pom pom love

have no idea how i found this......but i love it!

big computer issues so not much from me as of late!

cutie patootie

couldn't help but post about GERA

(found via superbuzzy)

makes me wanna get my cross stitch on!!!

(also, found some great cross stitch books in op shops lately - as well as nan giving me some)

arielle de pinto

crochet metal jewellery by arielle de pinto

so incredible it makes my heart burst......

newspaper

love this recycled newspaper/wrapping paper.......by dentsu

found via all the mountains

simultaneous craftin'

okay so my personal limit of projects on the go is 3....
but truth be known i've got four!
two of them are these: baby afghan & manscarf for lovelli
gettin' great pleasure out of knitting/crochet as of late....not as many frustrations

today: lunch in chinatown with girls then off to some theatre then home to hangout for the night

$15

do you ever feel like you are getting ripped off at an op shop? then you get home and you realise that you have a bounty of treasures worth WAY more than you paid and you feel all uncharitable and mean......

today i baulked at the prices in my local opshop and just look at these gems!

brown sandles / gold japanese writing on soles
wire basket / mustard enamel container
knitting needles case (not pictured)
two little doilies for a craft project
and the most amazing home handicraft book

*contented sigh*

domestic craft

bags, bags, bags!

what to do? crochet a bag holder thingameejig for the laundry

(using ropey wool stuff found at a trash'n'treasure)

a few days off

::tulips are so cheap and beautiful at the moment::

::my first ever attempt at knitting a beret::

::spent the morning with mum in the front garden (can't wait for spring now!)::

pretty bloody lovely!

found at ungtblod via mieke willems

oh to have patience to make this!

lino print love

hey nina!

some lino print inspiration from ah-yi

i know we could never be so capable of something so delicate!

simple shapes here we come!

(don't the wooden letter press letters come out well?)

beautiful

amazing crocheted rugs by Kiteweather

amazing because:

a) people just don't use colour like this ENOUGH!

b) she is wearing a crafting moo moo

c) this craft involves recycling

d) she appears to be in the middle of the bush

oh my - what loveliness...

sweet 'n' scary

i wasn't allowed to buy him......

knitsperation

some beautiful knitting out there.....

springerin on ravelry

if only i could knit like this!

(one day)

knitting

(deliciously warm slipper socks and my italian merino wool kerchief)

getting a few projects in for myself before whapping out requests for others (if only knitting went as speedily as the word 'whapping' implies......alas......)

afghan (decisions, decisions)

okay, so it was 2007/08 new years that had me so set upon crocheting an afghan that it was my new year's resolution to learn how!

so what if it's 2009?

it's coming together....slowly.

(amidst many bouts of 'colour panic' which pains kee to no end)

doona day

had a doona day today...we get two a year at work and i woke up feeling like today was one of those days! it drizzled all day and was quite fresh despite the 26 and fine forecast.

i rode my bike and dropped off some stuff at the op shop up the road (thanks to I Op Therefore I Am for letting me know the opening hours!) I came upon a whole box of Golden Hands craft books and various crochet pattern books. i sat on this chair in the opshop for about an hour flicking through with giddiness. all for 10c each! and then i bought two of the most beautiful, large cacti that are about to burst into flower and are as big as my head for $2!!!

it surely is the simple things....

(i will have to consult my secondhand copy of 'what flower is that' by stirling macaboy to determine what cacti they are exactly)

also (sorry, am a bit of a chatterbox tonight) we ate our first bowl of christmas cherries. yum.

books books books

more book looking...this one looks fun! icelandic knitting
check out the back cover - some lovely patterns.

drooling over japanese craft books

oh yes please! found at felt cafe

via Crafting Japanese

super cute

found this gorgeous bunny mobile whilst blog strolling the other day...she's crafty
this lady is super talented and i can't WAIT till her book comes out.
beautiful, contemporary baby things

crafting

1st of december tomorrow - how did that come around so quickly? have to get a christmas card out to shaunn and jelena (friends from canada) tomorrow or there is no chance!

had an early morning craft attack and made a kitschy decoration for our 60's sideboard cupboard and then thought shaunn and jelena would appreciate it's silliness.

spent the rest of the day continuing on with making my rug, doing a bit of gardening and enjoying sneek peeks of sunshine. weather still seems to be dominated by dramatic skies, showers and weather no higher than 25. i love this kind of weather but it makes me scared - does it just mean we're going to be sweating our balls off in march?