Stage call for Fred Astaire, stage call for Fred Astaire...

Thanks to the hot water heater carking it, the stairwell is now a tapdancer's delight! Those tack things are also a unique way of waking you up in the morning. Ouch!


The latest project? socks! Technically I only started these for s'n'b, but now I can't stop!



and I managed to spin non yarn barf! I can't believe it took trying a different fibre to produce said pretty single. That was a bobbin's worth (and the green leader) just need to spin the other bobbin and I


Any ravelers needing a really good laugh, you seriously can't go past the over the fence chat. I've made friends, and can no longer hold a straight face when mention of certain lollies are involved. Ideal time about 7pm EST. Prepare to laugh, lots. :D

adios

More yummy goods with pics

Technically I am showing off goods/bought recently, so if you are anti brag, leave now. :D

Here is a gorgeous dress I discovered at vinnies. A hand embroidered dress! I really like it, except for the fact there are embroidered flowers right over the nips and the shaped like a tent. I can handle tent shaping and flowery nips, I just need shrugs, or wraps that cover the boobage and give me a waist. Its so unlike anything else I have, I just want to wear it constantly.



Back of perfect hand embroidery. How perfect can it get?


Here is a flower I made using the technique from Prudence Mapstone's book









The books are gorgeous, divine, but in the interests of laziness, I will post them later.

Night all!

random fun stuff

Hey everyone!

Firstly, I want to apologise to Diane, who pointed out in my last post that Rebekah actually has biblical origins and therefore not actually a silly name. Apologies.

Also, I have my camera back! Only took all school holidays lol. I have stuff I've been dying to show off. Like, best find at an op shop goes to:



I took a punt in getting this for mum, but she loves it. We have a ritual now of waiting for the ads to come on the tv and I read questions and she answers them. Lots of fun and frankly, I love the all the questions involving comic book characters. I would have loved being a geek during the era of the baby boomer. What's not to love? Marvel comics were booming with ideas, the green lantern, wonder woman, spiderman. Beam me up scotty!



Here is the blanket I've started with my sis in mind. I've always had it in my mind to make her a blanket and this one is growing at a rapid rate. Its also a stash buster which is useful as well. Being a granny blanket, its also been great tv work, and I find that a Tunisian crochet hook makes the whole shebang easier on my wrists. A pleasant surprise in the form of the intended recipient coming down on Friday night and going out for what could only be described as a heavenly middle eastern dinner at a local restaurant, ended the night nicely when I brought down the wip to keep sis and myself warm and to work on it. She likes it! She actually likes it!!



Here is a cross section, which I quite like, which shows off the colours quite succinctly. My idea for the finishing touches include a nice crochet trim. This is mainly for the purpose of improving my crochet skill than anything else, but I have set aside some lovely dark grey Bendigo which should provide a nice finishing touch.

That's all tonight. Hopefully I will successfully upload some pics of my recently received package from the awesome addicted2knitting on craftster, and what can only be described as a truly awesome dress (hand embroidered!) that I scored from vinnies. As we speak, I still cannot believe my luck.

A plea.

Hey everyone, I write to you today for the sake of your children. I've been entering year eight's names in a database and I want to make a passionate plea. Therefore I wish to simply list some rules when naming your children so that they may avoid a life of bullying, and just plain terrible names.

1. Avoid creating 'unique' ways of spelling a common name. Names spelt 'Rebekah', 'Candi' or 'Beki' look cheap and tawdry, and don't give a good initial impression of either you or your child.
2. When naming your little darling, play with their full name (first and last) in the fashion that another small child would. Make fun of the name and see what savoury combinations you can make. If the names come too easily, reconsider the choice.
3. Virtues like Justice, Reality and Charity sound nice as a first name, but if you really want adults to look your wee sweety in the eye and not laugh, consider using said virtue as a middle name. It will no doubt come in handy as a pick up line later!

I hope this doesn't sound too harsh, but this (dull) yearly ritual often presents classic examples of what I presume is a terrible thing to do to a young adult...

adios for now

THe procrastination continues...

Hola everyone!

Still without camera (still bugging me something chronic too.. I want to take pictuuuress.. now! Grrr).

So here is a roundup of the crafty stuff I have done:
- beanie, for step mother
- Wheel spun some (rather badly) superwash fibre (can't remember if it's merino or just wool)
- Made a skirt using an easy peasy burda pattern. Planning to embellish/alter the next skirt I make with that pattern.
- learnt to make hairpin lace
- started a giant rectangel granny blanket for the sis. I think this will be done in time for her birthday, and I want to do a nice trim around the edges.
- Started the webs scarf from interweave knits using some handdyed cashmere (ooh the heaven!)
- Started a scarf using abovementioned handspun for father. Am thinking I will frog it, ply it/respin and see if I can get enough yardage/consistency for a hat.

Am thinking the next granny blanket I do will be a ripple blanket for myself. I'm also halfway through an art book cover for my swap partner in the reading rainbow swap on craftster (another reason I need a camera asap). I am utterly in love with what I've done so far, even if the colour scheme is not something I'd normally go for. I've pinned it down, and now need to start sewing those sections down. The final work is going to be a veritable masterpiece.

Also back at school, which is fun, and dealing with computer problems, which is less so. The new teacher librarian is ahem.. more teacher less librarian (for all teacher librarians looking for a job, there seems to be a shortage of such on the Coast. Do yourself a favour, get familiar with ALICE/Oliver, and get thee here!) which means I get to be a trainer of sorts. Fun, and time consuming. Time will tell.

Finally, I am doing the cheesy 'pass it on' thing that has been going around. I will make three people something in the next six months. All you have to do is leave a comment expressing interest in the comments and promise to make something for three people on your blog/Livejournal/whatever floats your boat.

adios for now!

How terribly Austen!

I was bored this morning and came across this very cute test, especially with reading Persuasion and still reading Emma. Nothing like a practical personality!

Take the Quiz here!

Also, it looks like I'll be getting my camera back on Australia day, YAY!

Adios!

Funny funny funny

Hey everyone, I STILL don't have my camera back, but shock of all shocks, have one FO (blocking as we speak) and some pretty in progress pics to share. I will also be receiving a few lovely things in the mail, courtesy of all these online aussie yarn retailers having sales that got me parting with my $$ rather quickly lol.

The past few days have also been rather amusing, with the onerous task of cleaning up my grandfather's vast and expansive library. (Since being in a high care home for Alzheimers doesn't free up a lot of time for housework). Ten boxes of varying size later and the task is about halfway done. After some really interesting discoveries in the collection, it does make me wonder... What does your bookshelf say about you?

I wonder because amongst the copious quantities of golf books (seriously, how many golf books does one man need?), to books on economic reform and Russian politics (These were in perfect nic, why buy them if you don't need the sleeping tablet?) there were some books that indicated a less than perfect marriage. Soft porn, hidden behind the old school magazines and 'how to please your wife' manuals right under the books on pet care. Funny no? I'm still cracking up with laughter. One dirty old man to go thanks.

Another ironic thing in the collection? No less than two manuals on 'improving your memory'. Icing on the cake. :D

Take care, sleep in and try not to laugh too much.

adios!