I smell a rat...

Seems I just left a whole lot of posts in draft instead of coming back here!

There was a little knit a long for a very cute rat - not much yarn or knitting required but look at all those ends.

When she was done Ratty went out to investigate the herb garden bed at the local community garden.

What is this lovely looking green stuff?

Yum, Spinach...

but I smell something delicious in the kitchen

Look fresh cake!

All these adventures before going home to entertain Maggie the cat.

Quite unusually for this time of year the gardens in our neighbourhood are still green.

Hope there is some green in your world, (probably without the rat)

Pattern: Rats by Sara Elizabeth Kelner available on Ravelry

Sometimes...

projects take much longer than they should!

Take the chocolate stripe socks for The Father as an example - 3 months in the making (give or take a day or two). Lots of other things kept jumping in ahead of these socks and then when the first one was done I sent it home with The Mother for a fitting. I did not have good notes on these so I had to wait until the first one came back to me to make another that almost matches.

Improvised rib with cable in Dad size, Moda Vera Noir chocolate colourway

I included some fairly serious reinforcement through the heel and sole area to try to ward off the holes which are appearing in the socks I knit for The Father last year.

All done ready for delivery Sunday.

After knitting an inch or two of ribbing on my blue lace project, which is still undecided what it wishes to become, I decided that I had sufficient yarn and it really would be more usable with one more lace repeat so right after I took this picture I ripped out the ribbing. Gotta love that about yarn it really is flexible enough to change on a whim.

Rose garden lace in Rowan wool/silk blend

This week has been a lot about socialising and I couldn't resist this little afternoon indulgence.

Cookies and cream cheesecake with coffee.

Enjoying a little spring sunshine and the flowers in other peoples gardens.

Promise - I didn't pick any.

So tonight is FNWF and I'll be in so I may just join in the fun.

Will you be stitching along tonight?

Wishing you sunshine on your weekend.

Are those new?

There was some knitting which involved thick yarn and fat needles this week. I made this cosy cowl in teen colours, mostly because they were the ones I had in the right thickness, but we'll just keep that between ourselves, okay?

After I signed on to help with this one I thought I may have made a mistake, we are after all heading towards summer down here, not so this week, (it would have been a very welcome addition on some cool mornings). Just need to find some suitable buttons to attach and this will be done.

Two coloured checkered cowl by BillS

Pretty yarn for a pretty sock.

I bought this yarn a little over a year ago when the whole sock thing was just gaining momentum.

The Great Wall IV Socks by Qianer

Then it sat patiently waiting a turn because of the whole multi coloured look of it, when I decided that my preference really is to work with solids. An opportunity to knit along with others over on Ravelry saw me looking for suitable yarn in the stash, time to pull this out and see whether it would work. The yarn, Happy by Wendy, has a high percentage of bamboo and just a little nylon so it is perfect for warmer weather socks. Means I won't need to wait until next May to get my feet into them.

Coming along nicely I'm onto the foot and really enjoying the knit and the yarn.

Total impulse buying in the supermarket today, just had to try these TimTams with strawberry filling, well they had the new sign on them! Delicious even if they weren't coated in Dark chocolate. At the back of the pic you can see the mess I made with the buttons. I'll get some real photo's next time the sun is shining in my space.

Enjoy creating your weekend.

Colourful...

making Rocky Road for a family gathering.

 Preparing vegetables for soup.

Playing with fabric.

Sure added some colour to a grey weekend.

Enjoy some colour in your week.

Out and about Snippets

Oh, sure my knitting tagged along.

You can find more snippets here.

Sunny Snippets...

The sun is shining and all is good in the land.

Playing along with TinnieGirl.

Fun Mail

A package arrived with my name on it - Yippee!

Pretty paper on the outside

and lots of fun on the inside.

Perfect timing for the super cosy socks - sure needed some of these.

The gorgeous little pouch was filled with some essentials - sustenance and a hot drink ( or two), along with some winter themed buttons - Way to fun.

A Bronwyn Hayes stitchery kit ( guess she's been checking here).

Thanks Leanne for all my gorgeous goodies and to Cheryll for hosting this fun swap.

Hope your week is all warm and snuggly. 

Delicious Snippets

Joining in here.

Tea cosies on show

The setting is a beautiful old Homestead in Bundoora, so I had a  little cross town adventure today to meet fellow bloggers for...

Good food, Good company and lots of inspiration.

Many dresses for the humble teapot.

There's Rapunzel in good company.

A light to brighten the tea party.

The jesters parade to entertain.

Enjoying the company and displays.

Another Rapunzel steals the show.

Unfortunately as today was the last day of the exhibition this is just a selection, as the tea cosies are sold to raise funds for the Biggest Morning Tea - Cancer council fundraiser and purchasers are allowed to take their wares immediately.

Oh and the jar is not so full, the M's did their job and lots of sewing and knitting was accomplished this weekend.

Hope yours was productive too.

Beautiful

With Annie all stitched up I chose some fabrics

And indulged a little

Speed sewing and the top was complete.

A little quilting on a little quilt

And bound all ready for Miss1.

I even found this little quilt label that I received when I participated in the recent Fabric Frolic which was perfect for this project.

The party was a celebration of style.

Hope your weekend was just as sweet.