Hump day Wednesday

Who dreamed that beauty

Passes like a dream?

-William Butler Yeats.

 

Hello! I can’t believe I have managed to slide in a mid week post, but I’ve done it!! Lol. The boys have gone out shooting so I thought I would show you what I’ve been up to the last few days. I made this cute little pink top, though I’ve changed the front  bands and did garter stitch instead of what the pattern instructed. Click here for the pattern.

Sweet pink top.

A few crocheted blocks to help use up my scraps of yarn.

Some crochet blocks

These will become more of those little TV blankets I was making for the library.

This news will shock everyone.......I have a mobile phone!!! I know I sound like I’m from the stone age days but yes, I have a phone. I have been terrorizing one of my work mates with text messages and I think she loves it.

I am also working on a baby jacket but I will show it when I have finished knitting it...which won’t be too long in the waiting.

A few more beautiful pictures of lovely Italy.

The Colosseum from inside.

Only a small walk away from our Hotel

Handy for tight parking!

 

Some of the views from the Forum

Approaching the Colosseum

 

Looking down from the Spanish steps. 

 

Well gals, I am off to hang out in the sewing shed for a while until it is time to cook tea. Rissoles tonight, with mashed potato, gravy and vegetables.  Yum. Not long until the weekend.

Cheers, Anita.

 

 

 

Friday Night with Friends.

Friday Night with Friends

Hello to you all. Yes...I made it to this week’s Friday Night with Friends and I’m so happy.  Friday night I spent finishing some of my many projects that had been on the go. First of all I finished stitching up some knitted pink booties

....and some blue ones

 

....and the hem on this dress

...and painting the shoes on the doll I’ve been commissioned to make.

 

A very productive Friday night for me and so, with those things now completed I am free to search for a new project. I will have to make a start on some show entries I think. If you would like to knit the pink booties email me and the pattern for the blue booties are from my favourite book  Traditional knitting for children and bears.

I can’t wait to visit everyone else in the Friday Night with Friends group, to see what they’ve been up to. Thanks Cheryll for getting us altogether for a fun night. I'm off to see what everyone else has been up to. Chat soon.

Cheers, Anita.

Long weekend.

Far out brussel sprout!!!

Hi everyone!! I've been missing for a while, just flat out with my craft work. I have been knitting some little stockings for our aussie soldiers deployed in Afghanistan and they are sweet!! When you finish making them you put a packet of lifesavers inside them as a Christmas gift. I googled stockingforsoldiersproject and it takes you to facebook of all places. I have made some in garter stitch and some in stocking stitch and I must warn you, the garter stitch ones come out alot smaller.

Stockings for our soldiers

In the sewing projects I have made these sweet little bag tags for a sweet girl named Ashlee who works at the same school I do. Ashlee was kind enough to let me use a couple of her bags to travel to Italy with, so I have made her these tags as a gift.

A gift for Ashlee

Our weather has really cooled down and the fire hasn't stopped burning!! lol. With our lovely Western Australia day long weekend, I am playing catch up for lost time as I have been under the weather for the last couple of weeks. I have a skirt and dress to put zips in, just finished a short sleeved jacket that I need to stitch buttons on to and small projects I hope to start.

I have a few more lovely pics to share with you from our Italy trip.....I love Italy!!!!

Italy

4 darlings!!

 The Pantheon

 The amazing Spanish steps with my honey!!!

 Approaching the Colosseum

 Have a wonderful weekend and be happy and stay safe. Cheers, Anita.

Tell me where is fancy bred,

Or in the heart or in the head?

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

 

 

Good morning to you all. We have a sunny Sunday morning happening here in our part of the world, just the sort of weather to get you in the mood for knitting or sewing. I have finally finished my baby blanket that has taken me forever to make. I loved the pattern of the blanket and enjoyed knitting it to the very end. The edging is done in a delicate lace pattern that was very simple but effective.

 

 

 

Delicate baby blanket

Yesterday I found some material that I'd forgotten all about and thought it would make a nice table cover for one of the book display desks at the library, so I got stuck into some sewing and did just that.

Table cover

I had a walk around the garden yesterday and discovered the front yard is busting with pretty roses. I'm having a bit of trouble settling down from our trip to Italy and seeing how bright and colourful the front yard is has helped settle me down. Italy had so much beauty that everything else is hard to compare it with. Slowly I'll settle.

I have some more photo's from our trip to share.....

 

Tower of Pisa

 
 A beautiful gem of a building tucked away in the tiniest back street ever. Could you believe this is hidden away? 

More of beautiful Italy

 

Well I'm out of here to go and enjoy that lovely weather we are having. Can't wait for next week end to catch up with some of my blogging friends at the craft show in Perth.  For now have a wonderful Sunday and see you soon.

Anita

Forum

Happy Mother’s Day

Hello there and Happy Mother’s Day to you all. I donated some gifts to the primary school’s Mother’s Day stall they were holding last Friday. First I filled some plastic cups with sweets, covered it with clear cello and finished it off with ribbon and flowers. I had 48 white plastic spoons and placed one toffee in each and decorated it with tulle and flowers.

I have planned a lazy weekend of knitting and sewing.  Pixie made me a cooked breakfast today and that went down the hatch pretty fast!! I will share some more photos with you from our trip to Italy.

Some of the ruins in Pompeii

 Looking down from the top of Anacapri

 We've just gone through the archway in a boat

 Eekk!!! One of the bodies from the eruption in Pompeii

 Beautiful Positano, all the streets are like this.

Night time view in Assissi

I hope you all enjoy your special day, even if it is just enjoying a hot cup of tea, or sitting in the sunshine.

Catch you next time.

Cheers, Anita.

I'm back!!!

Bellissimo Italy

A warm hello to you all, I have returned to blog land. My family and I have been in Italy these last few weeks and have just returned. Italy truly is one of the most beautiful places in the world. We travelled from Rome, Orvieto, Tuscany region, Florence, Pisa, Venice, Assisi, Sorrento, Naples, Island of Capri, Burano Island, Possitano, Pompeii and back to Rome.

We went on a guided tour and met some lovely people of all ages. Lino was our tour guide and he was truly an amazing person, we learnt so much history about Italy. Here are some pics......

Cathedral in Florence

 Enchanting Pompeii

 I just had to touch the walls of Pompeii

 Scenery from our hotel window

Stunning

 On the streets of Venice

 On the Bridge of Straw.

 The view from the top of Tower of Pisa

Look how beautiful

 The bell on the top of Tower of Pisa

The oldest ancient artifact I found in Italy!! lol...I took him home.

I have so many more photo's but I won't bombard you with them all. We enjoyed our trip away and it is something I hold dear to me. Of all the places in the world, Italy was the one place I have always wanted to see. How special to share it with those closest to you. On our return from holidays I found 2 parcels waiting for me.... a stack of felt from lovely Fiona. Thanks girl, I will make good use out of this.

Can’t wait to use these! 

I won a giveaway at Cath's place, many thanks Cath, I will enjoy stitching this little beauty for the next FNwF's.

                   I love it

I best get going now to finish all this washing that has come home with us. I will enjoy catching up with everyone in the coming days.

Cheers, Anita.

I'm late for FNwF's!!!

To a child,

Love is spelled

T-I-M-E

Hello, I know I am late with FNwF’s but I’ve had some problems loading the photo’s from my camera, so I’ve swiped hubby’s camera. On Friday night I made myself all comfy and did a long stint of knitting. I am making a baby shawl to raffle off and I'm really enjoying the pattern but it's not one you can drag around with you.

Very dainty

The pattern is from one of my favourite books, it's Heather's book actually and she has kindly let me use it. It is an oldie but goodie.

 

I have used 3 ply for this most dainty pattern and it is so lovely a yarn to knit with.
My boys are back from South Australia and I'm happy to say all safe and sound. Out of a field of 25 kart racers, Cory came in 9th and is very happy with himself and he should be. A great experience for Cory and for my hubby Pixie, and much special time spent together. We have all been hanging around closely to each other since they have returned, we're a bit like a gang really.

We are now getting the final touches done for our trip to Italy and all is falling into place nicely. I'm off now to visit other FNwF's to see what they got up to on Friday night. Enjoy this most glorious Sunday, we are having such gorgeous weather.
Cheers, Anita.