Up-to-date

My blog hasn't been updated since October when I struck a technical hitch re photos. The problem has been solved and I have spent several days sorting photos and bringing things up-to-date.

I find when reading other folks' blogs that life happens and things get in the way, but I'm pleased it is all current now so that you can peek at the lovely creations and interesting craft that happen around Silver Creek and sometimes further afield.

Best wishes to all who visit here for a 2010 that is happy and creative.

Patchwork evening 28/1/10

Bev's 'gardener hands' are now intricately sewing hexagons

Liz was finishing off a scarf with yarn purchased at the Woolly Day at the Old Bus Depot Markets in Canberra

Maree was casting off a fine grey ruffled scarf-shawl

Elke was diligently sewing a pleated log cabin square

FurrywithRuffles visits

The Audax Alpine Bike Classic has just been held in Bright, and one of our Ravelry friends from WA came with her husband, so a few of us got together with her to drink coffee and knit/crochet.

Here are Fran and myself with Helen

It was a really hot day, but we managed to find a cool spot by the river.

Birthday party

Penny requested some gluten-free cup cakes for her birthday cake, and I had very willing helpers for the choosing of the patty pans and the decorations.

We sang happy birthday

and when the candle was blown out there were willing helpers to distribute the correct colour cakes to the correct recipient

In other words, James had the cakes with blue patty pans and freckles on top!

Birthday trip to Euroa

For her actual birthday 'day' Penny asked if we could visit Euroa with a trip to First Edition Fibre and Yarn so she could check out what was there.

We stopped in Euroa, and Georgia modelled the Roundabout Shrug that I had made her.

We all enjoyed our fish and chip lunch, and our trip to First Edition.

The vegie garden finally in full swing

My vegie garden has been an ongoing saga for years. It is finally finished, except for some fine tuning, and 1 more garden bed.

You can see the carrots and the peas have done extremely well. And the basket in the front of the photo belonged to my Nanna, so the kids know it is precious as it was their great-great grandmother's, but is just right for collecting the eggs and a few vegies, just as my Nanna used it. It lives near the door and Georgie and James now remember to take it with them when they collect the eggs (their favourite activity over anything else on the farm). They love the chickens, and after the fox depleted our chookyard by digging
under the gate a few months ago, we restocked
before Christmas and now have over 2 dozen hens and chickens and 1 bantam rooster. The kids just love them.

The tomatoes have become enormous and are full of fruit.







The 2 cucumber plants have done themselves proud, along with the potatoes.

Tim and I like broadbeans, so I planted 4 seeds.
Just look at these!
Next to them are the sunflowers and the French
beans. The butternut pumkins are doing well.
The jap pumpkins are crossed off the list.

Finally, the wire fence is keeping the peacocks out of the vegie garden. Now to work on the blackbirds, the sparrows and the slugs!

Look at this pile of pressies!

Miss 5 has on her IPod and Master 2 is starting on the pile of Thomas the Tank Engines. And the big pile in the background is still to be handed out--but--there was a whole house full of us!

And even though our youngest is all grown up now, it only seems like yesterday he was little, so I put his photo in as well.

Presents, presents, everywhere, and Master 2 did keep asking for more, but he also thoroughly enjoyed them as he opened them.

Miss 5 had her own dress up department in this pile.

And a very happy day was enjoyed by all at our house.

Spinning Group Christmas party

For the Kris Kringle for our Spinning Group Christmas party I decided to make my version of a spinners lap mat that I had seen on a blog. I used the baize-type non-slip back vinyl, added a slightly gathered pocket on each side to hold comb, flicker, oil for wheel, fibre to spin etc and an elastic strip to hang scissors etc in and bound all the edges. I hope it is useful.

Here we all are, some with partners also enjoying our meal at the Nicholas Hotel.

We all enjoy the break over Christmas and the summer holidays, and it is interesting to chat about what we have and haven't done when we resume in February again.

NEVYL Christmas meetup

Our NE Vic Yarn Lovers Group on Ravelry had a Christmas meet up in Corowa and I've just included a few pics here for those interested.
I made a chocolate Christmas tree for after lunch (which we enjoyed at the Royal Hotel).

And here are the gang who came from Melbourne, with Karen's van of fibre goodies (I had pre-ordered so I didn't miss out)

And some of the other girls who could make it to Corowa

We had a Kris Kringle and George's Mum got the gift I put in and he enjoyed unwrapping the Christmas fabric project bag it was wrapped in.

As usual we did a lot of chatting and had a great day. Most of us started off in the morning at the local craft market.

Daphne came to spinning, the cat came to Daphne



and stayed

We had a birthday cake for Pam's birthday at the end of November and Fran's birthday at the end of December

1..2....3....blow!

Nature at it's best

A beautiful sunset,













the evening star













and a vase of my beautiful Freesia Roses

Moving right along now.........

Fran showed us, one Monday in November, how to make simple (!) little knitted stockings for the Christmas tree...........although this is about how big a stocking full Tiger should have for Christmas in relation to how good/bad he's been

And I finished spinning the Ixchel Waca Paca batt that Georgie chose for me at Bendigo Wool Show (she liked the sparkly bits)

............and speaking of Tiger being good, is this good

or is he really a naughty cat? This was all hanging around waiting to be moved out.

Granma's been busy

James is tall for his age, mostly his body is long, so often the shop bought clothes don't fit as they should. So I made some shorts for him, blue drill with Thomas on the front, and proper Yakka camo with Thomas tape

and reindeer for Christmas with Percy on the front.

Tiger didn't help at all, and whilst I made dress ups for Georgie, that particular fabric is still waiting to be a creation.

And some more blue drill shorts with Gordon on the front.

I guess you get the idea by now that if it doesn't have someone from Sodor Island on it he won't wear it!