Book Week Babes

Book Week...as if we needed as excuse to get amongst books in this house! Anyway, the excitement is high, especially from Miss 7 who has been planning her debut as Jemima Puddle-Duck for about three months now!

She is obsessed with all things Beatrix Potter at the moment! This does warm my heart a little when I think of the other alternatives out there but it was a bit of a challenge turning a small girl into a duck (or any other animal for that matter).

Thanks to a little imagination and a Pinterest account we have one rather cute Puddle-Duck.



Jemima Puddle-duck
Book Week, 2013

There is also a very menacing ninja kitten from the Space Mutts series by Michael Broad in the house! It is amazing what you can do with a black t-shirt and half a pair of panty hose!



Ninja Kitten
Book Week, 2013

Pretty cool isn't he?

The thought of producing a costume to order every year fills me with a little dread but every year Master and Miss B go to school happy. Sometimes I even surprise myself!
If you ever need a bonnet or a ninja head scarf for that matter...please let me know and I will share my costuming secrets and 'Black Magic' with you!!! If you have any tips please feel free to share. I have a few more years to get through yet :)

Happy Book Week xx

Chilly Teapots and Woolly Wonders

Ever since picking up a crochet hook I have coveted tea cosies in all shapes and sizes (thank you Pinterest for helping with that).

While I have mastered chain stitch, double crochet, half triple crochet and woven stitch, I have dreamt of wonderful woolly cosies with spots, flowers, stripes and even in the shape of Mary Poppins!

I finally feel like I have got to grips with reading a crochet pattern and spurred on by a good friend's birthday I got hooking.

I headed for a blog I follow at Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me because I absolutely love Leah's tea cosies, especially the ones with the flowers on them.

Thank you for your great instructions Leah. I had the most beautiful cosy in no time and a very lucky friend, who by all accounts is almost as 'potty' as me when it comes to tea pots and all things wool, is now the proud owner of this lovely.

 

My tea pot is naked again! The possibilities for my next creation are exciting...stay tuned!

I hope you have something that inspires you waiting for you in the wings too. Happy Weekend.

Kate x

Dusting and other holiday pursuits!

I have been in hibernation!

Like much of Australia, it has been hot very hot here over the last few weeks and there has been very little in the way of energetic or constructive pursuits going on in my house.

This is what I have been up to...

Crocheting baskets that I saw on Pinterest (another good example of time not thinking about the heat well spent) and tracked to this blog Crochet in Colour.

 



Thanks for sharing the pattern Liz. I've made three so far...

 



 

Lifeguard duty by the pool and, in the event of extreme heat, in the pool!

 

 



This beautiful blanket that was inspired by a picture seen on Pinterest. After a little research and a determination to make my own, I worked out how to make these squares and got to work. Much more fun than cleaning!

 

Some days it has been just too hot to contemplate touching yarn so I have been 'dusting' my collection of Katie Fforde books. This is a job that requires careful attention and so I have been meticulously dusting between each page as well!

 

(Yes Mum, this is code for reading my old favourites! Shh...)

 

 

 



 watering, watering, watering

 

Two more weeks of school holidays left. More summer weather forecast. I intend to make the very most of not having to rush anywhere, having all day to think about what's for dinner, glasses of wine by the pool and napping in the afternoons.



Happy weekend

Kate x

 

Crafting Dilemma

I bought the most beautiful, soft 100% bamboo yarn on the weekend which I am busting to start hooking into a face washer after seeing a picture that inspired me on Pinterest.

I am getting close to finishing my stripy knee rug with just a few more stripes to go I think, so I am not sure I should set it aside at this crucial moment...what if I become obsessed with bamboo yarn and I can't stop? I do find that I feel most creative when I am nearing the end of a project. My mind races towards what is next on my wish list of beautiful things to make.

Maybe I could just make one to see what it would look like...

Does anyone else have these dilemmas? Do you have multiple projects on the go?
Happy making to anyone who is gardening, cooking, sewing, knitting, hooking, etc this week or even if you are just cruising Pinterest for inspiration. Feel free to pop in and have a look at my boards.