THIS KNITTING CAPER......

is doing my head in........

I had big plans this winter to become an awesome sock knitter.

Life was good, 

I thought this couldn't be to hard,

lots of people out there in the big wide world are awesome sock knitters

so why can't I be a part of that club, surely it's not that hard????

So of I trotted to visit my lovely friends at you tube....

no luck, try and try as I did, it just wasn't happening, so....

One day while visiting the lovely blog Virtu written by Sally, 

she posted about knitting squares for Born to Knit by Save the Children Australia.

This was it....

Back to basics, start from the beginning and have a go.

Well.......

I have been knitting in bed

I have been knitting in aeroplanes.

I have been knitting in the car.

 I have been knitting in coffee shops.

I have been knitting in other countries.

And I have been frogging, and frogging, and frogging and frogging

until I am all frogged out.

Now I am feeling fed up and frustrated.

Every time i knit a square I see a little problem.

I want it to be perfect, why can't it be perfect?

Maybe I need to not worry about perfection and just do it!

So fed up with the blue, I have now changed to lime green wool, 

maybe a change of colour it just what I need.

Green is my favorite colour, 

green is in,

green is keen,

green is whats going to make this happen.

Mx

MY CREATIVE SPACE

I have been champing at the bit to show this on my blog.

I joined in on the Op Shop Swap hosted by

Jody Pearl from Re-Inventing fashion blog and Sew Outiside the Lines on Facebook.

I was over the moon with my swap partner Zaranne and feel we were a match made in heaven.

Zaranne loves organic gardening, vintage fabrics, recylcing and reusing.  Right up my alley!

My head was a spin for days,  with ideas galore,  

but in the end I decided on a gardeners apron with pockets full of little treasures.

The apron was made from a thrifted denim dress 

and the binding was a gorgeous vintage child's skirt that was absolutely adorable, 

and I have had it in my stash for ever,  waiting to use for something special just like this.

The pockets were cut from thrifted jeans and I used the belt tabs for to tie stockings on for securing vegetables and holding the vintage scissors.

I included a gorgeous little stone heart.

One of the pockets held a mixture of vegetable seeds, perfect for winter sowing and spring eating and the other had a packet of native wildflowers.

And I engraved silver spoons with the names of different vegetables 

to be used as markers in the garden.

This was so much fun to make and I was tickled pink with how well it came out.

So looking forward to the next swap!

Joining in here.....

Mx

PINCUSHION PIMP

I have already confessed to being a buttonoholic!

Something I am most proud of and delight in every moment I can.

 

BUT

I have further issues......

and I am not sure people will understand!

But,  I am an honest girl and as such

am going to let you in on another little secret.

I **HEART** PINCUSHIONS!

Even better, I can indulge in some button loving and sharing while making cute little pincushions.

How lucky am I!

P.S. I also glued the beads on the pins as well, clever me!

There, I have done it, bared my soul and the sky is still blue and the moon doth shine!

Phew!

The problem now is that my Op Shopping expeditions include not only searching high and low for buttons but, gorgeous little containers are also at the top of the list....

Check these little beauties out.

I couldnt resist that little egg cup there with the orange and blue trim on the base.

The dear old lady behind the counter told me it was very special and was Delft pottery???

Never heard of it before, maybe someone reading this can enlighten me otherwise 

my dear friend google tends to know the answers, when I have a second I will check it out.

Joining in with other creative peeps here....

Mx

IT'S CROCHET SEASON!

At long last the weather is starting to cool down.

I love, love, love this time of the year.

And,  I have managed to pick up the crochet bug!!!

I love catching the crochet bug!

Especially when champagne chasers are involved.

And a bit of AFL footy

Bring it on I say!

Mx

More creative peeps here...