stitching for the bazaar

It may be a little quiet from our quarters, but not for lack of stitching....  We got involved with our local church bazaar at the Dutch Reformed Church in Three Anchor Bay / Sea Point, and the needles have been ticking away! Here's a little sneak preview.... Please pop by and say hi! with a cherry on top..

and then my daughter Liv (4) had a go!  read more at Tuesdays with Megan

oooh, night out knitting again......

sewing doodles

Now if only I could bring myself to cough up R300 for a font, I could have a lot of fun!

Hey little bunny...

Found this little guy in issue 4 of simply crochet {download app to purchase copy @ R56,99}.  He was pretty easy to make, except that I struggle to make two of anything (ears) never mind four (legs and arms)! But I eventually got him done in time for Phia's first birthday.  He is super cute and floppy and might need to make another one for my girls.  I used 2 balls of vinnis cotton DK yarn, in a Baby Yellow. I love working with vinni cottons and their array of colors take me to a happy place. I used some scraps of brown I had lying around for the eyes and snout.

And the best bit is that I actually completed the project, even though his head and tummy lay in two separate bowls in two separate rooms for a couple of weeks, threatening to get lost or unravelled, when that second ball of baby yellow that I was sure I had failed to be where I thought it was.  Thank goodness: in a war on wool - clean up and sort out I fould the culprit, and after eventually finding the head again, I could complete project bunny.

I dream of the day that all my yarn is organized and colour coded, bought for an intended project.  And that intended project always gets completed.

{Megan}

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Don't forget the charity book store and library...

People have been knitting, embroidering, sewing and crocheting since the beginning of time, and there is a mass of literature out there, and also some incredible trendy recent publications that I often just drool over.

But don't under-estimate your local library or second-hand book store- I always have a quick skwiz at their needlework section, and find some gems and good old basic know-how books, between what can only be described as very scary styles or fashions in needlework past... (More of that to come).  I found this complete knitting style file recently for only R20 at Kafda second hand books in Sea Point.    A fantastic find, as I am always looking to learn how to knit new textures and designs.  May just funk up the file cover a bit..,,

About love, hope and knitting

My love affair with knitting started ten years ago. I knitted through the darkest hours and had something on the needles in a bag close by in the happiest moments of the past ten years. I love how much I love knitting. I love how everything I knit holds the memory of whatever was happening in my life while I was knitting it. I love how the hundreds and thousands of stitches capture the love I have for whomever I am knitting the hat or scarf or blanket for. Like this hat for my baby girl. 

What she loves most about knitting is pulling it off her head. I hope one day she'll want to learn to knit. And if she does, I hope she comes to know the quiet places that the act of knitting takes you to. I hope she loves knitting as much as I do.