Today is rainy and cold...
The perfect stay at home with your dressing gown on type of day!
Perfect to fiddle with Softies.
The furry koala ears I made here..
Have sort of morphed into piggytails!
The perfect day for sorting through felted jumpers to find just the right ones...
The perfect day to work out the "eye problem"-still working on this one!
And the granny pile continues to grow!!
Off to put another log on the fire!
Today I'm celebrating!
Rain one day...
Blue skies the next...
Dog's eye view this way...
And that way...
Celebrating pansies....
And brand new poppies...
Celebrating 81 grannies on LUSH GREEN LAWN...
And another 32 finished!....
Celebrating the making of a woolie-even though she's faceless!!..
And last but certainly not least...
I'VE FINISHED THE MID YEAR REPORTS!!!!
YAY!!
Plenty to celebrate!!..
Hic!!
Here's where I'm up to on the Granny parade...
80 squares done which equals 5 floor tiles-7 floor tiles to go-nearly 1/2 way!!!
I've been blocking some as I go....
It makes them nice and flat...
I had a go at carving my own stamps with a bit of a "daisy chain "theme...
I could see this too becoming quite addictive but I need some better, finer tools-am looking into it!
And I am still having fun with my macro lens....
Winter-you are most welcome! Just put on our flannelette sheets!
Hectic business this working life! Need some craft therapy this weekend or I think I'll go NUTS!!
I happened to have my camera at school when one of the kids brought in this chrysalis...
You never know what is lurking in a shell.....
The zygote cactus is stunning at the moment...
This is what I found when I went urchin searchin'....
This weekend I plan to remove that layer of dust that has settled on my granny squares!
Thank you Mr Rudd for my new macro lens. I've only had one go and WOW!! is all I can say. Guess what I'm going to be doing this weekend??
Hakea pompom.
A bit of the Hydrangea.
Up close and personal with a granny!
One of Baz"s friends and relations
Egg on a bed of softness
Bits around the garden in the fading light
More bits
Nothing like a new toy to play with!
A great big THANK YOU to Levin of the I wannabe crafty Blog. The other day I had one of those little notes from Australia Post letting me know that a parcel had arrived just for me. I thought it was my package of seeds from Diggers but I was surprised and delighted to find out it was my Pay it Forward present from Levin. I was touched and felt very lucky to receive such a beautiful and exquisitely made felted bag and zip pouch.
I love the beaded poppies that reminded me of Anzac Day.
The skill and generosity of fellow bloggers continually amazes me! Thank you so much Levin!
During my couple of weeks of school holidays I seemed to go to more than my usual number of fairs and markets and couldn't resist a few goodies....
Like this wool from the Waldorf Autumn Fair...
Or these pictures from The Meadows Easter Market...
Handcarved wooden love heart buttons...
And these gorgeous prints from the Willunga Artist's market...
They are from original watercolours by a local woman called Cathryn Marinos. It makes them even more special when you meet and chat with the artist.
This little plaque was $4 from a little bric brac place in Myponga.
I saw this baby blanket at the Waldorf Fair and thought it was such a lovely idea. Apparently, when a class member has a baby brother or sister, each family who has a child in that class, creates some sort of wooly square. These are then sewn together and made into a special present for the new baby.
The mega granny square crochet blanket is alive and well!
60 done and 132 to go! I am experiencing a bit of RSI!!
As school holidays come to a close I feel like Oliver in OliverTwist as I would like to ask whoever is in charge of holiday distribution and allocation....
"Please sir, Can I have some more?" Greedy aren't I??
I was just wondering how long it took me to do one square for my blanket I am crocheting and then I thought I'd work out how many I'd need!
My Equipment....
Ready! Set! Go!
Centre: 3 minutes
Round 1: 4 minutes
Round 2: 4 minutes
Round 3: 4 minutes
Round 4: 5 minutes
Weaving in those pesky ends: 3 minutes
Ready to join the rest....
Total square: 23 minutes!
Then I took off 3 minutes per square because......I am sure to get quicker!!!!!!
AND 20 minutes fits into an hour much more nicely than 23 minutes does!!!!
So, I should be able to do 3 squares in an hour!
Ok!
Now to work out how many squares I'll actually need-family room tiles are just perfect for this!
16 squares per tile!
I've done this many(40!)
Want to cover 12 tiles.....
SO...
I'll need 192 squares=64 hours!!
Yikes!!! Thank goodness I'm on holidays but maybe I need Long Service Leave!
The bees were out in full force "doing their thing" in the sunshine....
I finished this Woollie koala and have finally found a way to give the impression of fluffy ears...
Here she is in her natural habitat!
I have admired the softies made by Virginia Zuluaga and was excited that she has a tutorial on how to make them.
It is in Spanish but the photos give an excellent indication on the steps to follow...
My pile of crochet squares is growing nicely...
And I made a purchase during the week from the wonderful Ric Rac.
Now these cute little dollies will be found in all corners of the globe, getting into mischief wherever they go, as I am sure these patterns will sell like hotcakes! You Rock Ric Rac!
I was not disappointed with the spectacular display I witnessed this week!
7:00 in the evening......
And lo and behold.....7:00 in the next morning.....
The smell was just amazing-sort of a cross between jasmine, gardinia and frangipani-very heady indeed!! But very short lived!
5:00 the same day!!!
Short but Sweet!
We have been fortunate to have had a long weekend here, which has been just wonderful-lazy, sunny autumn days-time to catch my breath, catch up with what has been going on in blogland and relax a bit!
Here are some bits and pieces going on in my neck of the woods!
I am happy about these somewhat unusual buds...
A few years ago my friend gave me a cutting of this kind of ordinary looking succulent plant. It is average looking most of the year round but when it has flowers "be prepared to be amazed!" The flowers are stunning-I have only ever had one! And the weird part about it is they usually come out at night and only last one day! The perfume is amazing-and I have three buds!!
I am keeping a watchful eye so I don't blink and miss something!
I picked up these lovely plates...
And am looking forward to sea urchin season...
And loving the banksia...which will turn from this...
To this...
I have another Woolly on the go...
And am thinking up ways to use these lovely doillies...
I have started some new crochet..
Here is Kobi being "ever so good and patient" while Ray cooks up a storm and the house is smelling like a bakery and torturing his senses!
Good luck with the Stitches and Craft Show everyone-WISH I could go!
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