Updating

It's been a long time since I posted on here. Months in fact.

I guess I should do a little update.

I entered the show only to receive a call a month later to say that my entries had been received late. Nice one Australia Post! The gentleman was going to ask the judges if they would kindly still accept them but that judging had already taken place (so whats the point?). He would get back to me. He never did.

My sister had her baby girls. They were born early so I still havent finished either of their quilts, that said, they are well and truely past their original due date and they still arent done. Whoops! One is close to being finished and other I am thinking of making as a quilt rather than crochet blanket. Wait and see.

I have also been busy with booties, lots and lots of booties. They are being made especially for the girls christening. (I will try to take a photo later).

I also still have my pass it forward to finish. I've still got two - maybe even three - outstanding. Im not entirely sure when I will finish those. I still dont have any ideas on what to do for one of them! And only two months to do them in! Eeeep!

I was planning on doing another toy drop before Christmas but am yet to get there. The year is flying past and things are so very busy at the moment between the girls, my own little man and uni.

Oh and Im still doing my 365 day project. I guess I should post some of those too... Lets see...

 Taken with my old Kodak Camera.

Taken with my new Canon 550D. Yes, Im in love. =P

Do Not Disturb

There is another baby on the way. As such, nothing is more important than to get sleep when you can. Therefore I spent the last two days whipping up this little gem for the mother to be.

It's been quite some time since I got out the paint brushes to do something like this (as witnessed by my paint having gone dry - d'oh!). I loved getting in and doing this. I did however discover that my hands are no where near as steady as they used to be for the fine detail. I must definately aim to practice much more!

I'm entering the show!

With the count down well and truly into the single numbers, I have decided to enter the local show's photography section for the second time.

Last year I far exceeded any of my expectations when I won a highly commended. As such it made me ineligible for the same section at this years exhibition. So after um and ahing for a while I finally decided why not?

My entries for this year are:

Waiting

As yet untitled

Crochet cardigan

I don't know why I ever knitted before. I can't believe how absolutely fast, simple and perfect crochet is. I equally cant believe it took close to twenty years for me to discover these facts.

My only down point about crochet is that all my baby book patterns are for knitting. I don't have a single crochet pattern book for babies. I have a couple that my sister gave me as a gift, one with little animals and one with a random scattering of household objects to start off. But none entirely devoted to the baby.

Why baby? Because they are quick and easy and someone will almost always undoubtedly use them!

So with my lack of crochet patterns for baby I have become a fan of google and looking for free patterns of every variety.

I stumbled my way across a gorgeous pattern - Baby Cardigan on IVilliage - which was a marvelous find two fold. One because it was just what I was looking for and two because it is written by a Brit! No having to convert double crochets to trebles etc here. Wooo!

It even turned out pretty impressive for my first attempt at crocheting a cardigan... I did have a minor mishap (or two) in the creating but shhhh you cant tell...