Peyote beaded bracelet

I finished my first peyote stitched bracelet. I need to get smaller jump rings, and find a soldering iron to keep it from pulling apart. It's not bad for a first attempt...but I am hoping to get better at tension. I haven't quite mastered that yet!

Lizia Kate April

One of my goals is to get at least one of these designs done every month....by 2009, I should be able to hang them up.

January Xmas Ornament

The Aussie Cross Stitch Internet group I belong to are doing a challenge this year, from the Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament 2007 magazine. Each month we vote for our favourite 2 ornaments from 8-10 ornaments. Once the voting is over, you can stitch one of the top 3 designs.

Here is my ornament from The Sweetheart Tree, called Noel Xmas Bell pull. I don't know anyone called Noel, so I changed the name in the middle ;)

The design calls for beads as well, but I am trying to use what I have, and not buy any extra stash for these projects, using left over fabric, and threads I have. So I used french knots instead(white...hard to see in the photo)

It's a very late Xmas present for my friend Anne, I hope she likes it!

Tumbler blocks

playing with Tumbler Block pieces...using up ugly fabrics, and fabrics I want to remove from my stash. I need to add a few extra rows to each quilt...currently they are a bit narrow! Note to self :- Iron quilt tops before taking photos of them!

Swirly Girl Socks

This is the first skein of wool I have used from Tausendschon, and I will be back to buy more! It is lovely to work with, and the colours are fabulous!!



Needles:2.5 mm Yarn
Indian Spices from Tausandschon, Saarbrucken, Germany

The Pattern is from an Australian magazine called Yarn.
A swirly patttern without using cable needles, pattern designed for Tofutsies Yarn, Southwest Trading Company.
I really love these ones, and they are great on my feet!

Tidal Wave Socks

I bought this great ball of wool in Melbourne, the lady said I only need one ball for a pair of socks….I was not convinced! But this pattern says it only uses one ball.. YIPPEE! I had lots of wool left, and I did an extra 2 pattern repeats!….I could have even done another 2 pattern repeats and had wool left over! These are comfy to wear! Pattern Tidal Wave Socks by Deby Lake http://soysilk.com/patterns/free.html Needles: 2.5 mm Yarn: South West Trading Company Tofutsies

The things you can knit

This was a poster on the side of the bus stop at Theodore Heuss Platz. It translates to "Grandma means well" I won't be knitting one of these in the near future...but it made me laugh. The other people at the bus stop looked at me oddly when I was taking this photo! Some days it just pays to have your camera in your handbag!

2008 fabric stash photo

Each January I take a photo of the current stash...slowly, it looks like I am making space in here. There are some photograph size boxes up the top of this shelf hiding lots of fabric strips too.