Teapots

Hi everyone

While browsing through blogs yesterday, Lady Helsie's Happenings was doing house-cleaning, dusting etc and decided to show us her teapot collection.  I loved her frog and her nudie one.

Well I was having a bit of a think last night and decided to show you my teapots.  Nothing compared to Helen's, but I thought it would be fun

The flowered ceramic one I bought a Christmas because I love the colours and pattern.  Does it remind anyone else of African Flowers?

The metal one was a christmas gift from my daughters a few years ago.

Anyone else willing to share their teapots?

African Flower beanie

African Flower beanie, originally uploaded by Aussie Maria.

Hi everyone
Playing around with scraps of cotton and came up with this - yes, I know it is 5 petals not 6. That was accidental but in the end it turned out nicely in the end. The beanie will fit a small infant and its off to a charity

And not showing his lovely face is ........

Pooh!!!!!

I'm baaaccckkkk ....... well sort of

Hi everyone
Yes I am writing a post for my blog!!!
What a crazy couple of weeks with moving house, packing and unpacking (not all but most), having a long weekend for Easter and yet ..........  there is more to come.  So don't worry if you don't hear from me regularly.

Saturday we have a Hen's Day out at Randwick Races, which happens to be Doncaster Day there.  So I am sure it will be another crowded, busy and long day.  The countdown is now down to days for the wedding 22 to be exact, if you don't count the day - which I never do.  While D3 and her finance have organised everything themselves, I and hubby, still get little "tasks" to accomplish for them while they are working ☺ Just cause!!!!

To help destress and take time out I have been doing a little crochet, some completed and some not ......

This got finished last night.  Please ignore how the "fill" does not sit properly, it is a square insert in a hexagon outer, until I can find some fiberfill near me, the insert took long enough to find  :-(

I just could not wait any longer to try out the pattern and make something with it

There is a slight difference between the front and back.  This is the side I prefer and ........

and hubby prefers this side (on the right)

I have used the join-as-you-go method.  What a find for me - a century find actually.  I love making the smaller shapes, hexagons in particular at the moment, but like most the sewing together takes ages.  Not now, it can be fiddly with smaller shapes, but so very, very, very, very worthwhile.

Have a great weekend!!!!

African flower pattern

Hi everyone

 

I tell you, Blogland has a lot to answer for!!!!!

Way too many beautiful projects that I keep spying on blogs and on Flickr.

I have been admiring this pattern for ages, I think I saw ElizabethCat's Flickr photos first or it could have been ............ ?????

Anyway I loved how it looked, so I put it in my queue - my now very, very, very long queue.

And then Bethel put her sunniest African Flower square on Flickr!!!!  I could wait no longer - you have a lot to answer for Bethel VBG ☺

And what do I notice this morning??????

Karin had the same idea VVVVVBG ☺☺☺☺
We must have been working on the same project at the same time!

Karin also added another project to my queue with her beautiful and bright pot-holders.  Watch out!!!!

African flower pattern, originally uploaded by Aussie Maria.

Has everyone seen the new Ravelry log in page - so very cute!!!

Bendigo Woollen Mills has a new yarn in their online shop - Melody. There is a Ravelry group for BWM and someone who lives near BWM had a look at it - the raves were great.

I already had a part order ready to go - so of course I had to order some

BWM Melody 50g Balls

Mix - 10% Cashmere, 55% Merino Ultrafine & 35% Microfibre

Colours - Crimson, Sapphire & Gold

Very, very, very yummy and so, so soft.
No project in mind, just wanted to touch, feel and see the product.

Very impressive - Well done BWM!!!!

Just re-reading what I have typed - I am all over the shop this morning?????  And I have not had ANY caffeine - or is this the reason ☺

And as a postscript - hubby did not win the Grand Final.  A great effort was put in on Saturday, but 6 days in 3 weeks was way too much for these very relaxed, happy guys (the average age is 36 and that is only cause there is one 21 year old in the team!!!!).  They enjoyed their cricket season thoroughly and were surprised that they had gotten so far in the comp.

Well done Toukley 4th Grade!!!!