Oh Boy

The Milo Vest mentioned here last Wednesday is finished and fitted. 

It fits him rather well given that it is the 12 month size and he is only 6 months.

All the details of this knit can be found in my projects page on Ravelry. 

It is getting harder to get good photos that are in focus as he moves fast for someone who is not very mobile!  It is also hard to get a picture of the front of anything as he now spends more time on his tummy.  Gone are the days when tummy time was considered a bad thing.

On Tuesday he started saying Mum Mum Mum, which is nice as his big sister started with Dad as her first word.  Pity that on Thurday he caught his first cold so I have had a lot of sad Mum Mum Mums to listen to, I have also had less sleep than I like...

My (not so) Creative Space

Honestly, I am trying, but I am BAD at this...

There might be some good videos and tutorials as well as publications and experts at my disposal but I think I am ready to cry 'uncle' and give up, for now at least.

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Work in Progress Wednesday

Two knitted works in progress which I am hoping to have finished sooner rather than later.

A Milo vest for the small boy of the house in a natural colour Cleckheaton yarn from Mum's stash that she sent over.  I am trying to use as much stash wool as possible to help in budget crafting for this year.

A scarf using 5 ply alpaca yarn that Dani sent me as part of a Secret Santa gift last year. 

I am loving the vibrant colours in this!

(A VERY Wordy) Wordless Weekend

We are still working towards making this block ours.  Preliminary DA is lodged with Council, questions have been put to the Vendors and now the wheels are steadily ticking over.

In the quiet of the night we have wondered if we are crazy to think about this block. 

The darkness lets us whisper quiet fears that seem smaller of a day. 

There is no power. 

A very small cottage with a wood fired oven and hot water system. 

It is isolated.

We think we can turn it into somewhere special to raise our children and live.

There is space, and quiet.

I think we can do it...

Can't we?

Life in the Village

Amy is planning a village this month for Around the Block.

I think it will be a fun place to live with new services such as a hospital, barn and a park too.

This is my first attempt at edgestitch applique, I hope people are too busy looking at the wonderful fabrics to notice my stitching!

Tickled Pink

This lot of Quilting Bee blocks goes to Donna who is making a quilt for her daughter's 5th birthday.  Looking at the blocks popping up into the Flickr pool this is going to be a very special birthday gift for a girl who loves the colour pink.

The theme for these blocks was simple shapes using Dear Jane as inspiration. 

 I hope these two fit in well enough, they are certainly simple, and shapes...

My Creative Space

My Creative Space is all about wool.  I thought I would have moved on as my sewing list of things to do is getting longer but this spinning caper has me captive.

This wool is being washed as I type.  It was unwashed fleece and the first thing I have spun, I loved the feel of the lanolin as I played with it.  It looks pretty good and I am hoping I can find a project for it at some stage.  I like the effect of the light wool and dark together.

This was the roving I have mentioned before but it is now washed and ready to go.  I just need to cast off the couple of projects I have on the go so I can cast on and turn this into something :)

I have been shopping too.  3 new bobbins, a Lazy Kate, a Niddy Noddy and a book on Spinning.  There will be no stopping now!!

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