Parcel post

What quick service. I made an order to a new online site KnitSisters on Friday and it came beautifully wrapped. Thank you so much Heike. This is what I bought wrapped and unwrapped.

The pink is a Cotton Tweed called Rasberry Sorbet and the purple is KB Indulgence, Safir Purple and is a lovely wool and mohair and polyamide mix. KB yarn and come from the earthquake town of Golcuk in Turkey and KB are committed to supporting local crafting women small businesses in the town. The small bead stitch markers are beautiful with little hearts which you can't see all that well on the photo. I'll have to find a very special project for this yarn.

Hearts for Christchurch update

I was so pleased to read the latest post from Evie at Hearts for Christchurch. She now has over 1200 hearts and mine have arrived -see  March 24th entry CANADA, USA and UK. Mine are enormous next to the others. The end is in site and it is hoped that the hearts will go to Christchurch and be exhibited/displayed before being given out to the people there. It will then be up to them whether they are kept together or not. Well done everyone who have contributed from all over the world. Evie you have done a fantastic job.

Thank you

Thanks to everyone who reads my Blog and makes such lovely comments about my crafty objects. I am really enjoying myself at the moment.


Last night I started a very small Starling bag, thanks to Alice at Ravelry. I will make more of these. They are a very quick knit. I'm going to see what they are like using two strands of wool as it is a bit floppy. That is if I can crochet with two strands! BTW it is the same wool I used for my Neuron above. I have a large cone of it.

My small brown Starling bag

Bag finish

Way-hay I've finished my bag, just in time as my machine is off for a service tomorrow so I have had a good session today to get it completed.

Here are my Japanese flowers. As it stands it could be a shawl, however I've sent for some more wool and I might make it into a lap blanket instead. The individual flowers are so easy and quite therapeutic to make.


My jumper is up to the neck now but the arm hole seems quite tight so I may have to add some more depth to it. Will peruse for a while, a little measurement might be in order.

Learning something new

Well after all the years of having this blog, I have, at last, found out how to change the background. Thanks to Scrappin Blogs. Why didn't I try to do this before?

Weekend

Spent the weekend yarn bombing Newcastle and doing some more big knitting at The Maker's Fair. It was good fun.

Beanbugs in the tree

Nebuchadnezzar and Nerys in their tree

Neural Network

 As a result I didn't get a chance to do much on my wrapped line project and well done to Heidi and also some of the girls on NH for guessing correctly that it is going to be a bag. I've done 8 more rounds today and joined on the second washing line. That means I have wrapped 30 meters already. The sides should be at least 7 1/2" and they are 4 1/2" so far. 7 1/2" doesn't seem to be very deep, I'll see what it looks like when I get there. Unfortunately I am starting to run out of the thread I'm using on the cream section so will continue until I use it up then I'll have to wait until I can get some more. My LNS (Singers) don't have the right one but are sending for it. It's a very lightly variegated Gutterman thread. My sewing machine needs a service and is starting to squeak. It can't go in until next week so I'll see how far I get with it tomorrow.

I can now get back to my knitting and crochet projects, a flower shawl, or if I get ambitious it may become a throw. I quite like making the flowers and they don't take too long to make.

This is the wool I'm using for a 'Sloppy Joe' jumper. I have just got up to the arm holes. It's great as it has been done on circular needles and there are no seams.

If you have got to the end of this post well done, it has been slightly longer than usual.

Guerilla Knitting

Today is the day all the neurons get stitched together to make neural networks. I've even got my Guerilla jumper on LOL. PS I do know it's a different kind! but I love it.

Thought you might like to see my new project which is taking shape - much too big for a bread basket ROFL.


First yesterday afternoon's photo.










Then this mornings photo. Any new guesses.

New coils

I've just taken a photo of my latest coil project but can you guess what it is going to be? I photographed it on the machine with the small pots I've already made. BTW it's not finished! Oh and Christine you can't guess as I think you already know.

Hearts for Christchurch.

I've just read this blog thanks to Patty and have quickly made two hearts.

Two more bowls

I've now made three bowls, the first I showed you in the last post and I made another very small one by hand and a larger oval one using the sewing machine. It took longer to make. However I am learning how to finish off a bit better. The first two would make nice trinket bowls and the third, I'm not sure what I would use it for, any thoughts?

Two more bowls

I've now made three bowls, the first I showed you in the last post and I made another very small one by hand and a larger oval one using the sewing machine. It took longer to make. However I am learning how to finish off a bit better. the first two would make nice trinket bowls and the third, I'm not sure what I would use it for, any thoughts?

Tusal March

Here is my March TUSAL. It is growing fast because of all the wool.

 This is a small coiled bowl I made last night at our Crafts2Share group.

 The first picture doesn't really show the depth so I've included a side view.

Anniversary

No not this month but it will be our Ruby anniversary in December and DH booked our holiday away last night. We will be in St Lucia in the Bahamas for two weeks just before Christmas. Bliss.
Here is a picture of the pool and that building in the middle is a bar, yes you have to swim to it!

Can you understand how excited I am?

We will be back just a few days before Christmas so can still spend it with the family.

DH is now booking our usual trip to Gran Canaria for September. So that is two holidays to look forward to this year. He will probably get his way and we will have another trip away in the UK around March as well.

Postie arrives

Today the postman brought me my three printing blocks from Colouricious, they are fab and fantastic delivery as I only ordered them yesterday. 

Then my google eyes arrived for my beanbugs.


I finished my yellow crochet brooch it's enormous, the photo dosn't really show how big it is.


This is a photo of a small mixed media piece I've just finished. I  painted the board quite a while ago and it got cleared away in one of my clear ups and I've just discovered it. I was looking for a button for my box when I found it. So I finished it off with some of my buttons and home made charms.

Lastly Here is my cling film fabric box. The fabric trapped between cling film came from my TUSAL from last year.

Postie arrives

Today the postman brought me my three printing blocks from Colouricious, they are fab and fantastic delivery as I only ordered them yesterday. 

Then my google eyes arrived for my beanbugs.


I finished my yellow brooch it's enormous, the photo dosn't really show how big it is.


This is a photo of a small mixed media piece I've just finished. I  painted the board quite a while ago and it got cleared away in one of my clear ups and I've just discovered it. I was looking for a button for my box when I found it. So I finished it off with some of my buttons and home made charms.

Lastly Here is my cling film fabric box. The fabric trapped between cling film came from my TUSAL from last year.

Latest projects

Well I've made two more little beanbugs. I am waiting for the eyes for beanbug #3 to arrive so will be stalking the postie over the next few days. 

I've also renewed my crochet by making two small book marks. I stiffened the red one but don't like them stiffened so left the brown one soft.


I joined the Crochet a Rainbow project to make Granny Squares for Australia - see the link on my side bar. I've only made one so far as it took me a long time to get the size right.  I'll wait until I've made a few more before posting a picture.


Yesterday I made two very sweet rose crochet brooches and I'm working on a larger one at the moment using a different pattern.

Lastly I started another cowl, but think the yarn is too thick for the pattern I choose so it will probably come out, As I have almost three balls of the yarn (used to make one of the brooches) I'd like to make something bigger with it. I have some lace weight yarn that will probably be better for the pattern. 


Last week at our craft club I started a box project made with cling film wrap and scraps of thread and fabric. Which reminds me the fabric is sitting in my sink trying to get rid of the dissolvable fabric so must go off to rescue the pieces before we go food shopping. More about this project later.


Reading this list back I have been very busy but most of them are very small projects so took very little time to make.

Nester the Neuron

Had fun tonight knitting Nester the Neuron on large needles and three strands of wool. I've put her beside Nathaniel, a small Neuron and my laptop so you can imagine the size.

Now I have some broom handle needles I wonder what size a neuron would be knitted on one of those. I don't know if I have enough stuffing for a larger one - I used old pop socks for this one!

Squidgy Beanbugs

Love these little critters and they don't take very long to make. You can find the pattern along with others at Jean Greenhowe's site.

I'm also knitting another moebius scarf, it should be finished soon and then I'll post a picture. My 'I love stitching' freebie that I got with my birthday threads is nearly complete. I tried to take a picture tonight but none of them came out right. I'll try again tomorrow in the daylight.

Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day I hope you have all been pampered by your loved ones. I'm afraid after nearly 40 years mine has lost the art, I did him a small card with a paper pulp heart and I don't really think he appreciated it.
Here is my gift from Tina in the Needlework Haven Sweet Sock exchange.

And here is the gifts I sent to Christine - yes my hand knitted socks and a Neuron which she has named Neville

Moebius Ruffle

Well it started off as a cowl but it just wasn't wide enough so I've added extra ruffles. I just love the colour (even though it doesn't really go with the purple jumper I'm wearing today!)

I used Zauberball Lace weight yarn.