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For Eve 7 Feb 2013 | 04:45 am
My granddaughter Eve Rose is having a birthday very soon, and I have made her something special. I really enjoyed making this nine-patch quilt and using all my scraps, it was fun to do.
A Possum Pleaser 5 Feb 2013 | 12:13 pm
A couple of weeks into January( when the days couldn't possibly be any hotter...wonderful, I might add) I discovered a beautiful scarf pattern, and had one of those moments when I thought "I am sure I...
Filey 22 Dec 2012 | 03:26 am
Finished in time for a New Year's Eve birthday. The pattern is called Filey and is from Rowan magazine no.45. Made with Rowan Summer Tweed and was not an enjoyable knit....hence why I took so long ove...
Untitled 20 Dec 2012 | 01:20 am
Swallowtail Shawl I believe I first cast on for this shawl in 2006, which is when I received the pattern in the Interweave Knits magazine. I used a cashmere handspun yarn that I purchased in the UK.....
Mitered Crosses Blanket 21 Feb 2012 | 04:20 pm
Here I am again...you thought I had disappeared into oblivion, didn't you ? I am sorry about the infrequent posts, but I haven't been doing a lot of crafting type things lately, except for today when...
2nd week 6 Jan 2012 | 01:24 pm
A very Happy New Year to everyone. Into the 2nd week of the new year tomorrow already, and the days go by, oh so fast ! Tomorrow I am off to Auckland for the annual ASQSS, and I am looking forward t...
Waterlogged 15 Dec 2011 | 01:49 pm
This is the view from my window today. We have had so much rain in the last 48 hrs and it is still pouring down, creating havoc in our communities and town. Our town has been put in a state of emergen...
A Sea of Sounds 3 Dec 2011 | 12:20 pm
I see from my last post that it is has been three weeks since I wrote, and thinking about it , I realise that the only time I have used the Mac. is when I am checking the emails....a sorry state of af...
Wrapping up 7 Nov 2011 | 04:51 pm
I have finished knitting my first Christmas gift. It is the Simple Effective Shawl pattern, and I used two skeins of Noro Silk Garden light. After the blocking I am going to wrap it up ready for Chris...
One for the boys 20 Oct 2011 | 05:04 pm
I have been power knitting the last few days, finishing a vest for the youngest boy in my family and trying to work on a vest for the more senior boy in my life. Baby Leo has just turned one. Ves...
