Not for Florida - finished!

I've noticed that I'm incredibly slack about posting finished projects on here. In a bid to un-slacken myself, here is the finished Not for Florida poncho! It's the first item of clothing I've made [excluding hats & scarves] that I'm happy to wear out in public! Go me!

The tension [gauge] thing was resolved by (after going back to Michael's & buying more hooks, trying the tension square on 4 different hooks) crocheting slightly more loosely on the original 5mm hook. Grr. On the plus side, I now have a lovely set of aluminium hooks which are nicer to work with than my cheapy plastic ones.

Anyhoo, here is my Carousel Capelet!

I love love LOVE IT! I can't believe I want to wear it! Out in public! I like how girly it is and I really like the Bamboo Ewe. It's not too scratchy, for saying that it's nearly half wool (45%). I bought far too much, though, not knowing actual required yardage for pattern and substituting Alpaca Love with Bamboo Ewe, so I now have 2 & a bit skeins  of the Beach Glass left over. I've got nearly full skeins of  the other 2 colours too (Geranium & Snapdragon) which is just as well because I totally want to make more from the booklet, but have just seen this incredibly cute jumper on the Stitch Nation website which I might have to make right now, although  it won't fit Isaac for a while...*scrolls down pattern*...uh oh, it would mean the dreaded circular needles. Hmm. *ponders*

I could make something else from the booklet, but stripy perhaps?

D'oh! Still needs blocking. Never had need to block before. Gah...watch this space.