Scary Sewing Stuf...... dum de dum dum duuuum

Kat over at  Modern Vintage Cupcakes and I run into each other in Wellington occasionally.

I adore her sewing. Good grief this woman whips up a frock in a matter of minutes I swear!

I have admired one of her frocks in particular and after double checking with her, she is certain I can master it. Yes, I was very honest with my sewing machine exploits, still, Kat encourages me.So in the mail today was this:

Now to shop for material :-) 

Back in the Saddle again......

Hurrah!

What's the best way to get creative? 
Join the Freeform Crochet Along for International Crochet Month on Ravelry 

I did this 2 years ago and I had a blast and made this:

Which, whenever I wear it my family cringes and I get loads of compliments (though I have also learnt not to wear it when I want people to actually listen to what I'm talking about - apparently it's distracting :-) )


I was a few days late so had to crochet like mad the last couple of evenings to catch up

Here are my scrumbles* so far:

*Scrumbles is a technical term for freeform which I've chosen to translate to 'blobs of creations put together'

So far I've done 3 stitches I've never done before, including Tunisian Crochet which I'd avoided.
I'm very much looking forward to seeing what it turns out to be.....

Its 'That Time'

Been a while.

Crochet has had a bit of a back seat lately as That Time came along.

My spare time is taken up with searching for the elusive hair I can feel sprouting from  my chinny chin chin

My yarn funds taken up with trips to the naturopath who provides me with fabulous 'no drugs' drugs to help contain my HATE towards everyone, including those I love and those I don't know at all.

My crochet sits neglected as I feel listless and ummotivated

My eyes have bags as I don't sleep and toss and turn the night away in hot sweats (yes I know its been summer and everyone else is the same. Mine's different!!!!!)

Its been a while.....

The no drug drugs are doing their thing. life has started to be normal again :-) crochet projects are under way.  Watch this space :-)

Cosy Creatures

It seems like a bit of a tradition now.  Whenever I get to come to Wellington and see the gang I bring a wee crocheted gift for them.

Its been ages since I caught up with them (since the cup cosies) so of course I had to whip something up.

Introducing the Cosy Creatures.  A wee cosy for a phone, camera, smokes, whatever wee thing lives in a bag or a pocket.

Art Thou Art?

Counting Flowers On The Wall

I've made some 'art things' to display at the Franklin Arts festival.  
This one came about because I liked the idea of someone very depressed (my interpretation of the song  or as I read on various websites someone in a a mental hospital) finding the ultimate answer to to the ultimate question whilst counting flowers on the wall :-)
 
The Song (linky to YouTube)
Counting flowers on the wall
That don't bother me at all
Playing solitaire till dawn with a deck of fifty-one
Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo
Now don't tell me I've nothing to do.

The Number (thanks Wikipedia)
42 The number has received considerable attention in popular culture as a result of its central appearance in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything".

Jooshing a frock

I got a lovely grey dress at a fab sale yesterday. The comments I got when I showed the family went along the lines of: "that's very pedestrian for you" "it looks like a school pinafore" " it's a bit grey".  So I jooshed it with some bright pink cotton crochet :-) 

When it's on it looks quite retro :-) 

I'm sold on the crochet collar look now... Next step is to see how many items if clothing I can adorn :-) 

Some beautiful things I've seen lately

Some are far away, and some are round the corner.