Holidays

A short spell out of the house on a gorgeous day during the holidays had us at the beach of all places.  This followed from a weekend of snow fall in the highlands of the state!  Crazy that it is, I found myself sitting on the beach with a new sock.

The boys had a bit of a play before some lunch that was meant to be park side, but the wasp population made us think otherwise...

Yarn, Pretty Yarn

At work we got this new range of yarn in.  Funny how I also find it at home then isn't it!  

I wound this one & boy it looks so different to the skein in was in.  I picked this out based on colours for a teacher.  Since I am so early, I might change my mind still but in the meantime I had to cast something on too.  

After a bit of debate in my head, I settled on a cowl that it knit on the bias.  It's clever.  It's been nice to hang out at home during the holidays with the boys & just sit & play games with them, or keep my girl company too while she is still recovering.  

This Happened Too

Before school finished for the term we had a last assembly.  DJ does surprise!  He received his class award for the term for "Respect".  That's pretty good if you ask me.  

The thing that followed wasn't quite such a happy thing.  My poor girl Juneau had to have an operation.  She had to have an eye removed.  It was pretty tough firstly leading up to it for us.  Then waiting for it to be done & then having her home recovering...  It's been pretty hard.  

But we are on the other side now & Juneau may have forgiven me a little.  

Very Dishy

During March & into April, with so many things going on, I needed some mindless work to play on.  So I pulled out the cotton yarn box.  That was easier said than done. 

But I cleaned out a stack or partial balls of yarn.  & used them.  & then used some more!  Hey, I got the lid back on the box & there is a little wiggle room now too! 

As a result I have over 20 new dishcloths in my cupboard.  Some really interesting combos of colour.  The boys picked some along the way too.  They enjoy that.  It was good though. 

On the days when I couldn't concentrate on the pink jumper these were good.  Also sitting in the car at pick up time after school. 

Perfect for mindlessness. 

Slowly Slowly

Craft is going slowly.  Bit of knitting yes of course.  But this sort of knitting doesn't happen very quickly for me!  2 x 2 offset ribbing is going to slow me down even more...

Stay tuned.

New Project

The school fair is done.  

Next on the list is Mother's Day stall.  I have been too tired to do much that took a lot of thinking lately so I dug out some of my cotton yarns.  I have been ploughing through the odd balls/half used balls, making a bunch of dishcloths.  I have put a dent in the stash & have got the lid back on the box of cotton.  Go me.  

So in the meantime over Easter I had a little play with these hearts.  They crochet up quickly & I guess will be handy for the mother's day stall.  I had some keyring rings that I got a while back & these have turned out quite well I think.  

But I got excited & made some a little bigger & after a play around with the 2 sizes & some beads, I came up with the little hangers too.  We'll see how successful they are.