Seeing Brown, Orange and Yellow

In two weeks time I will sitting, chatting and laughing with a bunch of like minded crafty girls.

Some I know and others I have never met,  but have been on crafty forums with and commented on their blogs over the years.

I received my name badge in the mail yesterday, it is from little betty.  Thankyou Chrisy, I am looking forward to meeting you soon.

Here is a sneak at the one that is almost at it's new home (I realized that I have added an extra vowel to her name just before posting so had to start again - opps)

Also in the mail last week was a parcel from Jennie,  Thanks Jennie - I won a prize in a blog post many moons ago, it was worth the wait. Looking forward to working out what to make with it - thinking a new purse for me and a key chain for starters.

A little something...

for me.

It is not often that I knit for myself.  I tend to steer away from knitting garmets for me and stick to scarfs, beanies and cowls in the past. The once or twice I have knit a full sized garment I have found that I have knitted it in thick yarn and it looks silly on my small frame.  This year though I will be knitting more for me - now to decide what is next on the needles. Any suggestions?

I was gifted this pattern and yarn in a swap on Ravelry and I am thrilled with how it turned out.  Pattern and Yarn details on Ravelry

A Family Shot...

Thought that I would share a few photos that I took of our family the other week (the same day as flying the kites actually)

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Crafting has slowed down around here - but it is still happening.  I seem to be spending most of my hours in the car or occupying a little man that after seven weeks of his sister at fulltime school, is still missing her like crazy.

Can YOU HELP - I am out of photo storage apparently - I did not even know that I had a photo account somewhere and that the photos that I upload here straight from my computer were infact stored somewhere else.  Any tips and assistance on ideas would be appreciated.  Those with wordpress and other accounts how do they work and would you suggest them - A blog is not a blog after all without photos.

EDIT:  Many thanks to Becky Etal.  I have purchased 20G for the pricey sum of $5 - That will give me another 12 months to decide where my next step will be.

A Paris Pash...

Or maybe a Pash in Paris.

Who knows - this is almost on its way to Melbourne before setting off to Paris on the head of a friend about to jet set on holiday to France.  How envious am I,  at least I can say that I knitted her beanie and kept her head warm.

This is the second Pasha I have knitted - thinking that I will have to knit one for myself.  Now to decide what colour!  Any suggestions?

i'm grateful for...

... the lovely person that found a wet and skitty dog during a thunderstorm and took it to the local vets

... the wonderful vet who scanned her and gave us a call

... the vet nurse who gave her a cuddle, water and some food and locked her up safely for the night

... the happy wag of the tail that i received in the morning when i walked through the doors.

... i am so glad we paid that money to get her micro chipped when she was a puppy.

This is my first time participating in Maxabella loves weekly grateful for posts.

My Creative Space

I am playing with two new friends this week.

A ball winder and a wooden swift.  Two things that have been on my wish list for a while and when I recieved some money for Christmas I thought that I would put it to good use.

It takes minutes to wind beautiful tight centre pull balls, that once would have taken me hours if not days.

My little helper thought that the swift was a little noisy, I might have to find the bees wax.

Three balls waiting to be turned into something special.  I might even have to build up my dyes now and dye some yarn to sell.

Pop in and say hi at Kootoyoo and be sure to pop around to a few crafty spots.

Let's Go Fly a Kite

With tuppence for paper and strings,
you can have your own set of wings.
With your feet on the ground,
you're a bird in flight!
With your fist holding tight,
to the string of your kite!

Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height
Let's go fly a kite
And send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear

Oh, let's go fly a kite!

 

When you send it flying up there,
all at once your lighter than air!
You can dance on the breeze,
over 'ouses and trees!
With your fist 'olding tight,

to the string your kite!

 Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height
Let's go fly a kite
And send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go fly a kite!

 

An afternoon to the seaside to fly the kite, fish and chips, a walk and finished off with an icecream on a hot Summer's Day.

And if I have you humming the tune - head over and sing along.