Blogtober #22 Wooly mail!!!

Wooly mail is my favourtie type of mail and look what was waiting on my doorstep for me this morning:
2 new skiens of Vintage Purls sock yarn that i ordered on monday.

On the left Denim Love and on the right Edric. I love them both!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Speaking of sock yarn, i am making great progress with my socks! i only have 1 or 2 pattern repeats before finishing off the toe of this baby:

Blogtober #21 Recycle Recycle Recycle

It amazes me how some people in this area/country/planet still dont recycle.

We put out two boxes of recycling a week and only one supermarket bag size of rubbish a week, sometimes not even that!

Our neighbours put out 1 supermarket bag of recycling and an over flowing green wheelie bin of rubbish!

On Oprah last week they were interviewing a family of 2 adults, 2 children and 2 cats. This family was creating 10 yes 10! huge rubbish bags a week! i dont even know how this is possible! Even if we didnt compost or recycle, we would struggle to fill even 2 big black rubbish bags. If we were using disposible nappies instead of cloth on top of that then maybe we could fill 5 but 10? no way!

Anyway back to this family on Oprah, after a week of "hard core" recycling they had cut their waste cut down to 4 big black rubbish bags and everyone seemed to think this was amazing................. i didnt ?!?!

Recycling isnt hard. At least not here in New Zealand. Where my family and I are living currently its even free. We just put out our 2 boxes with our rubbish and thats it! easy peesey :)

How easy is recycling where you are? Do you compost? What do you do to reduce your waste?

Leave me your tips and i will choose 1 to win todays "recycled" giveaway prize:

The Spring 08 edition of "World Sweet World"



I LOVE this little magazine. It is packed full of beautiful things, stuff to make your self, how to "up cycle" things to make even cooler thinfs etc.

This issue has completly sold out of print so quite a "collectors" item :)
Inside it has how to make a solar oven, how to make dough, how to make a hoodie out of some old t-shirts, screan printing and how to make a bag out of old records. It also has articles on eco coffins, kiwi bloggland and a write up on what Raglan has to offer.

It has been read and re-read by me so in loved but still great condition :)

Blogtober #20 the March Sisters

Ive had a hugely full on day today and only just walked in the door now at 5.30 so ill love ya and leave ya with today's giveaway addition.



"The March Sisters" is a set of Pinafore patterns designed by a friend of mine for little women of all descriptions :) based on the characters in the novel "little Women" each pinafore is alike, like sisters are, yet they all have their own quirks and differences.

For today's giveaway addition i am including the complete set of four pinafore patterns plus the adorable "Pinny for a Dolly" pattern.

To have a look visit Kelly's felt store Look under her other listings for detailed pics of the different patterns.

Alternatively here is the Ravelry Link

edited to add that they are KNITTED patterns :)

Blogtober #19 PINK

October is breast cancer awareness month here in New Zealand ( maybe overseas too but im not sure) and PINK seems to have taken over!

There are pink cosmetics, pink biscuits, even pink matresses! being advertised everywhere to raise awareness and fundraise for the breast cancer foundation.

I thought i would have a look around the house and try and find some pink things to photograph. They were few and far between im afraid, being that i live with three boys! hehe but here is what i found....

A beautiful scattering of tiny pink flowers in the garden


My smallest sons drawer of his "things" today is was full of pink post-its :)


Our piggy wiggy hand puppet


My beautiful rose quartz given to me years ago by my cousin Loren for aiding fertility


And what do we have here? A sweet little felt butterfly hair tie, and todays giveaway addition :)

Blogtober #18 A little bit of pie

Another quick blog post from me today im afraid.

This morning i thought i would play around with some odd bits of yarn i had in my stash and i got out my food colouring and did a bit if dyeing :)

The yarn was patons dreamtime 3ply and i had about 30-40 grams of it and this is what i created!



I call it "Bluberry Pie" and i adore the rish colours!

There is enough to make some toddler socks or a dolls dress maybe?

So thats what is going to be todays Giveaway entry :)

Thank you to all of you who have entered the giveaway allready! make sure to come bakc each day and leave a new comment for another chance in the draw :) I think i will have a little draw as part of the giveaway that will be drawn only from my "followers" so follow my blog for a chance to win something extra :)

Blogtober #17 And then there was chocolate!

Just a quick post from me today as i dont have much time to blog.

Added to the prize pool today is three bars of Whittakers chocolate. For those of you who are not kiwis, Whittakers is a long standing NZ chocolate making company that makes delicious chocolate mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm



I have included their milk choclate bar, dark choclate bar and extra dark ghana 72% bar. You know you want some!

Blogtober #16 B.I.G Giveaway! woop woop

I am 13 posts away from 100 blog posts wohoo! i should hit 100 on the 29th of October :)
It has taken me over a year but i have done it!

So, to celebrate i am going to have a B.I.G Giveaway. I am going to add something to the prize pool everyday from now untill the 29th, when i will draw it. It may be one giant prize pack, or i may split it up into smaller lots, who knows? There will be felty bits, knitty bits, christmas bits, chocolate bits etc, so make sure you come back everyday to see what goodies i have added :)

Right. To start this awsome giveaway off here is todays addition:

"Dan the Muscle Man" is a felt softy with embroidered six-pack, tatoo, short shorts and bulging biceps hehehe

If you would like to be in to win then leave me a comment on any post from now untill the 29th :) every comment gets you an entry but please only one comment per day :)
Overseas bloggers welcome! I would love to post to somewhere exotic so let me know where you are from :)

Blogtober #15 Socks, socks, and more socks!

Well........................................................ i finally got up the courage to try my first socks! i Didnt however have the patience to wait for hard copy of the pattern i wanted to try , i couldnt just do any old boring pattern now could i? ;)

I zipped through the first leg and still couldnt wait so i placed it on holders and cast on the second sock.................

THEN i got the pattern.

Had i cast on the right amount of stitches?

NO OF COURSE NOT

I had 6 too few stitches on each sock...........................so two whole ribs

So i cast on the RIGHT number in another yarn while trying to think what to do and consulting my "GURU" . Turns out they are selvagable but i think i am going to continue my second pair and then go back to them once i know what im doing.



Wish me luck and no more mistakes! hahaha

Blogtober #14 The Tuesday Night Knitting Club

As i have mentioned a few times before, Tueaday night is knitting night for me and a bunch of my super lovely friends (including Sam, Sheryl and Kate who are also bloggers)

We are a varied bunch, all mums to baby's and preschoolers with a love of cloth nappies to boot :)

i took some photos last night to show off all oru differnt projects. We have numerous pairs of socks, dresses, toys, shawls, a womans tank top, baby singlets etc in allsorts of yummy yarns:


Some closeups:



KNitting is allways best accompanied by yummy dessert and cups of tea, on the menu last night was pear tart, icecream and chocolate bickies mmmmmmmmmmmm

Blogtober #13 RIP little Aisling

I would like to dedicate todays Blogpost to the memory of sweet Aisling Symes, whose body was found last night after a week of searching.




Rest in peace sweet angel

My thoughts are with your family Aisling, may they find peace and comfort again...

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