March Makes

Where did March go? It was a very busy few weeks for us, including the ongoing kitchen renovation, photos to come soon!  

The end of the month yesterday finished with a very shaky afternoon for us - there was a 5.2 earthquake at 2pm, centered quite close to our little town, followed by lots of small after shocks. I've never felt an earthquake as severe as that one, my heart was racing I can tell you! Very scary indeed.

I was a busy wee stitcher and crafter during March, finishing off one or two little projects on the go and making a few gifts for friends birthdays too.

This little Christmas pillow was a leftover wip from last year, I had intended it to be Hannah's 2013 ornament. I love this cute design and also some of the others by Madame Chantilly.

Santa and his Helper by Madame Chantilly

stitched on 32 count mocha belfast with recommended threads

My Valentine stitch:

February Word Play by With Thy Needle

stitched on R&R Abecedarian 30ct linen with recommended threads

Knitted hand warmers for a friend, pattern can be found on Ravelry as a free download.

Baby Uggs, to be sent to the UK soon, pattern found here 

My first ever face cloths, crochet pattern from Simply Crochet Issue 3

Now our new kitchen is functional I spent a few hours on Saturday afternoon baking some lunch box treats and also a birthday chocolate cake for my younger brother's birthday lunch on Sunday. Hannah decided on the icing colour and how to decorate it :)

Back soon with some kitchen pics!

Bits & Pieces

Hello there.

bbbrrr, it's freezing out there today and with the official start of winter only a few days away now, we've been quite lucky to be still having nice sunny days but not today!

On my knitting needles over the past few weeks have been a few little baby items, firstly, a little set for one of the mums that has a little girl going to Hannah's daycare, who has recently had a little boy, Geordie, what a cute name.  

A simple rib new born baby hat, Aviatrix baby bat, Ravelry details here, and 

Greemy booties, Ravelry details here

Another simple rib baby hat

I have a baby shower to go this coming Sunday so I'm hoping to get another pair of booties knitted in time to go with this little hat and then I'm going to start a baby blanket using this pattern. Fingers crossed it will be done by August!

I love the new look of the Australian Homespun magazine, its so pretty!  I've bought this magazine on and off again for many years now so have quite a few on my craft shelves.  Another recent buy was the latest issue of the Simply Crochet magazine - I'd bought a few of the earlier digital issues, but I do like the real thing!

I started this book recently, 600 + pages, gulp!  But its a good read and I'm now just over half way.

Lastly for today, my little water babe - we spent a relaxing Saturday afternoon at the pools recently and Hannah's confidence in the water is amazing, must be from all the time we spent in our pool over the summer.

Hannah is off to a birthday party at the pools this coming weekend so she's really excited, swimming and cake, perfect!

See you soon xx