Thanks for a good yarn

Recently sew mama sew had a massive giveaway day and I won some absolutely divine yarn from Johanna at Star-Cooked . It really is gorgeous stuff.

I was so excitied when it arrived that i didn't even take a pic of the yarn but got straight to crocheting an earwarmer for my early morning walks. I know I live in the tropics but it really does get cold in the mornings and my big ears catch the wind... :)

So I used Johannas yarn for the middle section with some grey yarn on the outside. Iv'e never made a headband before but it really was quite easy. Just do 60 chain then either single crochet or mix it up with a row of triple until it get's to the width you're after then sew the edges together. it's that simple.

Trying to get a shot of the head band... not so easy.






And I finally got the headband. Those colours are even more awesome in real life.

Thankyou Johanna, I love it. And thanks also to sew mama sew for holding such a fun giveaway. Next time I will have to get involved and give something away too.

Take care you xox

sewing and so on

Haven't blogged for a week. It's been crazy with fox at home after having elbow surgery. He's really enjoying hanging out with me and the Dman and I have to say it's been very nice having him around. It's not often that we actually get to spend time together.



I took the opportunity to create and over the weekend i whipped up this snugly pirate blanket for my sisters eldest boy. Happy Birthday for Tuesday Jo xox



I made this skirt too. Not sure if it goes with my whitey white legs but really i just wanted to see how the pattern looked and used up some remnant fabric i picked up from spotty for a few dollars. I will make it again but in a plain fabric next time.
I have to get cracking on making some more clothes because I have entered into Self stitched September with So Zo and otherwise I'll be going naked in September and well that's not the aim.

It's the Queen's birthday long weekend and we'll be putting up our tent and checking all our camping gear for an upcoming adventure into the Queensland wilderness.

Ciao, enjoy your weekend x

My creative space

It's all about Lego, buliding, creating, smashing & creating again. Dman likes me to copy the catalogue pictures and recreate the scenes before he smashes them apart and makes his own.



Fox went to the big smoke (Brisbane) this week and picked up this awesome toy story lego.
Toy Story is the one movie that our whole family is happy to sit and watch together. And it looks like this Toy Story 3 will be the first ever moovie we take Dman to see at the cinema. He seriously can't sit still, which kid can? I'm game... So it will be interesting to see how that goes...lol.





In the mean time, it's back to playing lego.





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Morris the sensitive bear

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Little Morris is now complete. I finished him today during our craft morning. In my rush to get out the door (and take full advantage of the kid free time) i remembered, then forgot to put my copy of Meet Me at Mikes in my craft bag. I had already finished the crochet part and just needed to stuff him and put on his nose, arms, legs & head.



I think he looks cute, and already there has been great debate as to who will own him here...

Eenie meenie miney moe... lol

Parenting stuff, Lego & Red skies

The Dman (our 3 year old) has been driving me nuts lately with jumping from one thing to the other and tipping out the whole box of Lego or Thomas just to find one thing then leaving it all in a mess. I know this is what kids do but it doesn't mean i have to like it. Trying to teach the little one to only grab what he wants and leave the rest of the stuff in the box. We will get there.
I guess the randomness is partly my fault. It turns out the poor kid was most likely bored. We rotate his toys and put stuff away then bring it out. But that totally lost it's charm and the toys were not getting played with after only a day. Dman really enjoys playing with the duplo Lego and has been making all sorts of planes and the like. So we thought we'd add to his tiny collection and this is what we got. Lets just say, we should have done it sooner, he's been so happy creating all sorts of things with his Lego. Even copying the pictures on the box and matching the numbered blocks with the right number group. (so proud of his brilliance) :)



The big Lego man is actually a torch that i really wanted but it looks like i have a fight on my hands for it. It's definitely a winner and Con, my big boy already has plans to use him in one of his Lego movies. He's already made a few but sadly our graphics card died and we're still waiting to get another good one, so that project is on hold. I will post it when he's done. It's really cool.

And here's a gorgeous shot from the weekend. It has to be the prettiest sky I've seen in a long time. I'm still getting to know my new camera, but I think I'm getting better at choosing the right settings.



Beautiful night Skies over Townsville