tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43139719994266383442011-04-21T19:16:13.193-07:00Shonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577528285631533407noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313971999426638344.post-37565653171771406822008-10-10T23:24:00.000-07:002008-10-13T22:08:31.041-07:00

I made one rabbit for a friend who has just had a baby girl, however.........My daughter has a thing for rabbits so she has claimed it so I had to make another. That was fine by me though as I wasn't very happy with the firt one. I substitued 2 strands of 8ply for the recommended yarn and at the top of the head the stuffing could be seen. I found the pattern on Ravelry. There are instructions

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Amelies birthday was coming up so I made her this shrug from 5ply cleckhetons crepe wool. I think we got this wool from an op shop for next to nothing. The edging was done with "Watermelon" which was left over handdyed 8ply crepe.The pattern comes from the book, "Crochet for Babies" by Bobbie Matela and the name of the shrug is Sazzy Style Sweater. http://www.amazon.com/

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Last month I did Georgina Kellys "Art of Birthing" course. It is based on the book "Birthing from Within" by Pam England. This is a great book that lets you explore some of the myths surrounding birth. Excellent if you have had a previous traumatic birth, but a must read for all pregnant women. Georginas class was very good. I was led gently into exploring my past births and getting in touch

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I know I am a terrible blogger. The truth of it is that I am pregnant and I have trouble creating crochet whilst I create life within me. Anyway, over the last two weeks I seem to have my mojo back and I have been crochetting every night. Of course I have given away a couple of things without taking photos of them first, but hopefully I will be able to show everything off in here over the

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It was just to big to do anything else. I am a perfectionist and it was quite carthartic to frog it. I am going to start again tomorrow. I have an invitualation job (uni exam) that will take 3 hours, so I am kid free with nothing to do. It will be bliss. I can't believe I get paid for it! I will post pictures when I have some.:D

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I feel in love with this pattern as soon as I saw it.http://www.canadianliving.com/crafts/crochet/crocheted_v_neck_pullover.phpI bought the book then bought the yarn and then got my friend, who is a dressmaker, to measure me. The pattern state that if you don't want a figure hugging jumper then to go up a size. I did a gauge test and even did a swatch test with the contrasting colour.I did that

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Wow I am a terrible blogger. I seem to be driven to crochet for hours for a whole month and I don't want to stop to blog it all. I am currently persisting my way through Tall Latte by Doris Chan. I am almost finished my third attempt and I am only mildly happy with the results. Don't be surprised if I frog it for a third time. I think I need to go down a size again. I should take a photo

Shonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577528285631533407noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313971999426638344.post-35282143277059511542008-04-04T22:45:00.000-07:002008-04-04T22:51:27.703-07:00

A friend was looking for something to do with her 6 year old daughter on Intuitive Parenting http://www.intuitiveparenting.info/forum.phpso I suggested Finger Knitting and I found a tute link for her on You Tube.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3LKAlDz9igSo can you guess what happened next......Yes next thing I have wool in my hand and I am finger knitting.I made Aimee a cute scarf in less than

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We are off to Adelaide on Sunday. My aunty tells me it is very cold for Queenslanders in Adelaide, so I whipped up some hats and scarves for myself and the children.Aren't they adorable! Can you tell it is still hot here in Queensland?The scarves were simple and worked up really quickly, so Sharon was totally telling the truth when she called this pattern "The One Hour Scarf." This is a great

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Anyone who pays attention around here, will have noticed that I have had longies for Armegin in my progress bar for about a year now. I promised them for Sheryn for his birthday last year and weren't finished. I had the bright idea of creating a reversible pattern for longies as there is little on the market for the boys. The problem was the number of colour changes created bulk number of ends to

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I have mentioned a few times about my daughters fascination with crochet. When I crochet she plays with my hook case and rearranges everything. She particularly likes my stitch markers and she seems to have hidden most of them somewhere. I am still searching. She insists that everything I make is for her and gets quite annoyed when she sees me crochetting something that is not pink. LOL She often

Shonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577528285631533407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313971999426638344.post-65896004776659501162008-03-26T03:07:00.000-07:002008-03-26T03:28:39.371-07:00

I have never created freeform crochet before but I have often admired it. I particularly like Prudence Mapstones freeform. http://www.knotjustknitting.com/I would love to do one of her classes at Thread n More. One day, maybe for Sheryns birthday, or Mothers Day. Anyway I digress......Kaet from Ravelry has created a freeform activity where we do a little freeform everyday. Everyday we change hook

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I made this really simple headband the other night. It is the second one I have made and both have turned out really soft and hold my hair back well. I used a ribbed stitch which I also like to think of as crochet elastic, as it has a bit of stretch in it. I use this stitch a lot. It seems to be a foundation stitch of my patterns. This is super quick and easy, so perfect for anyone new to crochet

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Just in time to get started for Easter......I found this great little tutorial on how to make this bunny. It is a great project for someone just starting to knit or crochet and it works up easily in one night. If you already have gauge squares then you can use those too. http://www.artsy-fartsy-mama.com/index.php?itemid=162It is a knitting pattern, but as it starts as a square it can easily be

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I made this for a secret swap for a gorgeous lady I really appreciate. I wasn't supposed to send more than a card, but I couldn't resist when I saw who I was sending to. Michael has just left with the kids to post it. I hope she likes it. I got the pattern from here on Ravelry (God I love that place)http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/star-in-a-star-ornamentor here if you are not amongst the

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I was so overwhelmed when a package arrived for me. Yes, me! Not trains for DH and DS, not a care package from Grandma for the kids, a package just for me! The beautiful Irene sense I had been through the ringer lately and sent me, yes me, a Christmas gift. It is a hand dyed, hand knitted pair of socks and some chocolate. The socks are so pretty and soft too! It almost makes me want to learn to

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I wore my poncho to Dads birthday, way back in June. Dad loved it and asked me to make one for Mum for her birthday. We struck a deal that I would make it, if he paid for some beautiful wool. I bought 6 balls of Sublime - Extra Fine Merino from Thurechts. This wool is lush and is like butter through the fingers. It also has a beautiful lustre to it. It could easily be worn on a cool summer night.

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Here are some photos of a few dreadlock tams and headbands that I do.The tams at the top of the phots are made from wool and are thick. The tams at the bottom are made from cotton and very suitable to the queensland climate.The headbands are simple and are made from wool. Both patterns are my own. I make all of these in pretty much any colour that people want.I sell these to Do Yer Nut at

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I bought some stuff off of Irene at Jolly Jumbuck and she generously sent it all is this special little hand bag! It is just the perfect colour and size and I love it!Thanks Irene!Sheryn had a go at making some stitch markers. I was lucky enough to score some! The middle one is a pregnant goddess belly. She made the bead herself from polymer clay. Clever huh?Thanks Sheryn

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I took part in the Woolaholics Kitchen Cool Swap. I sent my swappee, Bec, a recycled bag water bottle holder and 4 Christmas wine charms. It was my first go at both a recycled bag project and a wire crochet project so it took a little longer to complete than I anticipated. Hey starting a new forum in between didn't speed things up either LOL.I am always making fabulous stuff to give away, so I

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Sheryn, Mel Marr and I have started a new forum called "Intuitive Parenting." Our aim is to create a safe place for attachment parents to discuss raising their children who are aged between 2 and 18.http://www.intuitiveparenting.info/forum.phpCome and have a look for yourself! :D

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Logan cut Aimees hair!It looked like this. All of the hair up in pigtails. No fringe, all the one length.... GORGEOUS!Then he cut it, so it looked like thisA mullet! Short all over the top and long at the back.I took her to the hairdresser, who was very sweet and did not cut much at all but restyled it to look like this. We then discussed a plan to grow it back to how it was and still keep it

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I have been working on a skirt pattern based on my popular skort pattern. I had many people asking me to do a skirt for their older girls who no longer wear nappies. Here is what I came up with. The top skirt was made by Sheryn, who is one of my testers. The bottom skirt was made by me for my darling Aimee. Her wardrobe is going to be impressive once the patterns are all released (Yay!) Sheryns

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Well I am finally making the leap from selling garments to selling patterns! My feelings are a mixture of excitement and terror and let me tell you, I am on a very steep learning curve. Making a pattern from scratch is easy, writing it out so that a novice can follow it, I am finding challenging. My skort pattern is currently being tested and I have rewritten it a couple of times since I first

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I have relisted the Purple Rainbow Skort on Ozebaby. It was bought for a small bubba so I offered a custom instead so the little angel gets to wear it straight away rather than have it sit in the cupboard for a year. :D

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Davina has them in her hot little hands. I am so relieved. Everything will be going registered from now on. They should be available in the next couple of days :D

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I have been working on these hair ties for a while now. I have three varieties. I intend on adding them to custom orders and Ozebaby orders for my more exclusive garments. These three are made to match the three skorts I showed you a couple of posts ago.

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Thanks Irene for sending me these photos. Here is little Matilda, Irenes daughter modelling the skort that I made for her. Notice the hair tie in her hair. She is just adorable. Look at those deep brown eyes. I am such a sucker for brown eyes. Guess what colour eyes my hubby has LOL. I wish I could see her and Aimee playing together, but alas they live on the other side of the

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Here is a sneak peak at some skorts that will be previewing on Ozebaby this week. There will be more, but not too many ;)

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Here is the photo of my last order to Davina at Baby Beehinds. They will be available some time this week. Davina has been very good to me and I wish to thank her for her support from the bottom of my heart. From here on the soakers will be available through me when I offer custom slots. The next lot of custom slots will be available in October or November.

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I have finally finished the Fireworks skort. It is made from Western Australian Crepe and is very soft. The soaker under the skort is the same wool as the first few rows under the waistband. The lace on the skirt is called Starburst from The Stitch Bible. These are some hair ties I made to match the outfit. I frogged the skirt at least 4 times getting the colours right. To begin with I didn't

Shonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577528285631533407noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313971999426638344.post-11850868656304464722007-07-26T04:00:00.000-07:002007-07-26T04:16:33.251-07:00

These are a pair of crochetted longies I made my friend, Kyms little girl, Amelie. Isn't she the cutest? Look at those beautiful deep brown eyes!I created this pattern myself. It features the same ribbed waistband that I have on my soakers as well as the same drawstring. This drawstring has hearts on it to match the embellishing. I have changed the bum of this pattern since completing these as

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I have gone crazy making ponchos!I have made one for Aimee, myself and my friend Sheryn.I now have two designs. The design for Aimees poncho is being tested by a friend. I think I still need to tweak the writing of it but I am very happy with the design. Sheryn is making Aimee a hat to go with it. I will add the flowers. Stay tuned for photos! It is made out of 8ply, 100% wool from Nundle Woollen

Shonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577528285631533407noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313971999426638344.post-71500918853245039252007-06-26T03:10:00.000-07:002007-06-26T03:17:37.116-07:00

A long time ago Irene and I decided to do a swap. She generously agreed to give me 400g of wool in exchange for a skort.I received this wool.It is handdyed Tasmanian Merino. The longies are my own pattern ;)Irene has been very patient whilst my friend Kym learnt to dye wool. Here is the photo of the wool she has dyed. This weekend I am going to ball it up and get started on the skort. I have

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I have developed my own skort pattern. The soaker under the skort is very similar to my other soaker pattern, but it is lighter. The skort is a dainty lace also of my own design. I love the lace so much that I use have used it in my avatar. When the child sits she looks like she is peaking out from a flower.This skort is modelled by my beautiful daughter just before her first birthday.There will

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My friend Sheryn attended Aimees homebirth. She was an absolute trooper throughout the 26 hours. Not too many friends can get a woman in transition to belly dance.A few months after Aimees birth some friends and I had a womens circle for Sheryn to celebrate her moon cycle and the nuturing woman that she is. We all promised to create something for her. I decided to make her a poncho.I have finally

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