Knitting, by default...

A little while ago I rediscovered my love of crochet.

So it has nearly all been crochet for portable projects.

Recently I had a mishap playing sport which has resulted in me

not being able to crochet but I can still knit, albeit a little uncomfortably at times.

This lack of freedom to craft is extremely frustrating.... I have a looong list of things I want to finish, make, start or try and being injured and limited in options does not fit the plan!!!

So finding crochet hurt I tried knitting and it is better so needed a project.

Moo (as nearly always) is going to be the lucky receipient of a red mohair cardigan from this cute vintage pattern book.

 Im not loving knitting it up for some reason and nearly gave up on it but have started to find my rhythm and its better than not having anything to do. Hopefully I will get lots done before I resume crochet otherwise it may become a UFO!!

And the quilt you ask???

Well it has been quilted by machine....and I managed to keep it pretty neat on the back!

(Amazing considering my dolls quilt effort).

Last bit of hand quilting to be finished tommorrow,

then bound and off to its new owner on Saturday. ( If all goes to plan).

Who else is joining in at our creative spaces.....

Connections...

On the weekend we had the pleasure of taking my Nanna to her SILs 90th birthday.

I love to catch up with all the great aunts of which there are still four,

 all ageing gracefully and so gorgeous.

( In this family we still have a 100th in May and another 90th in December- tough old girls in our family).

Happy Birthday Auntie N

 who is renowned for all the wedding dresses and cakes she has made for all the family.

Due to the drive we decided to stay with family on the farm which was run by my grandparents and passed onto an aunt and uncle. Great decision!!

So many happy memories, beautiful views and really felt like I had reconnected to our gorgeous countryside and why we are the lucky country.

Bear and Moo ( such city kids) had a brilliant time

watching the cows be milked, seeing the tanker come to collect it,

having a ride on a motorbike , feeding the ducks and chickens,

 going in the tractor to feed the cows, visiting the horses and playing

on a massive pile of wood chips destined for the calf pens.

We also had a great time with family,

exploring the farm again through adult eyes on the motorbike

and reconnecting with my family heritage. Precious!!!

All keen to get back to visit soon.

What have you revisited lately?

P.S. A little crafty did get done along the way will post later...



Here's a first...

Well I decided to make something for the upcoming significant birthday of a close friend and decided on a quilt for the couch.

Only problem with that is I'm not a quilter, love them and interested but just not the time as yet.

Once Moo decides its no longer cool to wear things Mums made

I figure I will have the time to get into quilting....I hope!

So with very little idea ( I've made a dolls quilt but that doesn't help me feel like I know what Im doing)

 I decided a jelly roll quilt may be a good place to start.

Well  so far i have joined all my jelly rolls together...Yay!

( Although I suspect thats the easier bit).

Okay it definitely wasnt square but it certainly wasnt as out as this photo makes it look.

( Note to self check you have a decent photo to post!!)

And using my clever embroidery machine a personal note on the backing.

Okay tommorrow I will attempt putting it all together.

Wish me luck as anything could happen from here!!!

Head over to Our Creative Spaces and see what all the clever people are making.

PS. BIG Thank you to Cath who has come over and helped me improve my blog.

Its gradually growing into itself.....!

Monday Magic.

Monday morning I was woken by the excited cries of Bear and Moo

"Mum come and see"

Begrudgingly I got myself out of bed to see this!!!

And some more...

And it was a bright crisp morning.

What a beautiful way to start my week.

Thank you Bear and Moo it was definitely worth getting up for.

NB. Not as much craft going on here and I would like due to a recent injury to my thumb, hopefully I'll be back at it asap!!!

Welcome to our family...

Yesterday we had the joy of going into the hospital to welcome a new member (niece/cousin) to our extended family. Welcome Charlotte!!!

In anticipation of her arrival I was inspired to make something a bit special. 

Saw this amazing blanket on Lioness Lady and was in love I just had to make one. I also consulted  The Royal Sisters who had a great pattern also.

Decided something this gorgeous needed to be made with something lovely and having a bit of left over Bendigo wool Bendigo it would be!! My mum is up[ that end of the world so put in an sos call to pop in and grab me a range of colours. ( At this point I started to get very excited!!)

When my wool arrived it was great but a lot of purple which was one colour I already had a bit of so whilst I started my blanket camping on our lovely Victorian coastline I decided I would do a small version for the new girl we were all looking forward to.

Here are the beginnings of a blanket for Charlotte.

And here is they finished product.

Very happy with how it all worked out now looking forward to finishing a larger version for us.

Whats got you excited lately??

Marvellous Melbourne....

Yesterday we headed in to Moomba.

What can I say "we had a great day"!

The weather was great, the crowds were manageable ( pays to go in early) and lots for the little people to see do and experience.

 I know I'm biased to the crafty side of life but we ventured over to Art Play. 

That was a great idea!!

They had free workshops making pom poms.

I thought yeah a bit of fun for the kids but wow they had these fantstic plastic gadgets to make pom poms ( I'm probably behind the times I still make them with the cardboard donut shape!!).

They were really easy to use for Bear (5yo DS) and Moo (3yo DD) and a lot quicker. I even spotted the man of the house busily making the one abandoned by Moo!!

The blue and yellow was the work of Bear and he was very pleased with this. I made the pink and white using white wool and cut up strips of pink tulle. Lots of good ideas.

They were also making the lovely tissue paper flowers

Photos dont do them justice.

All in all a lovely way to end a fun family day!!

What new gadgets or shortcuts have you discovered?

Where does a week go...

Okay I'm back with a few photos of my creative space. This is the tidiest its ever been and unlikely to stay like this for long!! So the good old Ikea shelves many more would be great I'm sure I could fill them too. The kids dummy is displaying a hat and a very special slightly damaged lacy type scarf made by my great grandmother.

 Room for the essential iron and ironing board.

Yes there are lots of bits and pieces "stored" at the end of the table and in tubs under the table. Love the old sewing boxes on the floor at the end of the table but Moo ( 3yo ) states she needs these for her things ( and mines not safe from her there) so she keeps her material wool etc in them.

Love my space in the ideal world would have a higher table to cut on (and obviously more storage) but grateful for what I have !!

Hows your creative space? What do you wish for?