Johnny Apple & Little Mac Available Now
Johnny Apple and Little Mac crochet pattern and softies are now available for purchase! Thanks everyone for all your feedback on yarn choice and apple names.
Star Wars Graffiti Knitting
Today I found the perfect place for the
We went bushwalking again after several missed weeks due to rain and extreme hot weather. It was 40 degrees celcius last Sunday! Too hot to do anything.
But today, we started walking just after 8am while the weather was still mild and it was
However, I left the national park with more than a sense of accomplishment. Little did I know that there was
I was trying out an office chair, still in my bushwalking clothes, and as I stood up, I heard and felt a pop underfoot. “Oh my god! What was that!?” I yelled out. I looked down and saw a thing,
“It’s a leech!” Richard yelled while I stood there freaking out as the whole thing slowly sunk in. I scrapped blood off my shoes all over the polished shop floor and ran outside.
Richard lifted my long pants up and there it was.
We drove straight home and I stripped off all my clothes. I wanted to be sure there wasn’t another leech on my body. I had a really good shower, partially hoping to wash away the image of the squashed leech from my mind.
You would not believe this but it’s been over five hours and I’m still bleeding! I’ve been resting for so many hours and changed the dressing three times now. I’m not moving off the sofa for the rest of the night. I guess I just have to 
Honey, could you make me a cup of tea please?
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Scrabble with a Scientist
Richard insists it’s a word. “It’s in soap!” he fervently argues.
65 Roses Quilt WIP
In my creative space this week, Cath and I worked on our blocks for Whipup’s 65 Roses Quilt. This charity quilt will be donated to the Australian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and it will be auctioned off at their annual gala next May.
I turned my little dining area into a sewing room for us to work in. Complete beginners in quilt making with zero quilts to our credit but we were willing to give it a go for charity. It was funny watching each other struggle with the most basic things like pressing fabric and cutting squares!
And my lack of focus and impulsive nature led me down a frustrating path. As you can see from the above picture, I had jumped out of my seat halfway through sewing to take this shot. Bad move. Look what happened to my first block:
My mushroom fabric is facing the wrong way! I know some of you might be thinking, just turn it around you silly girl. No can do. The cream, plain fabric has to be on the top left. So I had to resew another block. I guess I needed the practice anyway.
In the end, we both got there. This is my block:
It’s not finished yet. A rose design of some sort needs to embellish the cream square. I would like to crochet this rose motif {pattern} to sew onto it. Just need to get some red thread this weekend. I’ll be able to show you the completed block next week.
If you are interested in donating a completed rose block to this quilt, all the instructions are available at Whipup {tutorial}.
More creative spaces at Kootoyoo.
Clever Jackson!
Look what my 8 year old nephew, Jackson, did in class today:
(His bit is 46 seconds in, about drag racing)
If you don’t see the video above, click here to watch it on YouTube.
Isn’t he clever!
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