Spring - sew what?!

Little efforts to share from today. Found myself frogging the lace... this is all that's left... only 135cm to go...

Clips for the new do - not used to hair out! Got to get moving on my button orders anyway, so great to dust off the population!


Skirt for me, matching dress for Miss 2 (yes, I HAVE read Mommy Dearest - no Joan Crawford here!) Spotlight has this cheat's skirt fabric, already elasticated/gathered, ya just hem it for a quick bit of satisfaction. Fun for us and rather Summery, just right for our upcoming visit to the coast.
Bunting for a market I am selling at prior to Christmas - cute fabric, needs to be on display. Forgot I had it until the recent airing of the stash...


Miss 2 found the fabric paints I have for a secret Christmas project for family down South - shhh! Pity this isn't on fabric...

All in all a good day's work. We are rather pleased! Off to finish off some album-cover art to adorn the walls - stay tuned!

j

Lace-along off and running (more like jogging, slowly..)

The pattern has been procured (different from that originally proposed, but less to think about, so suits me this time). This is a learning experience, and doing it this openly requires me to complete the task, or risk questions as to its progress (like those bloody socks - did I tell you I frogged the whole lot in exasperation?! Now I can't for the life of me remember how to start off again!)


Yarn drooled over, weighed up, considered and snapped up (that actually only took seconds).


Phone-call to Bells to check it was appropriate for the purpose (the shop lady cannot be relied upon - she sold me a circular needle to knit a pair of socks, and overcharged me for a clearly labelled ball of bamboo. Hence the golden rule with knitting and crochet: go to the top if you have any queries!)

Kids shooed away and bribed with a half cubic metre of sand to play in, so I could Cast On. Silk is a slippery little sucker, but at least my knit-along is up and running.

Want to learn lace along with the girls and I? Never too late to start. I aim to have this finished before 2009!

j

Over-committed...

Sharing the stash, blogtoberfest, so much excitement - I forgot my own knit-along! Thanks Trashalou who has gently reminded me that the lace knit-along began TWO days ago...

Ahemm...

See you in a bit!

j

PIF and KAL updates

Thanks ladies, lots of lovely support out there in the ether...

Lois
GB from domestic divas and
Michelle from Leni and Rose

Please email your addresses to jess2jamesATyahooDOTcomDOTau

so that I can get your Pay It Forward sent to you some time in the next twelve months!

(I hope y'all like buttons!!)

On another project:

m1k1 and
trashalou

Photo by Bells

If you want to do the lace shawl KAL, how about we start on 1 Oct? This gives us time to finish existing items, gather supplies, etc. If that's too far off for you, we could start earlier!

Thanks ladies - lots to keep my idle hands busy!

j