Me, Me, Me

This time the knitting was just for Me!!!!

Did take me a while.  Not because the pattern was difficult.  

But more that quick baby knits kept interfering :-)

Pattern is Emiliana

Yarn is Bendigo Woollen Mills Luxury 4ply (Koala) & House of Wool Fingering

I love, love, love it

Can't wait to wear it as a shawl or scarf now the weather has finally started to cool a little

Have a great day

My apologies

To the very lovely ladies that leave comments on my blog - Dorothy & Maria in particular.

I have just spent the last half an hour going round in circles trying to reply to your comments.  Particularly where a question was asked.

I have gotten absolutely nowhere

Sorry :-(

Dorothy - the Bendigo Woollen Mills Cotton washes & wears very well. 

I have been using it for about 4 years for my grandchildren - cardigans, blankets etc.

It can even be washed on a gently cycle in the machine.

My grandchildren have not been 'hard' on the garments, so not too sure how it would withstand hard rough & tumble wear

Have a great day

Mummy's Choice

Sharing my latest project for GD1

D3 chose the colour and the pattern

Pattern is Granny's Favourite

Yarn is Bendigo Woollen Mills Cotton 8ply in Wild Lavender.  Its a hard colour to capture correctly.  Sometimes it appears more bluish as in this photo

Love the pattern

GD1 cried when she saw it.  Not tears of happiness, but sadness :-)

It wasn't pink - hahaha

The cat buttons saved it for her

So another one will be made :-)

Have a great day

Winter Baby Boots

Hi everyone

Just wanted to share my latest Winter Baby Boots - pattern link here

Made from Bendigo Woollen Mills Luxury Wool in mint - mmmmm

They are so sweet on baby feet.

Available now here at Made For Little Ones

Hoping everyone a cool, cool day on the East Coast of Australia

Sadly 41C is not that

My thoughts will be here trying to remain cool

Birthday Gifts

Hi everyone

Well I finally got a long-awaited chance to get to my sewing machine

I was desperate

Doesn't matter that we spent months planning and researching.  I had to complete these projects today.  Life, family, end of year festivities got in the way.

So here is a gift bag, already filled with gifts, I made for our granddaughters 3rd birthday

Can you guess her favourite colour? ;-)

Please don't look too closely at the stitching.  I was having a few tension issues and rushed to finish it

I used a Spoonful of Sugar's Drawstring Pouch tutorial as a guideline, just adjusted the sizing.

The embroidery pattern is from Bunnycup Embroidery

And here is the big tah-dah!!!!

Hubby did the poles and rope and I did the sewing for it and D3 did the decorating
A wonderful joint effort.

Pattern & tutorial was from here

And she loves it!!!!
GD1 was so thrilled, she spent the night in there :-)

Have a wonderful day