Archive for July, 2009

Conspiracy

I just visited Vicky’s blog and saw all the wonderful stash she had bought at the show.  Seeing all this reminded me of the International stitching and craft show in Cardiff later in the year – I originally found out about this show by some lovely guys with a fabric stall at the Brisbane show. [...]

July 27, 2009   Posted in: Life  4 Comments

Knitting up a storm

Well those magic needles are doing their job, in just two weeks I’ve managed to finish the center of the shawl (and that is despite having to unknit and reknit over 30 rows).  I’m really quite proud of myself and now am psyching myself up to start the borders – I’m anticipating many mistakes to [...]

July 20, 2009   Posted in: Knitting  6 Comments

Shetland Lace

I’ve started a lace knitting project for a friend.  She is due to have a baby in November and we are having her baby shower in mid September.  So I’m knitting a blanket/shawl.  It’s a shetland lace project, one of the easier ones.  The lady who designed it said she knitted it in 4 weeks [...]

July 5, 2009   Posted in: Knitting  4 Comments

Gardening

The growing of my own veggies is going well.  Some of it is trial and error, but one of the plants that are going really well are the zucchinis (courgettes for some).

I’m having a stack of fun doing this gardeing thing.  I’ve overgrown my tomatoes so they are taking longer to appear and ripen but [...]

July 5, 2009   Posted in: Knitting, Life  5 Comments