Sunday, September 27, 2009

Wordless Weekend #4

I know that this is meant to be a wordless post - but I am getting alot of questions as to where I got it from so I thought that I would pop it in here for all.
This little needle book belongs to my MIL. I loaned it for the photos. She recieved it when she was a girl and it came complete with needles. The book opens to show a little pop up section of girls doing handy work. It is just so cute and was made in Japan.
I would love to update my blogger header at some stage and use one of these pictures as the header - I have no idea where to start so if anyone is handy with blogger and can give me some tips I would love them. Thanks in advance.


Tuesday, September 22, 2009

It's Tuesday and I Can't wait...

.. to knit for 7 hours tomorrow on the way to Victoria. I love going away and sitting for a period of time and getting some serious hours of knitting done!



I will be starting another Bloom. This time in a purple for Amelia.

I was thrilled to be asked to test knit this for Georgie - and everyone has commented and ohhed and gared over it. It is going to be very popular, I had 20 favourites and 130 views in the first 24hours of it being in my Ravelry projects:)

Keep an eye out - the pattern is set for release in about a week.

This is the 4ply version and knits up to fit a newborn and grows with them.

Amelia - she has a chest of 53cm/21inches (a small size four)

Jessica - chest of 50cm/19.5inches
Freya - chest of 46cm/18inches
Kennedie - 2 week old Newborn, 8lb

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

It's Tuesday and I Can't wait...

...to make another list.



I did so well in July with my list and felt that I achieved so much that I thought that I would do another one.





Sewing:
Tracksuit pants for me
Undies for Amelia - three sets at least:)
Shorts for Baden
Round Neck Dress (that*darn*kat) Amelia and Isabella
Hat for Baden
Look into Summer Clothes for Amelia, Baden and Myself (think that we will need them in QLD)
Recover the kids couch - if it does not get done not a biggie - will be on the list to do when we
move.

Knitting:

Bloom test knit (finished and gifted)
Baby Sophisticate for Alex (03/10)
Knit MIL a tea cosy
Shrug for Amelia
Milo (23/09)
Bloom - 4ply, 8ply (30/09) and 10ply (I can dream:)
Baby Booties
Something for a newborn little man

Red = completed (or working on)
Blue = Added to the list

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Vegemite Scrolls...

This morning I took a breather. A breather from the stress of moving and took some timeout of what I really should be doing and spent an hour on the couch with the kids and watched ABC Kids and Playschool.

We love Playschool here as most households in Australia do with little ones. Although for the last few weeks I have been using Playschool as my babysitter as I run around getting dressed, brushing teeth, checking emails, calling removalists and putting the house back together after breakfast incase someone wants to have a look through the house. (Yes ontop of the fun of moving, the rental that we currently live in is for sale (will still be a rental for DHA - but the private owners are selling it) Like I needed that stress on top of everything else.



So this morning I took time to breath and enjoy the fun that Jay and Karen were having. They made Vegemite Scrolls today and we descided to make our own. So off we went to the computer and Amelia and I found a recipe and then went to the kitchen to make them.




Yumm - they are the best and I will never be buying the scrolls from the bakery again. These are light and fluffy and oh so nice. We only made half of the recipe (because I only had 1 and a 1/2 cups of SRFlour left) but it was enough for us all to have a taste and fill up on. We will be making these again.



We used the recipe from here. If you try them make sure you let us know.



Now I best be off and sort out some more of this removal. After sitting on the computer night and day for five days writting up our inventory - I have just found out that it is lost in cyber space somewhere and we are not on the Toll system - let's just say that I am about to scream!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

It's Wednesday...

And Tuesday slipped by without a second glance. Where are the days going, let alone this year???



Anyway - I am looking forward to getting this finished so I can photograph it on a little newborn. It is a Bloom test knit for Tikki and it is so very cute. Amelia will also be getting one, in a purple I think.