tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78207387268000907662024-03-05T21:19:56.385+13:00Ali G KnitsAlihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-1175591883748405892012-06-02T20:14:00.000+12:002012-06-02T20:14:26.315+12:00Knitting testsI am here to reveal two beautiful test knits that I have completed recently. First is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/katniss">Katniss, by Julia Stanfield</a>. This is a fabulous pattern that both looks fantastic and is also incredibly practical. Tess loves it and refuses to take the hood off - even indoors! The pockets are really cute, but also very handy for treasures that need to go everywhere ;). I knit this in 100Purewool yarn that I dyed myself, but the colour didn't quite come out how I wanted. I will be attempting to re-dye it this weekend - and hope that I don't felt it in the process!<br />
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And the next one is another awesome pattern from Georgie Hallam, Suzanne, which will be released soon. I loved the construction of this cardigan and the very cute little daisy stitch detail around the cuffs, mid section and hemline, which add to the cuteness factor. I dyed this yarn myself about 2 years ago at a <a href="http://www.006licensedtoknit.blogspot.co.nz/2010/06/crafty-weekend-of-fun.html">craft retreat</a> weekend I went to with a bunch of friends. I've been waiting for the right project for this yarn, and this project was definitely perfect for it, as I only had 5gms left over!<br />
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<br />Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-15013591184807300702012-06-01T21:45:00.004+12:002012-06-01T21:47:08.579+12:00Op shop treasuresWell, I had a fun and productive day today :). Fridays are my day off and I try to make the most of every minute that I have with Tess at kindy for 4 hours and the big kids at school. Today Tess wanted to walk to kindy and it was a perfect day to do that, so I drove most of the way down the 'mountain' so that I wouldn't have to walk all the way back up again (yes, lazy I know!).<br />
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On my meander back to the car I managed to acquire a beautiful coffee from my favourite local cafe, <a href="http://www.urbanharvest.co.nz/producer/zuleika-foods-catering">Zuleika</a>, then stopped in at our local St Vincent de Paul shop and picked up an Olga Berg handbag, a really cute Duraware set in a gorgeous red and three cute little Crown Lynn espresso cups. Feeling very happy with my purchases, I got back to the car and realised it was facing away from my house, which I took to be a sign that I needed to visit the 'tip shop' only a short 5 minute drive away!<br />
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I was pretty delighted to discover they had a very cute little Pfaff 1027 sewing machine that looked to be in good condition. I also found a set of Crown Lynn, with three each of saucers, bowls, bread and butter plates, lunch plates and dinner plates, two large-ish lamp shades in cream that I intend to pimp with some funky fabric, and two large pieces of fabric.<br />
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For all of these things across the two stores, I paid a grand total of $32!!<br />
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Now, back to my cute little Pfaff, it had none of it's accessories (spare sewing feet, bobbin case or foot pedal) with it, but I have an older Pfaff at home (my trusty and much loved Pfaff 1222E) so I figured I could probably use bits from my other Pfaff. Sadly, the foot pedals are incompatible, but I could use the bobbin case, so I threaded it all up and took it down to my local sewing shop to try it with one of their foot pedals. Unfortunately, some idiot had taken it apart at some stage and put one of the plug prongs in the wrong way! I took it home and my clever husband took it apart and fixed the prong, so tomorrow I will take it back to the sewing store and hope like crazy it works when plugged in! I have bonded with this cute little machine already!!Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-17363502760250643602012-05-27T17:08:00.003+12:002012-05-27T17:08:59.081+12:00Lazy SundayI seem to have no time these days for blog writing, so I'm just going to do posts with mainly photos of what I've been up to, which doesn't seem like much!<br />
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Firstly some recent test knits:<br />
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From <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/cathy-rubin">Cathy Rubin</a>, this is called 'a little love, a hooded scarf'. I really enjoyed knitting this, using 100% super soft merino from Uruguay (<a href="http://www.100purewool.com/servlet/StoreFront">100Purewool</a>) that I dyed myself. Such a great, practical pattern for winter - especially here in the windy, chilly weather that Wellington can produce!<br />
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This one is called the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/benji-beret">Benji Beret</a>, by <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/sheryl-greenfield">Sheryl Greenfield</a> and is part of her fabulous <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/benji-ebook/patterns">Benji collection</a>. This is such a fun and quick knit!<br />
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There are another couple of test knits I have done / am doing, but I won't blog about them until they have been officially published.<br />
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Here's a wee Eden's Adam, by Georgie Hallam I did a wee while ago for a custom order:<br />
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And I don't think I've shown you the cutest wee shrug I made for Tessa. It's called the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cornwall-park-shrug">Cornwall Park Shrug</a> by <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/kelly-brooker">Kelly Brooker</a> and I just love it (as does Tess)!! I actually knitted this lovely little lacey shrug at the end of last year, but didn't get decent modelled photos until April.<br />
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And, finally, I made another wee owlie Milo for my friend Justy's beautiful new grandson, also called Milo. Of course, I<b> had</b> to knit him a Milo, it would've been wrong not to ;)!<br />
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That's it for now. Catch you next time :)Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-23769488552773164612012-03-05T21:13:00.003+13:002012-03-05T21:13:59.797+13:00Catching upSlack, slacker and slackest! I have been very bad, and not posted for aaaaages. And the worst thing is that the longer it is since I last posted, the harder it is to get back on the horse. Too much catch up stuff to do!<br />
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Well, I'm going to cover January's and February's doings with a photo mosaic of each month. Ollie turned 12 in January but his bad mother didn't really get any photos of his party (bad mother!!) and Izzy turned 10 in February and I did get some pics of her birthday.<br />
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I also had my birthday in February, right towards the end, but the less said about me getting older the better!!<br />
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I've just completed my first March knit, in preparation for the cooler Autumn weather. This is another test knit for <a href="http://tikkifabricaddict.blogspot.com/">Georgie Hallam</a>, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/georgie-hallam">Tikki on Ravelry</a>. It's called Lavender and was originally designed to be used as a chemo hat, knit in gorgeous WOOLganics organic merino yarn, with the softer, stocking stitch side of the yarn on the inside, so as not to irritate sensitive skin. But, of course this is a fabulous hat for anyone to wear and the very cute, mock cable resembles lavender as it hangs upside down to dry. It was a really fun knit and I am excited to be able to add this hat to my list of custom knits (once it's released).<br />
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And as you can see, it fits my 10 year old as well as me!!<br />
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I have several projects lined up for this month, including a 'quiet' test knit which I'm really excited about as it's very cool!! Right, that's it from me for now - hopefully it won't take me as long to post again ...<br />
<br />Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-76326678170842436762012-01-18T17:11:00.003+13:002012-01-18T17:13:27.205+13:00Good IntentionsNo New Year's Resolutions for me this year, but I do have some good intentions instead ;). <br />
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This year I intend:<br />
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* to spend more time creating things for others<br />
* to divide my creative time more evenly between my chosen crafts<br />
* to actually sew some clothes for my girls and myself - less procrastination and more actual making!<br />
* to cook more!<br />
* to read to my children every day<br />
* to make sure my children get individual time from me every day<br />
* to do more fun, family stuff<br />
* to not put pressure on myself by over committing<br />
* to reduce spending and start saving for a house deposit<br />
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That's it. Keeping it simple - and hopefully achievable. I really want to focus on my non working time being fun and fulfilling.<br />
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Further to my up-cycling/re-purposing mission from my last post, here are some bargains I've picked up from local thrift stores in the last week.<br />
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These are vintage sheets to ad to my small collection. These will be turned into at least one, probably two, duvet covers/quilts for my girls.</div>
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These are some laces and ribbons I picked up along with a new in it's packet Egyptian cotton sateen pillowcase, that will hopefully reduce the knots in Izzy's very curly hair - all for $2!!</div>
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On a very sad note I just heard that good friends of ours lost their lovely 18 year old nephew last Friday. He had a nasty, aggressive form of cancer that moved very quickly and unfortunately he lost his battle - such a wonderful, intelligent, energetic, friendly, fun loving boy who has gone from this world far too soon. I cannot begin to imagine what his family are going through and my heart goes out to them ♥ RIP Nick ♥<br />
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Cancer is such an evil disease that breaks hearts and destroys lives!<br />
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Last Friday (the 13th) was also Ollie's 12th birthday and I realise how precious life is and how lucky we are to have him and our other three wonderful children. They drive me crazy at times but I love them so much cannot imagine life without them ♥. So, hug your loved ones and hold them close, cherish all the precious moments you have with them - and don't forget to tell them you love them!<br />
<br />Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-50927324482153261752012-01-06T16:06:00.000+13:002012-01-06T16:06:16.123+13:00ProgressAfter my bright idea yesterday, I went out to pick up Kim's replacement turntable (the one I bought him for Christmas got stuck on the wrong speed - somewhere between 45 and 33!) and drove past a Salvation Army shop. So I stopped - as you do when you've decided to make a quilt/duvet cover using only pre-loved materials! The first thing I spotted was a really cute wee art deco-ish armchair. I immediately asked them to hold it for me while I ruminated on it (and searched for fabric). I got a whole heap of clothing and vintage sheets to re-purpose and decided I should really pass on the armchair as I'm also trying to spend as little as possible at the moment.<br />
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Well that worked for all of about 10 seconds before I turned around, went back and paid for the armchair! I'm hopeless - it's no wonder we can't afford to buy a house yet!!<br />
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Anyway, here's my progress on my patchwork duvet cover from stash and my newest piece of furniture:<br />
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Oh, and I don't think I ever blogged about my little foot stool either. I bought it at a local thrift store early last year (2011) and peeled back all it's ugly layers and recovered it.<br />
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I also love that the wheels on both the armchair and the footstool/glory box watchamacallit are the same! It's the little things ;)</div>
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<br />Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-36141900579430735962012-01-05T14:17:00.001+13:002012-01-05T14:17:45.954+13:00January's MissionRight, I have made a snap decision (not unusual for me) that this month I am going to make a patchwork quilt/duvet cover out of materials sourced solely from secondhand stores. I love vintage fabrics like old sheets from the 70's, but they are like hen's teeth these days (oh dear, I sound rather old!) so I'm going to find some fabrics that I like in whatever form I can find them in and I'm going to make something new from them. Recycling and reusing.<br />
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I'm halfway through a duvet cover for one of my girls, but I realised that despite working from stash, I'm not in love with most of the fabrics. I'll finish it and one of the girls will be happy, but I'd prefer to make something I <i>really</i> like and feel proud of.<br />
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I'm in a bit of a funk at the moment, so hopefully this small challenge will help to get some neurons firing.Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-12373099152804576292012-01-04T13:17:00.001+13:002012-01-04T13:17:55.738+13:00Out with the old ...Well it's taken me a few days to get around to writing my first post for 2012, but here it is finally. I read on <a href="http://www.littletinbird.co.uk/2012/01/01/2011-intentions-review/">Little Tin Bird's blog</a> about not having resolutions, but having intentions for the year instead. I really like that idea as it feels as though there could be less failure that way! I am still formulating my list of good intentions for 2012, but that will be the focus of another blog entry.<br />
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Tomorrow I want to reflect a little on the year that has finished - part of which will feed into my intentions for the year ahead. But for today I'm just going to show a couple of pics from the new year.<br />
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The girls started sharing a bedroom at the beginning of 2012, but they have had their beds in bunks so that they could maximise their floor space. We decided that it wasn't working so well any more - especially when Izzy's bed (top bunk) was so hard to make and the floor just ended up as a 'storage' space for clothes and toys! So, out with the bunks and in with the beds as singles, leaving much less floor space, but for now it's tidy and organised - and both beds can be made easily.<br />
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I've also changed the boys' room around and managed to rid the house of some excess furniture, which is currently languishing in the garage until we can either sell it or take it to the local thrift store!<br />
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This year I intend to start doing a pictorial monthly mosaic of what I've been making as I love seeing these when I read some of my favourite blogs. For some really lovely ones, check out these blogs:<br />
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<a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2011/12/2011-year-end-review-twelve-months.html"> Attic24</a><br />
<a href="http://crochethealingandraymond.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/one-last-thing/">Crochet with Raymond</a>
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<a href="http://www.littletinbird.co.uk/2011/12/29/crochet-2011/">Little Tin Bird</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lemondedesucrette.com/2011/12/28/2011-in-pics/">Le Monde de Sucrette</a><br />
<a href="http://yarnroundhook.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-in-crochet.html">Yarn Around Hook</a><br />
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And, yes, there's a common theme here - crochet! I've been loving getting into crochet these last couple of months and I've done very little knitting in that time. Another one of my intentions for 2012 is to spend equal time on all of my favourite pastimes - and have finished objects to show off as well. My list of wips is getting longer every day, which is most unlike me. With knitting I tend to stay monogamous to each project until it's finished, but crochet is a whole other kettle of fish (or basket of yarn!)!!<br />
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<br />Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-60255992291169497232011-12-28T20:59:00.002+13:002011-12-28T21:09:21.484+13:00The month of merrimentWell Christmas has been and gone. It was a mad rush leading up to it, as always, with dance recitals, end of year gatherings and presents to be made and purchased. I felt slightly more in control of things this year, but there was still the last minute crazy frenzy of finding gifts and organising meal menus.<br />
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We had a wonderful time with friends and family and are now looking forward to a few weeks of fun and relaxation to recover!<br />
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Here are a few highlights of our Christmas Day:<br />
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Some crochet samples I've done from my new crochet book, Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs by Edie Eckman</div>
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Edited to add: I completely forgot to add pictures of all the gorgeous handmade Christmas ornaments we now have. Many of these are from swaps from this year and last year, and all the rest I made.</div>
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We had an early Christmas this last weekend as my mother was visiting from Christchurch to see my daughters' dance recital. She couldn't stay until the 25th so we decided to have an 'early' Christmas dinner!<br />
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My first ever Christmas cake!
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The first few photos are of Izzy's ballet dance. She was just amazing and we're so proud of how far she has come and how lovely her dancing is. I didn't get any pictures of her jazz dance, but she did just as well in that too. There were tears in her father's, her grandmothers' (both were there) and her mother's eyes watching her performance.<br />
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Tessa has completed her first year of ballet (3 year old ballet) and performed in her first ever dance recital. She was so very cute and earnest and managed to complete the 'dance' without any hitches (unlike her big sister when she was 3 and had to be carried off the stage by the big girl helper as she refused to do anything but cross her arms and look grumpy!!).<br />
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The first photo is from the actual recital, but as I was backstage in the wings to be there for when she came off stage, Kim only got a couple of pictures. The other photos are of earlier in the year and show different parts of her recital dance.<br />
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Watching their recital was definitely a very proud and happy mummy moment ♥Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-17446182273724667592011-12-13T19:44:00.003+13:002011-12-13T19:48:44.251+13:00Tally Time!I have been very slack at updating on Tuesdays, but I have finally got my act together and have made a little progress on my blanket. I am panicking slightly that I won't get it finished in time, but I will do what I can and reassess closer to the big day. I haven't finished many more squares, but have been concentrating on joining the squares together. These are shown partially joined and they will spread considerably with blocking also. It's sitting on a king single bed, so hopefully once it's finished, blocked and had a border added, it'll fit Tessa's single bed perfectly.<br />
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I've also been busy finishing other things too, as well as racing around carting children to and from a zillion activities and end of year events.<br />
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Here's a wee shrug I finished last night that will be part of Tessa's Christmas presents. The photo shows it unblocked and unmodelled - I'll get better pics of her wearing it after Christmas. The pattern is gorgeous and so easy - it's a new pattern by Kelly Brooker, called the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cornwall-park-shrug">Cornwall Park Shrug</a>. I can't wait to see this on Tess!<br />
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This coming weekend is my daughters' dance recital. I'm a tad worried about how my 4 year old will cope being on stage for the first time, although she's very excited about it. I'm so looking forward to my mother coming up on Friday as she'll be able to see the recital in real life for the first time, rather than on dvd. My 9 year old is doing so well with her dancing and if the rehearsal the other day was anything to go by, she's going to do fantastically! I helped out with costumes on the weekend, by sewing on some lace to the tutus that Izzy's ballet group will be wearing - I can't wait to see them worn and danced in.<br />
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And finally, I thought I'd add some photos of the lovely place where I live. These were all taken while I was out on a walk around the street above my house a few days ago. The views encompass both sides of the hill on which I live. While walking and taking pictures I realised how lucky I am to be living in such a beautiful environment. And while I get annoyed at times living so far up a hill and having to drive to get to anywhere (easily), there are advantages too.<br />
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The photo below shows the little school (with the red roofs) that Tess will be going to next year. It's such a lovely little school, with lots of greenery and play areas, some chickens and a children's garden. And across the water is the airport.</div>
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And here was the view from my living room window last night. The hills in the distance are the Kaikoura Ranges in the South Island.</div>
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Despite my continual complaints about our weather here in Wellington, I do love this little city.<br />
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Oh, and I keep forgetting to add that you can check out Gingerbread Girl's <a href="http://gingerbreadgirl-carole.blogspot.com/">blog</a> for regular updates on the other people participating in Tuesday's Tallys.</div>
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<br />Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-5456566396560713632011-12-01T17:15:00.001+13:002011-12-01T17:46:07.104+13:00Welcome to Summer!Well it's officially the first day of summer here in New Zealand, and a glorious day it has been - as well as the beginning of the crazy Christmas season! I'm trying to do things a little differently this year for Christmas. Usually I have great intentions of making things and being organised but then end up leaving things to the last minute and having to buy stuff I'd rather not have to buy and dashing madly around getting all hot, bothered and stressed! I'm sure that will also happen this year, but hopefully to a much lesser extent.<br />
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I am feeling amazingly calm and happy at the moment, in part due to not having to organise a birthday party for my eldest child for the first time in 14 years. Yes, my son is turning 14 on Saturday the 3rd of December and that just blows me away. How is it possible I have a 14 year old <strike>child</strike> young adult?! It often seems of late that the hours, days, months and years are just whizzing by and picking up speed as they go. Surely I'm only just out of my 20's??? Hmmm, seemingly not. And given that my dear spouse and I have just celebrated 16 years of matrimonial bliss and 21 years of being together I guess I have to accept the fact that I am no longer a spring chicken and that my kids are fast growing up.<br />
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Anyway, enough philosophising (if that's what I was doing!) and back to what I've been up to. Unfortunately I've been busy doing many things, so I haven't made as much progress on my Flowers in the Snow blanket. I can tell you I have completed over 100 squares but I can't be more specific as I haven't counted them recently. I have been busy making dishcloths for gifts for my daughters' school and kindy teachers, Christmas ornaments for a swap (14 of them) and also the start of a new blanket for a friend's new grandchild. Oh and I've also quickly whipped up an Advent Calendar for my children!<br />
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This is the new blanket I am making - a Vintage Vertical Stripe blanket, which I'm loving!!<br />
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The collection of dishcloths I've made for teacher's gifts:<br />
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And my blanket squares along with all my other crochet work (apart from the decorations which I've only just sent off today so I can't show them yet).<br />
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That's it for now - I have many other things I want to make and do in the next couple of weeks, so hopefully there'll be more to show soon.Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-68926664815463708812011-11-15T18:19:00.001+13:002011-11-15T18:30:20.210+13:00Tuesday, Tuesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes, after a break of a couple of weeks, I'm back with my Tuesday's Tally. It's been a busy couple of weeks, with my baby turning 4 and organising her party (not that organising it to be held at Junglerama was difficult, but you know what I mean!) and various other bits and pieces going on.<br />
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Anyhoo, this will be short and sweet as I have much crocheting to do if I want to have it done by Christmas! Here is my progress to date: 97 squares with at least another one or two to be finished by the end of today.<br />
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Well, that's it! I haven't laid them all out for a while and looking at it I think I'm only about halfway - yikes! That's a tad demoralising I must say, but I will carry on and hopefully get a whole heap more done and get them all together by Christmas.<br />
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Oh, and I *may* have started a new, smaller blanket last night as well - more on that next time ;)Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-68183557142553623142011-11-13T18:52:00.001+13:002011-12-26T18:57:04.223+13:00A few random photosBirthday girl<br />
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A very reluctant candle blower outer!! (she's afraid of the fire, lol)</div>
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The gift haul (or most of it - the microwave is out of view and we already had the doll, she's just modelling the doll clothes Tess was given by her grandmother)</div>
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Before and after pics of my recent haircut. The before photos were taken first thing in the morning and I looked pretty terrible!! And the after pic was taken by me, so not the best either!<br />
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After - note my eyebrows are also looking a tad tidier here!</div>
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And here's my latest creation - handbag/knitting bag based loosely on the Offhand Designs bags I love and also another Etsy bag maker, Julian Baglady. I'm pretty happy with it, although there are a few wee flaws and I'd change a couple of things next time.</div>
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Oh, and last but not least, here's a bad (iphone) pic of a little injury Tess suffered on Friday - she managed to stand on a stack of about 10 staples at kindy and one whole side was completely embedded in her foot, with the other side in about a millimetre!! Poor wee poppet! We had to wait for ages at the Medical Centre before the doctor managed to pull them out. Her foot was all bandaged up for her party at Junglerama on Saturday, but luckily it didn't seem to cause any problems.<br />
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The bottom of the picture is where the staples are completely sunken into her foot!</div>
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Right, I'll be posting about my blanket progress on Tuesday - have been too busy recently to update. Bye for now :)Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-24023536279844864892011-11-10T21:30:00.001+13:002011-11-10T22:07:04.102+13:00Tessa turns 4Well, it's the beginning of birthday season in our house. Tessa kicked things off with her birthday on November the 9th. She was very excited and is still very excited because her party will be held on Saturday the 12th, so it's more like a party week here! Her birthday was a lovely day, starting by her opening a couple of presents at home before Daddy left for work and her big sisters and brothers went to school:<br />
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Then after this early morning activity and the big kids and Daddy had headed off, we got ready and raced into town to join our very dear friend Nicki at a cafe for a spot of coffee (or hot chocolate in the wee princess's case) and cake.Nicki gave her a cute little 'special things' container, which has since taken pride of place on her dressing table. We went to Martha's Pantry, a cute little cafe in central Wellington. I happened to mention that it was Tessa's birthday and the lovely staff popped a candle in her chosen slice of gorgeous pink cake. Unfortunately the candle proved slightly worrisome for Tess and she was rather wary of getting too close (clever chicken!), so she and I blew it out together.<br />
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After this lovely morning tea, I dropped Tess to kindy and and went to work as usual. Our afternoon was spent with our family and Tess had a lovely time opening the rest of her presents so far.<br />
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The Ice Age 3 dvd was a great hit - she loves it!!</div>
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So that was her day, and it was lovely :-). It seems like only a blink of an eye since she was born, so teeny tiny and snuggled up in my arms and here she is, a lovely, happy, cheeky, chatty, singing, dancing little bundle of four year old energy!! Can the growing up part just slow down now please??!! My baby isn't a baby any more and this Mama is just a wee bit sad. And yet so very proud of my delightful little girl <3Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-24228346514169686532011-10-25T17:44:00.001+13:002011-10-25T23:03:10.860+13:00Tally Time<a href="http://www.smileyvillage.com/smilies/happy0184.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.smileyvillage.com/smilies/happy0184.gif" /></a>Hi everyone. Yes, it's time for the One a Day Tuesday Tally again. I was naughty and missed last week's tally and although I haven't been making as many squares as I'd like, I have got a few more to add this week. I currently have 76 completed squares, with another one just needing the white border added. It's only 5:30pm here in New Zealand so I have all evening to add to my tally and fully intend to take advantage of that time! I'd like to get to 80 by tonight - we'll see.<br />
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Edited to add: 11pm and I have finished 80 squares :)<br />
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Well, that's all for today - see you same (ish) time, same place next week with some more crochet goodness, and hopefully some other creative endeavours also :)</div>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-20246573412095741052011-10-23T16:13:00.001+13:002011-10-23T16:13:37.612+13:00Gift makingWell, one of Izzy's best friends is having her birthday today so yesterday Izzy and I got busy creating. I saw <a href="http://db-bellzone.blogspot.com/2011/10/owls.html">this fabulous post</a> on a friend's blog the other day and was inspired (plus I love owls), so Izzy and I decided to make one for her friend's birthday gift. <br />
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I went out to Pete's Emporium, which is like a huge $2 shop but with fabric, buttons and loads of other craft goodies at very reasonable prices, and found canvasses and then went to Spotlight and the Warehouse for scrapbooking paper. I didn't have a template for the owls and couldn't print anything of the internet because my printer is out of ink so I just drew the templates up myself. <br />
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I cut out the shapes in the scrapbooking paper and Izzy chose which patterns to put where on the owls and then Izzy glued them on. Yes, it does look pretty much exactly the same as Miriam's second one, but don't they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?!<br />
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Now, apparently this wasn't enough to suffice as gift in Izzy's eyes so I needed to make something else. I suggested bunting and Izzy thought that was a great idea, and that it would look even better if I appliqued her friend's name on it. So, while she glued, I cut out and sewed bunting! Again, I had no letter templates so I just did the letters freehand. Izzy chose the colours and overall I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. <br />
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Izzy loves both things and then wanted to keep the owl canvas (well, she wanted both but her name isn't Olivia!). Luckily we have another canvas and more scrapbooking paper so we'll do one for her to put in hers and Tessa's room. These were both heaps of fun to make, so I'm sure there'll be more on the way, specially with the birthday and Christmas season fast approaching!<br />
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I completely missed doing my Tuesday Tally this week, so here's a quick look at what my squares are looking like now. There are now 68 squares completed. I've been busy doing other things in the last week or so, so my poor squares have been neglected somewhat.</div>
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an Eden's Adam in size 3 for a custom order in <a href="http://www.bendigowoollenmills.com.au/products.php?cat=9">BWM cotton</a> in Wild Lavender.</div>
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The person who ordered it had knitted the straps and one side down to the bottom of the armhole and I did the rest. I really like how this looks on Tess - and it's very tempting to knit one for her now too!</div>
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In fact I've just started on at test knit of a very cute summer dress and am using the same cotton.</div>
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I'm also trying to sew things for our school fair coming up on November 5th. This is the beginning of what I hope will be quite a few things - there's another (in a different design to this one) nearly finished as well. This one was made using fabric from a sample book and is a dark chocolate on one side and purple on the other, with a deep burgundy lining fabric.</div>
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This is a Paxton Cardigan in knitted a while ago, using 100Purewool 10ply instead of the recommended 8ply yarn. It's a newborn size (the pattern comes in prem, small newborn and newborn) but has come out a 6 - 12 month size. I have only just got around to weaving in the ends and blocking it as the intended recipient will be the right size in the wrong season!</div>
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And finally, I spent some time yesterday searching for the right materials to make one of <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/iTq0Km086J-IK8YolYwr9JfJ9dpbFfJmp71QBkOuCV8?feat=blogger">these</a>, which I found on a <a href="http://db-bellzone.blogspot.com/2011/10/owls.html">blog</a> I follow. I fell in love with it straight away and knew we had to give it a go. How cute is that?! I will show you the fruits of our labours in my next post ....<br />Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-25773546469076572762011-10-16T16:30:00.001+13:002011-10-16T16:35:03.951+13:00Hokey PokeyMmmmmm. Every time I hear 'hokey pokey' I think of Cadbury Crunchie Bars - yummm!!! This hokey pokey, however, is not crunchy but deliciously soft and just as yummy as the chocolate bar, only in a different way. This hokey pokey refers to the name of the colour of the gorgeous yarn I bought a while ago from Hannah on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/RedRidingHoodYarns?ref=ts">Facebook</a> (or Hannah can also be found at <a href="http://redridinghoodyarns.blogspot.com/p/yarn-for-sale.html">Red Riding Hood Yarns</a> ) where she does regular stockings of scrumptious yarns. She actually did send a Crunchie Bar with the yarn too (lucky me!) - thanks Hannah<a href="http://www.smileyvillage.com/smilies/love0023.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.smileyvillage.com/smilies/love0023.gif" /></a><br />
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This delicious yarn also features in my blog title up the top there ↑↑ (the yummy yellow one in the centre). And now it looks like this:<br />
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I really love this cardigan design. It is Jane from <a href="http://tikkifabricaddict.blogspot.com/">Georgie Hallam,</a> another fabulous pattern to add to many gorgeous patterns from Georgie. This pattern is so versatile - as written it uses up very little yarn and is a perfect cardigan to be worn over a pretty dress. You can weave ribbons through the 'lattice' like lace pattern, so the cardigan can be closed at the front, but I prefer it as is. You can find this pattern on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jane-14">Ravelry</a> too.</div>
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Right, that's enough from me for today - everyone here is gearing up for the Rugby World Cup semi final tonight between the mighty All Blacks and Australia. This is a big deal here in New Zealand and the males in my household (except for the cats and birds, who really couldn't care less) are champing at the bit for it to be on. Me? I'm not exactly a rugby fan, but I am feeling the tension and preparing for the inevitable yelling at the tv screen and general stress and mayhem that always goes hand in hand with these high pressure games. Go the All Blacks! </div>
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A lovely friend and her children came to our house yesterday and with the help of a clever 11 year old, Izzy and Tess cut out a door and painted the box and today Izzy and Tess decorated it with flowers. Tah dah!!<br />
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In other news, Ollie played in a futsal tournament yesterday and his team won, which was great to see. So he came home a happy, if not pretty exhausted boy!!</div>
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The kids have all had sleepovers and movie trips and playdates these holidays, so despite some pretty crappy weather (we had a hail storm today!) they've still managed to have a good time.</div>
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Here are three of them snuggling under a blanket together after a lovely Christening we went to at the weekend - awww! We got to meet an old friend's latest addition to her family - an absolutely gorgeous wee girl ♥<br />
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And while the kids were snuggling, I was doing exactly what I am now - enjoying a lovely cup of tea :)</div>
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Recently I participated in a kitchen tea swap with some friends. These are the lovely goodies I received, two lovely (and much needed) tea towels, a cute wee pink notepad, an awesome knitted and sewn hand towel for the kitchen (pictured below in use already, alongside some choc hip cookies Ollie made) and some scrummy chocolates (which lasted all of 3 minutes!). Lucky me!!<br />
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Yes, once again it's time for Tuesday's Tally from my One a Day group on Ravelry. So without further ado, here is my progress to date:<br />
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I now have 57 squares but my progress has been slowed down by several knitting projects that need to be finished. I finished one of those last night, but haven't blocked it yet and I need to make a start on another one this evening to get it done asap so I can begin a test knit of a lovely summer dress that I will hopefully have finished for Tess's 4th birthday early in November.<br />
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I also have a list a mile long of projects I need to get done in the next couple of months, so I need to get cracking and pick up the pace a little!<br />
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I must also resist the urge to begin any other non-essential projects. After reading <span id="goog_859754681"></span><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/">Attic 24's</a> <span id="goog_859754682"></span>and <a href="http://www.littletinbird.co.uk/">Little Tin Bird's</a> blogs today, I'm itching to start either a granny stripe blanket or a ripple blanket. I do need to start one for Izzy, but must resist until I have finished all the projects on my 'must do' list!<br />
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It's school holidays right now and this is the first time since before Tessa was born that I need to juggle working during the day and child care - and I had totally forgotten what a hassle it can be! Luckily I have great friends and a wonderful mother-in-law who have stepped in and are helping out. Also Kim will be taking some leave, along with me taking a few hours leave as well. I only work 3 hours a day, four days a week - who'd have thought it would have such an impact! <br />
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<br />Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-36535330533123469982011-10-05T20:48:00.002+13:002011-10-05T20:49:00.865+13:00A Tah Dah Post!I recently participated in a kitchen tea swap and had so much fun making the swap items! I haven't been able to post the pictures until the recipient received them - and she did today, so I can now do the big reveal. <br />
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Tah dah!<br />
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The teapot cosy pattern is from <a href="http://crochethealingandraymond.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/spring-explosion-tea-cozy/">crochetwthraymond's blog</a>. I really loved making this - I modified it a little by knitting it in the round. The flowers are from various free patterns on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a> and I wish I'd had time to make more, but I really needed to get this in the post, so my next one will be a bit more floral!<br />
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The flower coaster pattern is from <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060818051918/www.spatulagraphics.com/krochet/patterns/flwrcstr.html">this</a> site.<br />
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I'm really loving crochet at the moment and have so many plans for more projects, so watch this space ...Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304978651569162342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7820738726800090766.post-41628583232414987842011-10-04T20:57:00.000+13:002011-10-04T22:50:59.947+13:00It's Tuesday!<div align="center">
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I'm not sure how these weeks manage to whiz by so quickly, but they do, so here's another update on Tess's blanket. I'm up to 46 squares (it will be 48 by the end of the evening) and still having fun with it. Go and visit <a href="http://gingerbreadgirl-carole.blogspot.com/2011/10/one-day-project-tuesdays-tallies.html?showComment=1317720906719#c495773496385038821">Gingerbread Girl's blog</a> for further details and to see others' fabulous Tuesday updates :)<br />
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It's still looking pretty tiny on this bed, although it is a king single, so slightly larger than a standard single bed.<br />
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And just cause I can, here's a pic of Eddie, one of my two beautiful cats. He loves climbing in baskets and boxes - and this time took advantage of me taking my crochet yarns out of my knitting bag to sort them out and jumped right on in!<br />
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I also snapped a pic of my littlest one, helping to make an omelette, with my 11 year old in the background making himself a miso soup! Action stations in the kitchen ;-).<br />
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voila, two gorgeous needlecases!! Two lovely people from a Ravelry group I'm on have each gifted me a needlecase (one for fixed circulars and one for interchangeables) from the recent Offhand Designs sale on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SageLuxury?ref=ss_profile">Etsy</a>. The photo really doesn't do these needlecases justice - they're beautifully made and are already filled with all my needles.<br />
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I also finished a dolly Darwinia dress test knit for designer <a href="http://tikkifabricaddict.blogspot.com/">Georgie Hallam (aka Tikki</a>). It's so cute and destined to make up part of Tessa's 4th birthday present in November. <br />
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Eddie was slightly freaked out by the dolly!!<br />
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