Once upon a time I used to actually finish projects…. yeah pure fantasy… WIPs The Little Miss has requested that I make her a blanket. A while ago I was given a big bag of yarn from a friend so she had a look and chose the colors that she wanted out of it. … Read more
I know blog posts have become few and far between so here are some funnies to put a smile on your dial
Following my love of all things yarn and jumping in head first. Let me introduce my new baby (Yeah never done it in my life but YouTube is my friend) She is an Ashford Traditional Spinning Wheel manufactured between 1975-1980. I was lucky enough to purchase it a few weeks ago off a lovely … Read more
Sometimes you stumble across the best things in the most unusual places. On the school hoidays we were lucky enough to get away for a short break, and thanks to my awesome outlaws a child free night. The outlaws live up in the Wimmera so Mr Happy booked us a nights accomodation at a lovely … Read more
Recently I have been finding it more and more difficult to decide what project I want to work on next. I can only describe it as something akin to writers block. I start projects only to rip them out. Start a new project and repeat the previous step. I wish I could say its only … Read more
This week I while shopping in the supermarket I spotted Christmas decorations for sale. I didn’t really think much of it, continued on my merry way. But when I got home I noticed that people on my Facebook feed were complaining about the fact the decorations were out for sale already. Now call me … Read more
Since I have been watching my knitting and crochet podcast I have been silently sitting here in Project Bag Envy. The presenters/hosts all pull their beautiful projects out of the most gorgeous project bags. So many gorgeous fabrics. So being the good little crafter that I am found some bags that I liked and the … Read more
This is the song that never ends. It goes on and on my friend…… Just when I thought that the blanket I was making was never going to finish. I finished it. I just have to deliver it to the recipient 🙂 With the blanket out of the way I have quite a few new … Read more
Since I decided to learn to crochet last year I find myself wanting to learn other things that can be learnt by themselves or as an extension of what I have been doing. Initially it was just different stitches or techniques. Once I felt comfortable to this I decided to try my hand at knitting. … Read more
I haven’t been slack on posting what I have been making there just hasn’t been a lot happening and what was made I can’t show just yet anyway. ACQUISITIONS While I did get these yarns quite a while ago I never actually showed them, so I thought I would share their gorgeousness :). They have … Read more