I know what you’re thinking - “Just another kids drawing.” But this one is special. It’s Khye’s first drawing of something recognisable. And look at that, it’s a picture of me! Khye tells me I have 4 legs and the thing in my left hand is apparently daddy. Poor Sean, all he gets is a scribble!PS. Did anyone see the crocheted granny blanket in the combi on Dr. Who last night? I only got a glimpse of it but didn’t it look great on the backseat?! Can you believe it, it was Sean who noticed it first! I’ve never been so excited about Dr. Who before!
A long wool blend coat desperately required for winter.
Now that I can crochet, I can collect crochet patterns. I just have to learn to read them now. Don’t you love the mother and daughter crocheted bikinis!
Golden Hands Volume 1 for $1. Lots of good stuff inside and more crochet patterns!
And finally a bunch of self cover buttons, jeans buttons and eyelets, and a couple of metres of this great green paisley fabric.
I’ve learnt how to chain, double crochet and treble crochet and I’m using one of Maya’s other dresses as a guide for shaping the armholes. I’m making 2 pieces, a front and a back, which I’ll join at the shoulders and sides later. 
I started crocheting at the neckline and created the V shape by adding extra stitches at the centre – I’m guessing that’s what you call increasing? You guys can probably tell me more about what I’m doing than I can! 
Then to try and flatten the V shape at the bottom of the dress, I’ve had to add “wedges” of crochet at the sides, which is why things look a little wonky in this photo above. It’s looking okay though and I promise to show and tell more later when it’s finished.
I’ve only fixed one side so far – it’s slow going trying to push the hook through the grey loops and then pulling my new purple round through. And I have to pull the whole ball of yarn through the grey loops too. The yarn keeps getting tangled which is very frustrating and I can’t wait just to get it finished now and back onto Khye’s bed where it belongs. Thanks heaps for your advice on this one.
It took me a while to work out what he was doing. 
I bought 3 full balls of this cotton yarn from the oppy this week that I absolutely love. I just hope I have enough to finish this dress I’ve started to crochet for Maya. I can’t believe how quickly it is coming along. It’s much faster and I’m more coordinated than knitting.
I also found this 3 tier wire basket to use on my stall at the upcoming 
And last but not least is this minty green (loooove this colour!) chenille single bedspread to go with the peachy one I found a couple of weeks ago. 
It always pays to look in the dog blankets box at the op shop ‘cos I have found some great stuff in there. I thought this was a bit faded but after a wash I think it was just a bit dusty and grimy.
I’m loving them and the shadows they create like these.
This shadow cast by the light switch actually made me laugh out loud at breakfast time. Khye was very bemused. I’m not sure what made me laugh - the shape of the shadow or the fact that a light switch could make such a shadow or maybe it was that I had never seen this shadow, even thought it had probably been there early in the morning most days, at this time of the year, every year!
And then we spotted this little house fly and it’s huge shadow.
I had to unstitch them ‘cos I had droopy petals.
Backing the petals with floral cotton scraps helped to strengthen them,
and helped make them look prettier than before.
What do you think?
I am just loving the bursts of colour!
A lovely hardcover needlework book first published in 1950, this book is the “Fourth Impression 1972”. 
And with these clear step by step instructions on how to crochet, hopefully I will be joining the “crochet club” soon.
I found it at Lincraft! 
These illustrations of elongated models always make clothes look so good don’t they? But I love the dress pattern on the left. Not sure if it would suit me but I can only give it a go. Now to choose some fabric…
Just look at those house and land prices back then!
What do you think? I’m much happier with it now. 
And Maya’s much happier in it!
I’ve been sorting and resorting little bits of scraps into piles. More later! 
I love the colour of this wool fabric and hopefully it will make a good winter skirt.
This week's creative space has seen some slow and uncoordinated knitting, a stack of cutting out, a bit of sewing, a heap of stuffing and now there’s a whole lot of mess. But that’s okay ‘cos I’m heading to Stitches & Craft with Mum today!
Now you can visit them in person! Ecotoys are about to open their new shop in Hawthorn. 
I saw it for only $6 at the local oppy, took it to the counter and then discovered that books were half price that week! $3! Bargain!
This folded Japanese quilt looks like fun and easy to make as you fold circles over padded squares, quilt them, join all the squares together and then you have a finished quilt at the end. 
And maybe I can teach myself to crochet these baubles for Maya. 
I also picked up 
It is only bailing twine but the blue matches the sheets perfectly! And just look at these sheets – it’s Noah’s Ark! 
I love the colours and I love the design. Not sure what I’ll do with them yet. I guess I’ll chuck them in the linen cupboard with the rest of the vintage sheet collection…
…just as soon as they’re washed and dried. I also found a set of these pink sheets. I don’t think they’re too vintage but they’ll look good with my other sheets. 
I just couldn’t resist posting another 
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