A Little Knitting and a Fancy Raincoat

 Just for a change of pace this week I've put my summer cotton top I've been knitting aside.  There were several very small balls of left over yarn hanging about so I decided to knit a baby hat, just to use them up.  I had a little of pink, white, grey and burgundy so knitted up a striped baby hat.  That didn't turn out too bad, nice easy knitting in the evenings, and I was pleased to see those tiny balls gone.

Striped baby hat

Then I came across a stalled knitting project, so pulled it out to see what was left to do on this one.  It is a cozy cardigan using hand spun wool which my dear friend Merilyn sent me.  With just the fronts to finish up, I then have to stitch it together and work on the front and neck bands.  I'll keep this one out close by as I may as well keep on with it, I decided.

The cardigan fronts

Perhaps you may remember when I posted pictures on a beautiful coat made by Vicky from the Creative Crafts group a wee while ago?  Well, she has down it again and stitched herself another beautiful coat, this one is a rain coat using parka nylon, and covered with Vicky's beautiful applique and embelishments.  Such a lot of work, the coat really is eye catching.

Vicky's new raincoat

Cyclone Vaianu has caused flooding, fallen trees, rivers bursting their banks and many road closures in parts of the North Island, and many flights cancelled.  The Met Service advises that the cyclone is moving away from the North Island so that is good news.  My area hasn't really been impacted, thank goodness, and the cyclone was predicted to be so much worse.  The clean up in the affected areas will take some time I imagine, it seems a never ending cycle of damage to the northern areas which are getting hammered several times in a row.