Never let your friends feel lonely.....

disturb them all the time.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxox

Hello dear friends, I warmly invite you to listen to my kind words to Neville......

 ....thanks a heap for wiping out 9 Ag Society members with your flu bugs!!!!! lol Next time you say you're not feeling well, we're all running for the hills mate. lol 

These last few days I have had snot bubbles and candlesticks hanging off my nose, headache, cough and feeling sick. I have taken medicine to recover and today I just have a lingering headache. Got to love your friends hey? 

I hope you get well soon Neville.....So does Paul, Simon, Jill, Chris, Fiona, Matt, Liz and the fleece judge. (That makes about 9 of us) lol

Below are a couple of items of mine that were show entries. A baby jacket and beanie set that came first in its class. Knitted in a cotton yarn in 8 ply, a very effective pattern and very easy to make. This cute little set will be going to market.

 I'm feeling real happy with this little dolly too, I loved making her and she came in first place at the show. 

 I just adore those little red shoes and scarf. 

 At the end of the show it was time to clean up and that also includes cleaning up the sheep shed. Not one to be a slouch....I thought I would go and annoy  help Angus....

"I can do this all by myself Angus"...

 ..um.....er....I need your shoulder for a second....

 Now I'm going to act my age......you laughing at me Angus??? 

 Here...have some sheep poo!! 

Well now that I'm back to normal....I have been doing some crocheting. Here I have made a start on granny squares in left over bits of yarn and edging them with some groovy crimson yarn to make the colours pop. 

I have been asked to make some aboriginal hat ties and this order was for 40 ties.

They do take a bit of work to measure and cut, but they are very bright and fun. I have seen them worn on prams, hats, arms and bags. 

Some pretty plants in my garden. I was stoked to see this plant with a flower. I am not sure what the name of the plant is but I have never seen it with flower before. 

A lovely succulent.

Well my friends, I hope you have had a fun visit to my blog today and that I haven't scared you all to pieces!!!! I always was a tomboy, so it seems I will always like to hang off rafters, and not act my age. lol I have never been this age before so I don't know how I'm supposed to act anyway. lol

I wish you a beautiful week ahead.

Ciao, Anita.

Show time

This is a wonderful day,

I have never seen it before.

Hello dear friends, it has been a long week but an awesome one. Showtime is over and all the hard work preparing for it is done. I had promised you that all the secret works I had been doing over these last few months would be revealed and in this post you will see them.

I have realized that the markets and show have collided a bit. lol Throughout the year I had purchased a huge plastic container to put my show entries in as I finished them. That idea was superb however, I kept taking things out to sell at the markets. Come showtime....guess what?.....not much left for show entries. So this time the show came with some stress. Last Friday was time for entries to be judged and this little goose was still sewing on buttons on Thursday.

Under all the pressure and with only 6 inches of yarn left to sew on three buttons....see what I managed to do in the photograph below? Notice the left hand side of the photograph is inside out and the right hand side is the right way out? I managed to stitch the buttons to the inside part of the garment. Grrrrr..... I did come close to biting my own arm off. lol To have patience is a good thing though and you will see where I came with placings at judgment time. 

Some photographs to show the lead up to the show and some of the gang at the Ag Society. My world seems to be full of lovely Heather's because this is another lovely Heather I know. 

Heather is working hard while.....this little beast is not. Simon just spends his days rocking in that chair....any chair!! He knows it drives me around the bend. He's a great guy, always trying to teach me new things. 

Paul and Jim 

                                                       Matthew 

                                           Mark and Heather  

                                                       Nola and Jill 

Let me show you some of the items I made...

Dolly, whale and owl, sitting along side Heather's pink knitted elephant.

Three distinct craft items and a blue ribbon for Best display in the section. 

Three crocheted cushions are mine, Heather's is the green knitted one.

My dressed teddy was no competition for the two dolls either side of her.

.See here it is, I'm pretty groovy with second place. 

                         A first and second in the bootie section! 

Many people at the show laughed and told me it was super funny to see how Heather and I compete against each other in many of the classes at the show. We both win and lose to each other, it makes for good banter between each other and when we are in a crowd situation.

Heather won first and second in the scarf section while I came up in third place. I've tried several things to beat Heather in the scarf section, even resorting to knitting with 2 ply. Can I win?....no. lol

Let me introduce you to Neville and Neville. Such is my friendship with human Neville that it inspired me to make the stuffed toy Neville. Both are warm and snuggly. This guy is what our Ag Society is made from....born and raised into the group; dedicated, knowledgeable and hardworking. 

 But it was sad to see this fun loving larakin turn from this.... 

to this, in a short amount of time. I hope you get well soon Dragon. 

I'm thinking I better get to work on some ironing before I run out of time. I'm still meeting up with that zany bunch of ratbags for clean up day this morning. 

Something else of great importance....I had better find myself a knitting pattern today as well. I have no project happening!!! lol
A glorious day to you all.
Ciao, Anita.

Happy Father's Day

You’ve got the whole 

world in your hands.

Happy Father's Day to my husband Pixie! May you have a wonderful, relaxing day. I promise to tease be kind to you today. lol

 I had a beautiful week my friends, a wonderful parcel full of treasure. A parcel worth the weight of gold....it is so heavy to carry. Would you like to see inside it? 

 What more could a girl want? Love and kisses to Maria, my mind had already dreamt of what I might knit up with it. You are very kind and thank you for thinking of me. Love you to pieces.

 6 Easy steps to get a drink of beer: 

1. Approach victim.....

    2. Pounce on them from behind and have             your ball with you so you don't look                              suspicious...... 

 3. Try to be smooth and act cool..... 

                  4. Be persistent......

 5. If persistence fails, then just be bothersome and annoying....

 6......ah....yes....there's the sip!!!! Winner.

You can keep the beer....give me tomatoes!!

Happy 

 I hope you can be patient with me my friends, next week I will return to normal with my photographs and show all of the item. Next week I will blog but it will probably be on the Monday. We have the annual show all that weekend and on Sunday we have the clean up. If that pack of rascals in the show committee stay still for long enough perhaps I can even get some photographs for you. I wish you girls out there could meet them....they are some of the nicest people I have ever met and I love them to the core.

These are the times when I wish my eyes were like a camera and could take photographs of what I see. 

 This little girl I can show you because she is for me. On the back is a little clip and I will wear her as a brooch.

 I can hear that ironing singing out to me and I don't want to go there. lol. I cannot get out of doing the ironing though because there is a mountain of it. I went to the markets yesterday with Heather the feather, my little bundle of venom!! lol...I would much rather be there sitting in the sunshine. 

I hope your day is a super happy day and I throw sprinkles of joy your way. To my bloke/male/rascal friends.....I wish you a wonderful Father's Day also.

Ciao until next time, Anita.

Rome