Well, my singing practice hasn't been going so well thanks to an unfortunate chest cold. Nice timing, cold. But I do have some cool things to share with you folks, namely the fantastic projects that were made during February's Purls KAL on Ravelry.

There were 20 (wow!) finished projects by the end of the month, plus a few more finished since. Of the projects finished during the KAL, the most popular pattern was Beeswax mitts, with 4 projects, followed by Beeswax hat, Beeswax cowl, and Bushwalk Beanie with 3 projects each. It was such a delight seeing all the wonderful colourful projects pop up! Thanks to all the participants for making it such a fun and inspiring month. :)

Here are a few of my favourite project photos from the KAL (links are to Ravelry project pages):

MallowFallow's Droste Effect

flamingandromeda's Beeswax Hat

Woolly-de-Rosie's Bright Side

MallowFallow's Bushwalk Beanie

natsmum1's Beeswax Mitts

LeighC's INSULATE! hat

Doesn't Morag's yarn make everything cooler?

I'm definitely looking forward to hosting more KALs in the future!

For the month of February I'm co-hosting a knit-along or KAL with Morag of Vintage Purls, and I hope you'll come join in! If you haven't been part of a knit-along before, the idea is that a group of people knit similar-themed projects, and chat and post photos for the others to admire.

The Purls KAL is one of the monthly knit-alongs held in the Ravelry group Budding Designers Downunder.

The theme of the Purls KAL is knitting any of my designs in Vintage Purls yarn. I'm offering a 25% discount on all of my self-published patterns and pattern collections during the first week of the KAL, using the Ravelry coupon code ALLTHEPURLS. You've still got until the end of Sunday to take advantage of the pattern sale. :)

www.ravelry.com/discuss/budding-designers-downunder/3367815/1-25

Full details are in the KAL thread on Ravelry: February 2016 Purls KAL: Baroque Purls + Vintage Purls.

In case you've been wondering, yes there are prizes! Really cool ones too, if I do say so myself. Check them out:

2 Skeins of VP Sock in “Silver Arrow” + “High and Mighty”

2 skeins of VP Max in "A Handful of Silver” + “Man From the Sea”

A notions pouch (or pencil case) by Belinda Piper

A set of stitch markers by Marmalade Scarf + a small pouch (or coin purse)

Aren't they pretty?

And for some pattern inspiration, below are some of my designs using Vintage Purls yarns. They're definitely among my favourites, with their subtle, rich colours and great stitch definition (links are to Ravelry pattern pages):