Looking out the window.......

October and November are just gorgeous times in our garden.

The clematis are flowering............

pink..........







purple..........













the Solomon's Seal is covered with it's tiny dangly white flowers










and the snapdragons are looking spectacular, the only thing not gobbled by the browsing peacocks.

Party dress

I bought this sweet knitted bolero jacket for Georgie at our Church Fete and she was a bit 'whatever' about it at the time, but it looks so nice with her pink party dress that she is very fond of it now. Here she is with her brother and she is off to a birthday party.

She's keeping his attention on the fact that Mum said stand still for a photo!

...........and this is how twirly her dress really is...........Thomas the Tank Engine, are you paying attention!

Birthday Swap

This was the last of my Ravelry birthday swaps for 2009 and was for Kristen. She had sent me such a thoughtful, special gift I wanted something a little different for her. When I was at the WoolShow at Bendigo I found some Pear Tree fibre. It was just diiiiiiiviiiiiiine to spin! And in the loveliest of soft greens. I spun it fairly fine, there's 300gms and hopefully it's enough for her to make a nice garment.

I just looooove this fabric, can't believe I found it at Spotlight. I made a 'Shiroshimi Bag' to put the yarn in, added choccies, coffee, notebook and a cute felted elephant.
Birthday swaps are great fun, especially when you get 4 little gifts on your birthday!

Purple Swap, the end of the Rainbow

I have greatly enjoyed the Rainbow Swaps, for my partner Lizla from Qld, in the purple swap I crocheted a shrug. As she didn't need thick woollies I thought this might be just warm enough. I found a lovely old fashioned lady needle holder which was perfect as she loves Jane Austen, and I was lucky to swap a skein of handspun by Tasknitter, and I made a skein of my own handspun, along with a small project bag. I'm much more fond of bright purple now!

The shrug called Roundabout is made as an enormous circle, then the sleeves are stitched in place and the collar folded back.

Apologies for the uncoordinated colours of the model, but it was a rush photo as I was in Sydney with the family and needed to send off the parcel.
Here is the lovely parcel I received from Sharre, and I have crocheted the silky malabrigo into a neck warmer and have just found lovely buttons to go on it, so a photo will come soon.

Andalusian Weaving part 2

Jean instructs Pam on setting up and Chris sets up in the background

We only had a limited number of looms so Maree and Daphne got on with some crochet.

Andalusian Weaving lesson Mon Oct 12 2009

Cathy kindly offered to teach Andalusian Weaving to the Group, and Jean came along with her frame also. How's this for a room full?

Sue watches as Cathy supervises Elke on setting up.

Layers of weaving

October 6, the real thing continued

James especially enjoyed the icecream

and out of all the photos, this is the only one to show why he enjoyed it so much! If you can't get it onto the spoon, you just put your face into it and take a big bite.

Just wait till his 21st birthday!