I now have a page for my blog on Facebook! I know it probably isn’t such a big deal, everyone has a FB page for their blog now days but I am excited as on those days I can’t find the time to blog I can still share things with you on my page. So pop over and ‘like’ me!
Oh and if anyone knows how I can add a FB button to my sidebar then let me know!
Nothing (well no yarn) has been safe from it these last couple of weeks! I finally went and spent the voucher I received for my birthday (last August!) on 7 new Landscape Dye colours. I now have 14 colours and it has been so much fun creating new combinations!
I have gone just a little crazy and am dyeing yarn way faster than I could ever knit it! it has all been BWM Luxury and I have used a mix of 4ply and 8 ply. Now to find projects for all of these!
I am a multiple WIP(work in progress) knitter! I love to cast a few things on and have the freedom pick and choose what I work on. A knitting friend of mine said to me just last week “I didn’t even know you could do that until I met you!” Hmmm seems that people are learning my habits! Notice I didn’t say ‘bad’ habits? My husband would probably call it a bad one but for me I love it!
Anyway, to keep all my WIPs in order I need project bags. I have used large zip-lock bags in the past and although they work ok they do end up being ruined and don’t look pretty. I have been gifted a number of pretty project bags now but I definitely need more!
We had a PIF(pay it forward) night in our Ravelry group a couple of weeks ago and I offered to sew someone a project bag and this is what I came up with.
I totally adore this fabric. It is one of my favourites, so I was thrilled when the recipient chose this one. It is now on its way to its new owner but I have plans for many many more!
Ones and Twos is a new nappy brand and they are currently looking for the face of Ones and Twos to be in all their advertising. My little Eve has been selected as a finalist and I am just a little proud!
I would love it if you would go to their FB page and ‘like’ the photos of Eve for me. It is not the deciding factor but it might help!
I can’t believe that she is 4! It really does not feel like 4 years ago that I waddled into the hospital to be induced after a night with very little sleep waiting for contractions to start. You see my waters had broken the previous morning 2 weeks early but my body did not want to join in! She was born at 8pm after a 6 hour labour with a wonderful supportive midwife who let me do my own thing. She was my smallest at 6lb 14oz and by far my easiest to push out! Two contractions and she was here!
Isla is definitely our little princess. Her middle name is Zaria which means princess and she certainly lives up to her name. She loves to dress up and pretend to be a princess. She hates getting dirty and at times has some of the less fortunate princess attributes too! Isla love to dance and sing. She comes alive in her Saturday morning ballet class and is always showing me some new dance. She loves her blankie and I think it will be around for a while longer.
Happy Birthday gorgeous girl! We love you to the moon and back!
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Today – 4 years old
While I was in Brisbane one thing that I really wanted to do was to visit Tangled Yarns. I made it but it didn’t really go as I had planned. My husband was all happy for it until he realised that it was an hour away and then it was lunch time and the girls were hungry and grumpy. We found Wagamama restaurant to go to and had a a lovely lunch but I still had a grumpy and hot little family! I pretty much ran over to the shop and browsed for 15 minutes until I received a phone call from my husband. I couldn’t really hear much of what he was trying to say because of the screaming children I could hear in the background but I did understand that he wanted me to come soon! Very soon!
Even though the trip was not exactly as I had imagined (a little time to knit while having a coffee and an extended browse of the shop) I did manage to get a few things that were on my list
I purchased 3 skeins of Cotton Fine for some pretty little sun hats. I hope I can get to these before the summer sun hides for the winter!
I also got these two for a couple of little newborn Eden’s Adams. I want to be prepared this year with handmade baby gifts for friends who have babies. Last year there were so many born who I would have loved to have made something for but I wasn’t organised enough. Oh and the small projects would be great for helping me get to my 52 projects for the year!
