Crafty busyness ....

Snowflake princesses...
Winter elves...
and father and child wintry walks...

Royal Parade Yarn Bomb

It's done, it's made, it's bundled up in a bag and ready to be hugging a tree tomorrow morning. It's going to be freezing cold at 7.30am when I set off to pick up my bombing companion for the day and meet the Yarn Corner group in the city where we are assigned teams who will tackle a number of trees along the 2.5km stretch of inner city road to creatively beautify 85 big old glorious trees! 

How are you going to celebrate International Yarn Bombing Day??

x Le x

Babushka For Matilda

A crocheted babushka for my little friend Matilda who will be 4 next month. I am actually organised and not cramming in a birthday gift make the night before, so usual for me. I've been wanting to make this cute little gal since I saw them over at Attic 24. They're from a really gorgeous book that's been sitting idle on my craft table for a little while. A book I often flick through and crave to make projects from but never really find the time at the right time, if you know what I mean, to actually get to it. And then I was inspired and reminded of the little babushka family when I saw this darling little babushka tile coaster at my local market. It was sitting there in the basket of coasters under a few others. It had been sitting there all day as I sat beside it at my own stall. I felt so lucky when I uncovered her, lucky that no one else had snapped her up. I had to have her for Matilda as my dear little friend has lovely babushka curtains in her room that her mamma made and I'm glad I remembered at the right moment. 

Oh, BTW,  the book is 'cute & easy crochet' by Nikki Trench (see the links below). A bargain buy from fishpond.com.au that has me wanting to crochet every project. 

I love hats, I want to make this one............

I love scarves, I want to make this one...........

I love bags, I don't have a crocheted bag, I want to make this one..........

See what I mean and there's loads more. Lovely colour palette, lovely photography and best of all, the pattern was very, very easy to follow. 

So now my dilemma is, do I settle for one little babushka, or make the whole family?? What do you think Em??

x Le x

 http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2011/10/cute-easy-crochet.html 

http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Cute-and-Easy-Crochet-Nicki-Trench/9781907563201

Winter, Awake

Welcome Winter with your chilly mornings, swirls of mist twirling through the mountain tree tops, branches made bare by your gusty gales. 

Safe and warm in our humble home, how blessed we are to be together, this family of mine.

Looking forward to more crocheting curled up on the couch, slow cooked meals, rugging up in our winter woollies and walking alongside the river, toasting marshmallows and early nights. 

Digging out the drain at the front door because it gets blocked so easily, buckets under the cracks in the ceiling when the big rains come, dashing out after dark in the slippery mud when we have forgotten to put the chooks away, a seemingly endless 3 months(or more) of clothes racks drying in the lounge by the fire, gathering more firewood!

Winter, Awake

x Le x

Let's Get Back Into Blogging........

It's been FOREVER and I have sooooo many photos to accompany the blog posts that are in my head. Here's a random one to get the ball rolling once more.

I have started a market stall at our local handmade market, C- R-A-Z-Y!! I was actually quite nervous about putting myself out there but my little bits of handmade love were well received so I thought I'd do it again and this time I would tell you all about it. Well at least show you some photos as I really need to be making, NOT blogging as the next market is this weekend!!

Credit goes to your daughters Em for making the gorgeous vintage swing tags that sold really well. The head honcho of Warburton Handmade loved them too, she wants them in the gallery! Fantastic!

So I will leave you with the photos and get back to my latest make for the market.
x Le x

Easter treats.....

3 Rows Forward, 4 Rows Back

It really is impossible to crochet this beautiful ripple blanket whilst doing anything else other concentrating on the job at hand. I've tried to sneak in rows before dinner or while the children are running around or while I'm on the phone. However justice cannot be done to the pattern when my attention is divided. I have pulled out way too many rows now to even bother trying multi-tasking whilst rippling away. So now I must dedicate very specific time to this blankie. Time when there will be no interruptions, no drinks to get or dinner to stir, no phone calls to take and no children about. Just me and my blankie, and then I may have some progress!

I am following other ripply blanket goodness on the One Crafty Mamma blog. Unfortunately this blogger app I have does not allow me to link other sites and I am about to do away with it because of that. But do look it up along with On Polkadot Lane where the lovely Kelly is rippling away in Upwey with a gorgeous ocean breeze colour theme. Or maybe it's the sky and the trees!

So far I have 50 and a bit rows of pure merino. It's a ripple of rainbow colours. Bright and vibrant and I'm hoping it looks good on our queen size bed. Thank goodness autumn has finally arrived and I actually feel like having my lap snuggled under rows of merino wool.
x Le x