Shawl #6!!!

Well i am past the half way mark now for my "10 shawls in 2010" goal!!!
I finished shawl #6 2 weeks ago but have only just gotten around to blocking and taking photos of it.

It is my second "Traveling Woman" shawl and i modified it a little to end up with a central point as well.

The yarn is Jolly Jumbuck, not sure which base and not sure which colour lol but it was a vibrant reddy/orange with hints of purple throughout.

The recipient of this shawl will be a surprise as it is going into a swap box so i will have to wait and see who picks it out!

Shawl #7 is in progress at the moment and should be finished tomorrow!! i Think i am going to get alot more than 10 done this year :)I still only have one myself and it is a small shawlette version and i would love a large one.

Creative Inspirational Spaces

WOW!

After participating in "My creative Space" yesterday i had a record amount of comments left on my blog: 21 in fact!!!

After seeing so much support i decided to set myself a little challenge and visit every blog on the list (all 154 of them!) and this morning i finished!

WOW there is a lot of amazing and inspiring crafters out there!

Crochet seems to be a massive trend this week, as well as quilting.


My following list has now doubled and i thought i would share with you some of my favs from yesterday.

First up Kute Kiwi
Look at her GORGEOUS knitted jewelery

I have GOT to get one of the little bow necklaces.

Next up is Dolls and Daydreams
her handpainted/drawn dolls are just stunning


Then we have Fruitful Fusion
And her funky uncycled glasses


next is STAR OF THE EAST blog
and their amazing hand drawn bag!


And last but certainly not least is OOTY
and her beautiful rag quilt!


And that is just a taste of the amazing talent on offer!

Cant wait to participate next week :)

My Creative Space

My creative space............................



...........is looking rather festive if i do say so myself!!!
I have had an order for a WHOLE BUNCH of christmas ornaments so i will be busy for the next few nights whipping up some felty christmas magic ***

Im a bit early in the game but will link to koyotos post when its up :)

And its up! pop on over to Kootoyoo and join the fun

Knit Knit knitting

I have been reasonably busy while Ive been absent from blog land. Living on a mountain means everyone needs woollies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the last couple of weeks i have made each of the boys a Milo vest:


(excuse the sour face :P )



And last night i finished some Looking Glass Longies for Flynn!




I'm in love with how these turned out and RELIEVED as it is the first luxury yarn i have every bought and these longies work out to have around $50 worth of yarn used in them!!! They yarn is by Family Roots and the colourway is First Beach

5 weeks later...............

Yes it has been 5 weeks! I'm so sorry i haven't been blogging. I've had ALOT of stuff going on personally but am ready to get back int he blogging saddle ;)

So 5 weeks ago we moved into our first owned HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The boys have settled in instantly to their new neighbourhood and i have to say it felt like home form day one. From the visits from all the neighbours bearing baking, to the friendly smiles whenever we go out. Ashton's new Kindy is just BRILLIANT for him and he is now going 5 mornings a week.

The cold has taken a bit of getting used to but now we have our fire roaring every morning until we go to bed we can appreciate this glorious sight outside our window:



I have been busy knitting away so will have some things to share very soon!

Winter Rose

I have been so busy getting organised for our big move tomorrow that i haven't had much knitting time. I managed to finish off my gorgeous Blackrose socks last night though!!



This yarn was given to me in the TNN sock lovers swap and i had cast on the day it arrived!!! Its taken me three weeks to get them finished but finally they are done, ready to warm my cold little feet.



Now they match the gloves i got in the swap too!

Socks #3 in my 10 in 2010 challenge :)

Robots Win!!!

I was so stoked last night to find out that my Robot gloves won Sam's competition!!! whoopee!!! they made the top 5 and then were chosen by random org to be the winner :)

Sam stopped in this morning with my goodies and here is what i scored



Some "Birthday Suit" vintage purls sock yarn to dye up, a set of stitch markers in a stitch marker case ( Sam's new design) and my fav raspberry liquorice and chocolate logs!!! mmmmmmmmmmm ( which may or may not have disappeared already shhhhh )

Dolce

While our Internet was down I finally finished off sock #2 of my Dolce socks! Just in time for mothers day.



Both the pattern and the hand dyed yarn come from my lovely friend Sheryl over at Shortly Stitches.



I made them super long as i find there is often enough yarn left in a skein to make long ones and the lace looks gorgeous in big long columns.

Mum loved them!

These were pair number 2 for my 10 socks in 2010 challenge but never fear, i have two more pairs on the needles at the moment so i will complete my goal in time!

Long time no post!

Its been a whole month since my last post WOW!!!

Our modem crapped itself and took three weeks to sort out but now i am back online :)
We just bought our first house and are moving next weekend so who knows what kind of Internet issues that will cause too haha.

I haven't been up to that much crafting really as we have been busy with all the house stuff but i have a few things to share with you.

First up some gorgeous little hand warmers Ive made for the boys.

Flynn's "Hoot's"

and Ashton's "Robot's"


Sam over at Sam's Snippets has been having a little comp for her new knitting pattern so these are my two entries. Judging is tomorrow so fingers crossed!

Emily Rose

It was Emily rose's 21st over the weekend and as she is a dear friend of the family ( and my little sisters best friend) i wanted to make her something very special.
I used some beautiful hand dyed yarn i received a few weeks ago in a shawl swap to make a "Damson" for her. She adored it and wore it for the rest of the day as it suited her dress perfectly!





I had given myself 4 days o knit it up which turned out to be not quite enough time! i was knitting in the car on the way down to wellington, then knitting first thing on Saturday morning to finish it, then had my mum blow drying it after pinning it out to block, up until the minute we had to leave for the party! haha next time i will give myself more time!

This was shawl number 5 for the year! so i am halfway through my 10 Shawls in 2010 goal and it is only the start of may! have only done 1 and a half pairs of socks though so need to get onto those!

I have noticed my followers list climbing over the past few weeks too which is so exciting! once i hit 100 followers i will have another giveaway so tell your friends ;)