In the letter box!

Look what has arrived for me in the letter box. Well not for me - this will be for Baden. He is in desperate need of a pair of knitted longies to keep his little legs warm and it is getting cold quick.So this is the next project that will be on the knitting needles. And in 12ply - how could you go wrong...

Wool is from Jen at Knitspirations. Thankyou so much - and many thanks also for the cutest little stitch markers to help me out on my next project. Would you believe that these were on my wish list for Christmas but got something else instead.
And opps - I am meant to be on a stash building ban - but is it classed as stash if I am knitting it up almost straight away? Promise to try to be good from here on... (I did say try!)

Back to Basics - Week Two

So it looks like I will get around to this post every two weeks. Will see you I go, but that is a good as start as any.

If you would like to see more of these challenge posts then please pop over to Belinda at Getting Back to Basics.

IN THE GARDEN

Sowing Seeds
Onions
Shallots
Brussel Sprouts
Cabbage (Sugar Loaf)

Harvest
Thyme
1 Mini Watermelon

Maintenance
Watering of garden beds and herb garden
Relocating the herbs
Observing herbs for any return of cabbage moth
Dealt with Mice - bought these little plastic things that you shove int he brick spacing to keep them OUT - yay - got to be happy with that.

Observing
Pumpkin vine
Tomatoes -Dont seem to be ripening - there are plenty on them - will look into what I can make with them (ideas welcome)

PLANNING/ WORKING FOR THE FUTURE
Dried Thyme to add to dishes at a later date

BUILDING COMMUNITY
Made a double batch of spaghetti Bolognase mince, Biscuits and Cake for a friend who recently lost her husband. (even if they sit in the freezer for a while - they will be there when she has a bad day)
Made lunch and went for a drive out into the sticks to enjoy there company.

LEARN A NEW SKILL
Learnt how to format the blog so I have a header that can be linked to - thanks for letting me know that this could not be done Belinda. And many thanks to all those that helped. Becca - it was your suggestion that worked.
Double knitting - I had no idea.

Can anyone help???

I have noticed on a few blogs that you can hit there title and be taken to just that page!

Can anyone help me to get this on my blog - I am useless with html - as in really have NO idea.

Thanks in advance

Kylie

Little Bunny FooFoo

I seem to be getting into the Easter spirit at the moment. Which is strange as Easter here is heavily focused on the Christian side of things!

Anyway - might be because I did not get to do as much Christmas Crafting as I would have liked with everything that was going on.

Here is a little wash washer that I knitted up last night. Only took a few hours. This is what I did during earth hour by candle light - what fun - should do it more often and save on electricity.

I even had a bath - just laid there for half an hour and soaked in the peace. NO TV, NO lights. And I was impressed with myself - I did not even turn on the computer last night!

Pattern is free from here - and a Ravelry link is also available.

Modifications
Knitted in 8ply cotton and with 3.75mm sticks. 10ply is few and far between here in Oz and hopefully one day Patons will increase there Washed Hues Aran colour range.

Fluffy Bunny

How cute is this little guy.

She has been knitted for a friends 5 month old Niece who is in hospital recovering from an infection.

I will be making more of these.

New Skill
Double knitting

My Modifications
Used needles smaller than recommended as I did not want her to be able to stick her fingers through.

I did not knit the increases for the hands.

Things I will do differently next time
Ii will do the increases for the hands and will make the ears a little longer.

Pattern available for FREE over at Lion Brand
This is also my first finished item for the Ravelry Stash Buster Challenge - 1 out of 24 - I have some catching up to do!

This doesn't look good

This may not look like sewing or crafting but it really is - you see one of my light bulbs in the study/craft room blew and I finally got around to getting a new bulb - Well today I got up there to find this!

Oh my - it does not look good. I have been wondering for a while now what the burning plastic smell was - well I now know!

In my letter box.

Do you ever seem that the only thing that you receive is bills. Well me too. But there is a little fun out there. How - join in on a swap.

This swap was organised through Crafty Mamas - 5 cards to be sent and 5 to be received.

These arrived in my letterbox yesterday from Gilly - all the way from Western Australia. Thanks Gilly we love them and will come in great use with all of the birthdays we have coming up.

And here is a sneak peak of what's on the way to Cinna.