My Creative Space

Yesterday I received this gorgeous cotton yarn from Japan. I plan to make 2 Summerlins. One for Elsa in the red, and one for Isla in the blue. Both with matching confection shrugs which are much needed for our unpredictable Tassie weather! The purples and blue in the middle will become a Chloe for Eve with a matching skirt for the summer and the cream and pink(just peeking into the top of the picture!) will be a pair of Baby Mary Jane “Skimmers”. So today in between feeding, cleaning, cooking, and all the rest I will be sorting patterns and fabric to get some of these started…spring is here and I am loving it!

 

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Too much inspiration?

There is so much gorgeousness out there in Blog Land. Every day I fine yet another thing I would like to sew, knit, bake, crochet ....you get the picture. Lately with the lack of time I have had with my 3 little ones to run around after I have found some of this a little overwhealming...I will never get through my list...should I stop looking? I can't do that...I can't stay away from the gorgeousness that is created out there. So what do I do? One thing at a time I guess, priorotise, write lists and most of all just enjoy each little pocket of time I get to sit and create as they are few and far between.

So my first little step to getting back into my sewing is that I am going to join in with this sew along on The Train to Crazy. It is Sew for Baby month over there and I can't wait to see what is in store!



I have always loved this little cap by Leila and Ben and so this is the perfect opportunity to sew one. I imagine mine with a little flower on the brim somewhere to make it a little more girly!

Anne with an E

Anne of Green Gables was my most favourite movie as a girl. I watched it over and over and over! So when I saw that Pip of Meet Me at Mikes is hosting a book club and that one of the books selected is Anne of Green Gables I knew I just had to join. So if you are like me and ahven't read a book in a while (crafting and kids tend to take my reading time away!) or if you just love Anne then why not join me and all the other readers and enjoy a good book!

Purple

Red

These are a few of my favourite things…

Oliver & S Jump rope dress – Sew Mama Sew is having a sew along in September. This one has been on my list (you know, the never ending one that grows at a faster rate than I can do them!) for a long time…might be time to make one…or two or three!

 

Lelli Kelli Shoes – Oh how my girls would adore a pair of these…I think the little girl in me would too!

 

LisaK Photography – Lisa recently took our photos and we LOVE the results! I must admit that I still haven’t chosen the photos that we want to keep…it is too hard! I want them all! Hopefully once we have chosen and received our digital negatives I can share a few of them here with you.

Rosamund’s Cardigan

I don’t know about you other knitters out there but most of my knitting has been for my three gorgeous girls. I love seeing them wearing items I have made and most knit up pretty quickly especially for the littlest! But I thought it was about time I made something for me and know I am really enjoying it! It is taking a lot longer than something for one of my girls but I am loving it more and more every time I pick it up to do a few more rows.

I had hoped to complete it as part of this months KAL at Tangled Yarns but I think it will take me a bit longer than this month to complete. I guess it doesn’t help that I only cast on 6 days ago and that I had to rip the first inch as I had done the first lot of cables the wrong way around! The Aussie MCN mummies corner group on rav is also having a KAL where you have to knit something for yourself and the deadline for that one is a little longer so hopefully I can get it done for that one!

Pattern - ROSAMUND’S CARDIGAN – Interweave Knits Fall ‘09

Yarn – CASCADE ECOLOGICAL – 2 skeins (250g each)

Needles – 4mm & 5mm