As  intended, I have knitted through most of Australia’s summer (eek). The ninth scarf in my inventory is now this: red knitted hearts and baubles on Country Spun grey.

I’m so pleased it’s cooling down. I love the comfort of scarves in winter, and am hopeful of some sales on etsy: www.handmade3777.etsy.com

I’ve approached a couple of shops by e-mail & snailmail, to get around the ‘no hawker/canvasser’ rule, to see if they’re interested in having a closer look. Sadly, there has been no reply.

I do remind myself this is not about remuneration, but it’s about being more creative, enjoying colour & texture and getting into a different headspace. Certainly knitting & crochet is doing this for me. I’m also brushing up on my knowledge of the web, of social networking and so on, so it’s good for my work brain too.

Having said this, a bonus would be seeing one on someone else, just because I think the scarves are nice and I hope someone else does too. I fear my poor friends will end up with one each for their birthdays this year!! Though they are supportive & coo the right words, so who knows, they may even be pleased.