My creative space

In my creative space - more experimentation with crazy stitching... this time with different types of yarn.

More creativity here.

The Weekend

I went on a special shopping mission on Saturday to buy just four balls of yarn to knit another scarf.......

I picked out the plain grey, and my mum picked out the grey and brown fleck....

....but I couldn't help myself and I had to sort throught the remnant bins and search for bargains. I also bought some more pins and yet another pair of knitting needles for myself! Then of course, I received an email Saturday night letting me know that there was a 20% off sale today (just my luck).

Then at the local shopping centre, I just happened to park my car near the sewing machine shop....so I just had to go in (it was calling my name). I didn't realise that they sold fabric and haberdashery as well so I picked up a few fat quarters that were on sale for $1.50 each and some other bits and bobs.....

Then on Sunday we went for a lovely drive down to the Surf Coast to check out some holiday houses for summer. Now that I can knit, I have a car craft! Perfect for boring freeway driving (of course I wasn't driving, I was just the passenger)!

This is the beach at Breamlea....it was still beautiful even on such a dreary day.

What a lovely weekend!

Bighearted Big Cat!

I've been rambling on about knitting a bit lately, after learning how to knit at Brown Owls.
The lovely and very generous Cathy from Big Cats Emporium emailed me last week to see whether I would like some yarn that she wasn't going to use, so that I could use it for my new found knitting prowess! Isn't that amazing and kind and generous.....

Look at the haul that she sent (and in gorgeous bright colours too)! She also included some gorgeous little badges which I think I will use on a handbag. My nephew has already requested that I knit him a scarf so I think I might try the shades of blue and green for him.

I might try a skinny scarf for me with the orange and red and yellow. I've nearly finished my knobbly scarf....I just need to cast off (I wasn't listening to Aunty Pat when she was teaching that bit, so I'll have to get out the instructions), and I want to add some tassels at the ends and then I'll start on a new one.

Thankyou so much Cathy, you made my day (and saved me from the evil clutches of my shopping addictions at Spotlight)!

Fabric Addiction - part 2

Now there's good news and bad news..........

Part 1 of the good news is that I finally bought a sidewinder. I haven't tried it out yet (still searching for some AA batteries) but I will update once I've tested it.

Part 2 of the good news is that I DID NOT BUY ANY FABRIC! I'm still in shock......I rifled through the remnant bins and checked out the specials table but I didn't find anything that I HAD to buy (of course there were plenty of things that I wanted but I resisted).

Instead I bought some pins, some magnetic bag clasps, a new fabric marking pen, some bamboo knitting needles and...........

.......the bad news

I think I may have replaced my fabric addiction with a yarn addiction!