Spinning Art

Yes - i've been playing with art yarns after watching some of the lovely stuff on the blogs i'm tracking lately ... now its an odds and ends ball to just see what would happen ... but here it is (and Emma loves it!)

S is for Sunday ...

and Sewing, Swaps, Scrap booking, Sunshine and Spinning!

And that's how i have filled my day!

Now the Sewing i can't share as it is for another Yarn Swap I'm doing on TNN - and this time i promised to be a secret squirl! but i do have to say its not bad considering how long it has been since I've sewen more than just long straight lines on the edges of blankets :)

The Scrap booking is in the last post, and the Spinning well! ... Here you go Kate ;)


Now The top one was the result of a quick blending play Kate had on the Drum Carder that i have spun into a thick and thin yarn and the Warm Yellow/brown/orange and red one is the fleece i dyed and hand Carded (1st try at hand carding) then spun and plyed with some brown/grey - it hasn't come out to badly if i do say so myself :)

Lastly the sunshine - what a lovely day! made our sea view even more enjoyable when i had a moment to stop and enjoy it today which was also a big day for Beca as she tackled a bit of banana (she was soo over Mash) :)

another first of many

Yes when your a mum with young children around, the small things - even if they are related to dirty nappies can help put a smile on your face.

(Click for a better view)

And when a lovely Friend offered to show me the steps in nappy making and 'shop' in her amazing fabric cupboard how could i say no? ... so this was last nights efforts. Sadly its not destined to stay in our house with my little monkeys but we are due to get a cool wee nappy in return (can't wait!) The sewing is a wee wonky in patches but i seemed to have earned my nappy making badge and can't wait to do the next one ;)

todays fun ...

Firstly heres my spinning that i've done lately - slowly getting better :)



What a long day - but between a child that wouldn't sleep and has just had an alround shitty day and her big sister who really drives me nuts at times look what we did!

This hank is actually 50% acylic / 50% wool - dyed with Cake gels and powdered food colouring



and heres some fleece that i have dyed ready to play with some hand carders with

Spinning addiction

yip I'm starting to be consumed by the bug!

These are my recent purchases to 'play' with - watch this space for whats created - i can't promise anything apart from a lot of fun in the process!

I also learnt about fleece last night at spinning and have a few available for playing with as well - pitty there aren't more hours in the day!

Scrap Page

From Nana's house: Click for a clearer picture (credits to RebeccaB's bath time kit + Scrappy bugs Big Chill)

Old McDonald had a farm ...

EIEIO .. and on that farm he had some Chooks

Yes thats right our newly made hen house has four new occupants!

we are all still adjusting to the additions - but can't wait for them to get busy and lay some eggs!

Christmas isn't far ....

and my list of pressies to finish is getting longer -- EEK!

But the point of this post was not to list all i have to do - but to share with you a moment from when Emma was Becas age (so 2 Christmas's ago) and my sister was in Canada, so we went for a walk down to the post office to post her pressie -- Emma loved every moment of sitting up looking out (through the shade cover) of her buggy with Bobbies box of goodies packed in behind her!



I doubt I'd walk to the post office now ;)

And also I'm reminded of some of the gifts i have made in the past:

I won!

What a cool end to a long day!

i just found out i've won these yummy wristwarmers from Stumptious more details about them here arn't they cute!

yes so exciting i just had to jump right on and share my excitment!

Blogtober is past .. but check out these blogs!

SO Blogtober is over, and i managed 31 posts in October - although it didn't end up being one each day it was still a large task!

and you think I'd be blogged out but no check out these Blogs I've stumbled upon:

Little observations of everyday life - card making and sock knitting

U-handbag - Great bag tutorials!

Yarnmonster - this is a great wee drawstring bag tutorial (one I'm planning on using soon)

In other news:
- I need to learn how to sew a nappy since i signed up for my first Nappy swap
- I've also entered another Naki Yarn Swap 'desserts' this time
- Since my new hobby of Spinning i have also joined a fibre swap! .. Exciting!!