Unauthorised absence

Last time you heard from me I was a little down. Stuff happened and I'm ok now. I know I kinda disappeared off the radar for a couple of months. I've been up to my ears in work and not had time to chill or make anything... much. Well, in the last two months I've made Gazelle a scarf, tweaked a old notebook cover into a reading book cover (hooray for hair bands and pretty buttons)...

... baked petit fours with Chloe...


... and made 3 birthday cakes - all chocolate (only remembered to take a picture of one but according to Gazelle I'm perfecting my chocolate cake... YAY!!!)


OK, and that's it.

As I said before, I've had a few clients from the freelance web side of things, so recreational activities have had to take a bit of a back seat. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for the work I'm just tired... lol. So just for the record, here's a list of stuff I've planned to make that I haven't quite got around to or finished just yet...

1. Lily's cardigan
2. Kelli's hat - no pattern, chunky knit beenie
   
3. Janet's scarf - bronze coloured cabled chunky knit
   
4. Gabby's hat - Green fair isle tam
   
5. Gazelle's neckwarmer and ribbed knit beenie
6. Jade's scarf
   
7. A hat for myself (don't you just love Knitty)
   

I've bought all the wool, just waiting for my circular needles to arrive. :D The only problem with the above list is that Christmas is coming and I've promised myself that this year everyone's getting hand made presents, which means I better get a move on.

Off topic, the wedding planning took a bit of a break too... I spoke to Marsha (the wedding planner) today and we're meeting up next week, which means I've got 7 days to sort out that wedding wiki I set up. My best mate's moving to Japan in a few weeks time, but is coming back to be my bridesmaid next year, so I need to try and sort her outfit out before she leaves, or at least get some meaurements. The phrase "biting off more than you can chew comes to mind". Hmmm.

Back soon - I hope

On your marks...

OK, so I saw Lily today! She is growing up so fast and is so gorgeous... (Bubba Gazelle thinks I'm biased but Chloe agrees).

Chloe and I spent a good half hour today just planning stuff that we want to make for Lily. I'm getting so excited but wondering where I'll find the time to do it all. We talked about sewing, knitting, felting, hand dying wool and lino printing. We even decided to create a little Lily logo to go with it all that we'll try and incorporate into all the stuff we'll make her. It'll probably be based on this type of Lily which is perfect because the colours we've decided to work around are yellow, beige and green.



We're also thinking of tying it in with our nickname for her, 'Lily Jam'... I'll post that as soon as we've designed that too... So exciting! I can't wait for us to get started on this kit but I mustn't get too carried away. Besides, I've still got to finish that cardigan first! Not even half way through the back yet. Back to the pins... think I'll do a few more rows before bed tonight. I think it's coming along quite nicely. Contented sighs all around if you please.

- Finké :)

My first post!!!

Ok, so I've been meaning to do this for ages.

Blog about stuff I make I mean.

I love making stuff and once I've given it away that's about it. Then I start on something new. I been watching loads of craft blogs (my favourites at the moment are AfricanKelli and Cut Out and Keep - although I guess Cut Out and Keep is a forum) and being really inspired and getting great ideas for stuff, but not actually keeping track of my own development.

For instance about 3 years ago, I could just about knit scarves without dropping too many stitches. and that was about it. Yesterday I started making this cute little cardigan (pattern taken from The second little sublime hand knit book).



The pattern is called Lily and I'm making it for a friend's daughter... and the lovely little girl's name is... wait for it... Lily! How perfect is that!?! I'm making the stripy version in pastel green, blue and yellow and can't wait to finish it. I'll post a picture of the back once I finish it so you can see how the pattern is coming out.

- Finké :)