Fab Find!

Pukekohe Salvation Army Shop - only five buckaroos for this fabulous retro bible of stuff to do with yarn!

I like this page in particular because the explanation of how to work it says (and I quote): "can be worked neatly over a large tongue depressor or ruler"  Like we all have tongue depressors at our disposal! 
 

I love this book in a way that words can't describe :-D

Cape Cod Cushions & Granny Squares

Last summer a lovely uncle made me a fab Cape Cod chair.  I managed to get it painted a nice bright blue before winter started and I bought some naked cushions for it. 

The clothing of the cushions meant the sewing machine again... and once again it was trial, error and procrastination over the many winter months.  Today I had an 'ah ha' moment.  "The cushions are going to be used outside so they don't have to be perfect!"

Voila! 2 messy patchwork cushion covers were created!

And in crocheting crafts this week...  behold the granny square made in to a tea pot cosy, the ultimate in kitsch :-)

Tuesday's Me

Hurray! Tuesday is nearly done.

I find Tuesday a really tough day in a working week, it's not quite the beginning, and it's not the middle, and I'm always really happy when it's finished :-)

I'm dabbling in crocheted yarn jewelry. I make them for myself to wear as something a bit different, you can have a look here and see what you think of the necklace. The one in the picture is a more wrap around one. I wear one with pink flowers on it and I get lots of comments.

Last night I was working on some granny square circle things (not sure if they have a name) and was having real problems deciding on how they could go together and make something functional. I brought them to work to see what the team thought, and the answer? I'm going to make a table mat/runner thing - how kitsch is that! :-)

Andrew has been a bit slack with the blogging and the sewing :-) I have opened him a shop here http://www.shophandmade.com/Store/Stitchnkitsch and if I can find the charger for my camera I'm going to put some of his little animals on it tonight and I'll add his link to the blog as well so you can track his progress. I've heard it's quite a good little shopping place, so if he goes well there I might join him :-D

Hope your week has started well!