A Bit of a Distraction

My main knitting project, now that Grace's birthday is out of the way, is Olivia, the mohair cardi I am designing.

I'm making good progress with this and if I actually stuck to it I would have it finished by now - despite the fluff making me sneeze.

But - I am so easily distracted.

Grace bought the magazine, Inside Crochet, a few weeks ago and I was reaching for my crochet hook before you could stop me.

This capelet is made up of 42 hexagons.

I used a cheap yarn I've had in my stash for some time (details of pattern and yarn can be seen on my Ravelry page). It is a random-dyed yarn - purples and greens - it reminds me of witches and evil brews.

I don't know when I'll wear this capelet - but most of the time that isn't the reason why I make things - It's just the fun of the making that counts.

So now I should get back to Olivia - however, the fluff-factor does put me off a bit. So when we were sitting down to watch a DVD, Chocolat (watching it for the third time in as many weeks - but it is so good and Johnny Depp's Irish accent is hilarious) I grabbed some new yarn and started a new pattern.

The pattern is Peace by Kim Hargreaves from the book called Misty.

It's going so well, I've finished the back and I am half way up the left front.

When I get this one out of the way I will definitely, absolutely, most certainly, work on Olivia until it is finished!!