Mathilda's Market

I'm off tomorrow with a new friend to Mathilda's Market. I have always wanted to go, but was never in Sydney at the right times. I will fill you in with all the lovely details and purchases soon!

New Friends

I had a wonderful day at the Quilts for Queensland organised by Corrie. I met some other bloggers and crafty people. I even saw a mum from my girls' school who I didn't know was a blogger.




I am really busy with craft things at the moment. After attending a Polka Dot Daze's birthday party, I am going to make some bunting. Hers was lovely and I hope that I can achieve
something like that.

I am also working on a pillow for my little Monkey. After a trip to the craft shop together, she fell in love with a pillow kit and wanted to buy it, for me to make. I don't usually buy kits, preferring to make everything from scratch, but I bought it for her. Everything is included, even the needle! It is
looking lovely so far and is very easy.

Quilts for Queensland Day

I'm going to this tomorrow -

retromummy.blogspot.com/2011/08/quilts-for-queensland-day-this-sunday.html

Should be nice to meet some other Sydney crafters.

Disaster

We are renting our home while we settle into Sydney and it is an old huge house with a pool.

However, it is very damp and came with a de-humidifier (should have been a clue).

So today when I went into my cupboard where I keep all of my craft things, I found mould on the sea grass boxes that I keep my fabric!!

I have now taken everything out of the cupboard, put the de-humidifier into that room, wiped down all the shelves and hot washed all the fabric. Wow, what a morning.

This is what the chaos looked like.

At least I now know everything that I have in there and I found some old projects that I really need to finish. I did throw some things out. It was very hard but I'm glad that I have let some things go.

Hopefully there will be some more room in there and the mould won't return! Fingers crossed.

Knitting continues

I have been busy with several project on the go.

I finished my scarf quite a while ago and have only just got onto blocking it. I always love this part of knitting, as it reveals the pattern so beautifully.

I really enjoyed working with this wool, it is soft and not scratchy. Just lovely.

I am also working on a quilt at the moment. After completing one each for my daughters, I am making one for myself. It combines pink, brown, green and yellow. I wanted something that I could pick up and then put away easily. It is quite complicated, but I am enjoying it.

I am enjoying the Sydney winter weather after so long in Auckland. It seems to be so much shorter. We had 25 last week, which was lovely!

Lots of changes

Forgive me for my long absence, we have moved from New Zealand back to Sydney, Australia.

My husband has a new job and we are back with all of my family after 14 years in New Zealand.

I have still been busy creating things but not blogging about them. It takes a long time to get settled, settle kids into new schools and fill in all the paperwork!

But after meeting a blog friend who has also moved from NZ to Sydney, Stacey, I have got back onto my blog.

We have also squeezed in a fantastic trip to Europe (my first). Here a a few pictures of the amazing things that we saw. I can't wait for my next trip now!!

I am working on a new quilt and will have photos soon.

Next knitting project

Here it is.

It is the Checkerboard Lace Scarf from here

The yarn and needles were bought here. What a lovely shop.

I think these are the best needles I have ever worked with. I don't think I can knit with anything else now.

The yarn is Mirosol Pina (80% Baby Alpaca, 20% Bamboo) in the colour 16 (that's a boring name).

I'm squeezing in some knitting between the next assignment (Empirical Stage of Research) and the marking work I am doing!