Got Them Swimming

The pool again.  We had some lovely days.  I managed to get them outside in the big pool this time.  Oh the fun times we had as kids out there in the deep end.  They loved it though they got cold quickly of course ...  

Oh to be able to jump in too...  but knitting for me.  

Cool Recycling

Sorry about the picture of me. 

But hey, I had a bit of fun making these things out of chicken food bags.  We have had them sitting there for a while as I never like to throw them out cos you know you will need one then.  Or at least someone will.  

Yes, it's all for the school fair again.  Being the little country town & country school we are these seem rather a good idea.  Guess we will find out...  

Australia Day

 Lots of fun at a big event that is held every year.  We had never been so it was nice to go check it out.  It was massive.  We had no idea that it was so big.  We had a nice day out though. 

Music playing with thongs.

The boys inside these Zorb balls having a roll.  

Fiddling With Scraps

More scraps.  I have made a nice little menagerie of butterflies.  Fabric origami actually.  Used up only a small about on scraps but it is something a bit different & hopefully they are popular at the school fair later on.  Oh the things we do...  

A bit more knitting by the sea this time.  Was a cooler day so there was no getting me in anyway.  Getting along with these scrap socks. 

Scrap Stacks

I'm over the scraps.  They are breeding!  I am sure of it.  

DJ helped me sort out a bit.  We put them in piles of roughly the same sort of length.  I have quite a stack of width of fabric pieces.  Time to do something with them.  

So hey, why not just sew a bunch together for now.  But let's wait to see what happens to it.  If something will... 

Summer Holidays

Summer days are lazy days.  We had a pretty chilled time.  

Working on scrunchies!  I discovered that scrunchies are back in fashion.  So with that I was all over the fabric scraps & experimenting with assembly & sizing for good scrunchies for our school fair in March.  

Pool days = knitting time. 
Scrap socks helical style...  Making a small dent in the scrap pile.  These are cool. 

New Year, New Project

Yeah, another project. 

More fabric.  

Have loved this range of fabric since we got it at work but as my self imposed rule says I can't get it right away I did wait.  

I needed a fabric to fussy cut.  Lots of fussy, lots of cuts.  Having played with the mirror on it at work, this was definitely going to be fun.  

So some cutting, some working out which way to put them to make these little triangles into hexagons.  

Book List 2018

• A Single Thread - Marie Bostwick
• Summer at the Lake - Erica James
• A Dangerous Game - Heather Graham
• We Never Asked for Wings - Vanessa Diffenbaugh
• The Night Stalker - Robert Bryndza
• The Second Sister - Marie Bostwick
• Every Woman For Herself - Trisha Ashley
• Right Where We Belong - Brenda Novak
• A Family Recipe - Veronica Henry
• Thanks for the Memories - Cecelia Ahern
• The Clothes on Their Backs - Linda Grant
• If I Could Turn Back Time - Beth Harbison
• The Marble Collector - Cecelia Ahern
• The Postmistress - Sarah Blake
• While We Were Watching Downton Abbey - Wendy Wax
• Summer At the Little Beach Street Bakery - Jenny Colgan
• Little Beach Street Bakery - Jenny Colgan
• Happy People Read Books & Drink Coffee - Agnes Martin-Lugand
• The Secret of Midwives - Sally Hepworth
• Catching Air - Sarah Pekkanen
• The Girl In The Ice - Robert Bryndza
• The Lacemakers of Glenmara - Heather Barbieri
• The Real Katie Lavendar - Erica James
• The Alice Network - Kate Quinn
• Bridget Crack - Rachel Leary

Not a bad job this year.  Helped along with some audio books while sewing which was great.  

Merry Christmas

Welcome Santa, Farewell Doug

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Day 21 & 22 hahahaha....

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Last Socks 2018

Finishing off the year with one last pair of socks for Stuart.  Scrap socks again as they really are fun & a surprise the whole way. 

Socks # 14 2018

More Christmas Fun

I finished off this sneaky gift.  It is for a very good friend.   We are having our own little Christmas party, myself & 2 others.  I love these 2 girls.  (she loved her runner!)  

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Grinch - mas

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End Of Year Gifts

Continuing on with handmade gifts for the end of year things, I made a few fun things.

First the tote bag for the boys piano teacher. ( Seems he was rather taken aback & pleased.)  It's probably a nice change from chocolate!  lol  It is cool though.  I love this fabric.  

A gorgeous cowl I knitted although this was finished some time ago.  It was a good thing I started early in the year on this.  But it looked lovely, & the colours suited BJ's teacher.  Hope she wears it! 

This is the one I had planned ages ago.  I was at work when we ordered this Dr Seuss fabric & I waited for it to come so I could do this for DJ's teachers.  It was perfect for them as they spent the first half of the year reading these books too.  (It seems both teachers were rapt with theirs.  I think I need to stock up on the fabric so I can continue to make them for future teachers. )

Douglas Is Chilled

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Douglas Returns

Day 1

He wrote on the window. Can't find the picture!  argh!

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