2012

I'm a Weaver!

I’m not sure why I haven’t posted about it here before… but. I’m now a weaver. And I love it!

Ada and Bebe

My Work table

For Ada

Behold! Pickles.

North Indian Lime Pickles When I happened across a bag of limes at a local grocer for only a few bucks I knew exactly what I was going to do with them as I had just been reading…

Return of the Knitting

My fingers have been itchy for knitting lately and I have some finished items to show for it! First up, I finally completed Ada’s little Kimono Jacket – the one I started a few…

Chickpea Chatter

I had some dramas this week on the chickpea front. I decided to cook some from scratch rather than using tinned chickpeas. The recipe I was using said to soak the dried chickpeas…

Some Green

The garden has been growing brilliantly since my sister came to visit and to give me a hand in getting the vege patch going. This is a view showing the bed that runs along the…

Rags

Why buy dish cloths and sponges? I recently had a ‘Doh’ moment when I ran out of chux wipes and improvised by cutting up an old tea towel to make 4 dishrags. I overlocked around…

Peasant dresses for Ada

Simple to make/comfy to wear. I bought this soft double gauze from Linnet in Japan. I have made three since I set up my new sewing room last week and I’ll be making many, many…

Ada

She is six months old today – in this photo she’s chasing bits of banana around on her high chair tray We have moved and are very happy in our new place – we now have space to…