Monthly Archives: December 2008

Chipping

And I’ve finished this band, but it doesn’t photograph well for the blog as it is long and narrow.  I think I’ll do a different design for the other side of the bag to learn a different stitch.

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Apple, Rhubarb and Raspberry Pie

 I made some felt with merino and silk to use as the cover. And a matching little button 🙂

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Bags of Fun

The green bag contains my knitting…. and I found the lost ball of yarn YAY!  So once I’ve finished the embroidery above, I’ll put get back into it.

The orange bag contains my small stash of baby things.  I have an idea of making a number of these bags to hang in the baby’s room to hold bits and pieces.  I think it might be an interesting way to get some colour into the nursery, as well as being practical storage.

That’s if I have enough time, we may be moving to a different mining town in January.

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Shortbread

Shortbread is a quick and tasty present to give to friends at Christmas.  I made a batch today as a gift for some old work friends.  And, there’s quite a few left over for Chris and I.  Nothing beats these bickies with a cup of tea. 

 

Yesterday I finished the 48 log cabin block required for the quilt I’m making.  I’m regretting the ‘rip’n’sew’ method now, as the blocks are all slightly different in size and I’m going to have to trim them down… Yuk 🙁

Tommorow is the start of the first test match (cricket) between Australia and South Africa… I’m really looking forward to some ‘bum on couch’ time.  I’m hoping to make major progress on the Peacock Feathers shawl… I’ve only got two more rows left in Chart 5. Yippee!!!  Though I am starting to worry because I seem to have misplaced the 2nd ball of wool that I will need pretty soon!

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Embellished

This year I wound them all onto those cardboard thread keeper thingys and it was a good decision as I now see them as a bowl of goodies rather than a gruesome tangle of threads bursting out of their zip-loc bag.

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Hello Baby

 

We had our 19wk ultrasound this morning.  Hello baby boy 🙂 

He appears to be healthy and is growing well.  The last two ultrasounds have indicated that he is due a week earlier than originally thought.  So we are looking at the last week of April/first week of May.

It’s a lot more squished up in there now, at the last scan he was swimming around like a fish.  Now he’s curled up in there all cozy, definitely no room for laps!

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Into the Groove

I think this bit of lace knitting will satisfy most of my knitting urges for a while but  this pattern has really taken my fancy.  I like that it is substantial but lacy… it looks like it would be fun to knit.

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Pride and Prejudice

Mr Darcy has proposed to, and been soundly rejected by, Elizabeth.   Mr Darcy has responded to all charges of wrongdoing which Elizabeth threw at him.  It is clear to see that errors have been made by both parties…

My copy of Pride and Prejudice was published in 1961 and I think the cover art is ace!  The price was 50c, as printed on the front cover.  I paid $2.50 for it in 2002 at a fabulous second hand book shop in Benalla in North East Victoria.

I had one of my regular checkups at the doctor yesterday.  All seems to be going well.  It was great to hear the little heart beat to reassure me that the baby is still in there. 

I really don’t feel or look pregnant at the moment, I’m sure it will feel very real soon enough.  We are visiting the maternity ward for the first time this week and on Monday we have the big ultrasound.  All very exciting!

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