Who loves merino wool???

I'm a new FAN!! Wnet to my fav fabric store today and finally treated myself to some merino wool - it's not cheap I tell ya!! But it's gorgeous, I bought some hot pink and quickly whipped miss 9 up a hoodie sweater. She hasn't been feeling well all week, but keeps insisting on going to school (which she loves). She wakes up 'ok' but comes home completely buggered (tues and wed) so today I made her stay home from school - but let her come with me to class...she's such a good kid, I knew she'd be able to sit still and do her own thing...which she did.

She's really happy with the hoodie too :) I'm not that happy with it, cos I didn't do a pattern for it, I just 'whipped' it up. It's wearable but the fit isn't completely right. Anyway, it'shot pink, 100% merino - so she'll be warm :)

I bought me some gorgeous purple and black check fabric, 260gm I think, so pretty thick - and super warm :)
Also bought some gorgeous light blue merino (I think it's about 87% merino) and made a drapey vest out of it...will post pics tonight.

So I have had a great day.


8pm :) Here are some pics..
The purple unfinished top is a really neat 100% Merino fabric. I need to buy some plain black Merino for the cuffs and binding to finish it off - will do that tomorrow :)

























This next one is a drapey/vest/cardy top, I like it but it's not really me...I may alter the pattern to have extra fabric pleats from the front shoulder...but this fabric is about 87% merino...really gorgeous feel!!




















And this one is exactly the same as the top I made yesterday (and wore today lol) but with 3/4 sleeves.




















So hubby didn't finish work till after 6pm. He started at 8:30am. I took the boys to league training, had a brief talk with the coach at the begining, then sat the rest of the training out in the car - I was wayy too tired, felt weak to be sitting out on the field freezing! As yet, no one has stepped up to take on the role of team manager - I am not surprised...

Anyway, had a lovely diner, just gonna hang out and watch TV. Oh I bought some chocolate brown hair dye from the supermarket lol...will do that tonight. I used to spend over a hundred at the hairdressers every 3 months like clock work...I just can't be bothered anymore - maybe I should be bothered? For the past 5 years I used to get full foils, but it just seems that EVERYONE does that now so for the past 6 months ago I bought some supermarket dye, and I'm just going for a flat all over colour now. I don't mind paying just over $100 at the hairdressers for foils...but I'm too 'tight' to pay them $70/$80 to dye my hair one flat colour - so I'll stick to the $9.99 box from Pak'n'Save lol.

Ok well...off to dye my hair, the kids will be in bed shortly *bliss*

Night night all :)