pined and thought of them often since then.

My hair is very long, straight and thin/fine - and for almost all of my life I've had the same long, straight hairstyle (or lack of style?). Being a bit of a tom-boy I've never put much effort or thought in to my hair, but loved the long silky shininess and twirling the strands around my fingers :)



But I've been thinking of the deadly dreadlies more and more and at last.. I've taken that final step and had wonderful lovely locks put in!

Inspired by dreadly ladies such as Emily and Jas it was only a weeny little nudge to get me off the edge and plunging into dreadlocked magnificence!



The ladies I got dreaded with are AMAZING - an absolutely wonderous bunch of open minded, delightful, inquisitive and warm hearted women. How blissful to spend a day with them, they weaving my hair into dreads while I knit and we talked together of families, experiences and the world around us.

I am SO thrilled with my dreads! I know they will only get better and better too as they plump out and bulk up a little over the coming months.

I've given a bit of space to the wild and creative side of myself and I LUFF it! :D

It feels like (and I know this sounds silly because "it's only hair"...) I'm more myself now, and that is WONDERFUL!