A plan and a play

I’ve spent many spare moments (spare moments?) looking at different knitting patterns, trying to decide what to make with my beautiful alpaca wool. I finally decided to try a (hopefully) simple pattern from one of my mum’s old books (I am still pretty much a newbie knitter after all!).

From my mum

So because I took so long looking at patterns, I really haven’t knitted much. I think I got maybe 4 rows done! I’m also a bit nervous using such beautiful wool – I want to do it justice!

This is it… I think…

I did manage however to read another chapter of Beyond the Rainbow Bridge. I like to take this one slowly, mull over the ideas and try them out. And I must say the suggestions really help! I’m also enjoying the unfolding story of A Clash of Kings. It is quite a thrilling read 🙂

But while I haven’t got much done this week on the knitting front, someone else at my house has been doing a lot with wool lately…

…making cobwebs

…using it as a monster costume…

…silly hair…

…pirate hair?!

…but most often, great big spiderwebs – eek!

He winds the wool round and round before placing his spider in the middle (it’s actually a Y2K bug – lol).

He loves his ball (*ahem* mess) of wool, so much so, that he was very concerned when his nana-ma offered to wind it up for me!

So, what are you knitting and reading? Or what funny items do your kids love playing with? Joining Ginny for her Yarn Along 🙂 And, Nicole at Frontier Dreams for Keep Calm Craft On!

Warmly, Kelly

January 24, 2012 by

Inking tea cups

A while ago Husband of Mine gave me a seriously wonderful anniversary present. It was a tea set for two, with a little tea pot and milk jug. Each item had a gorgeous quote from Anne of Green Gables inked and fired on it by Zinnea Pea.

Inked by Zinnea Pea

I love this tea set with its lovely quotes… here are a couple

‘It’s so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn’t it?‘
‘…if you let me tell you what I image about myself you’d find it a lot more interesting‘ 
(I’ll let you in on a secret though… I organised this pressie for him to give to me! He doesn’t trawl through Etsy after all!)

After Master D made his painted plates I got to thinking… I could ink tea cups with lovely quotes that my friends would love (well hopefully!). So two friends of mine who both celebrate January birthdays, and who both enjoy Jane Austen received a personalised tea cup inked by me 🙂

Inked by Kelly!

For A… ‘A women, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can‘

For B… ‘A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then. It is something to think of‘. 

To do the inking I used DecoColour opaque paint markers (next time I will buy the ‘fine’ ones), and because I’ve noticed that it isn’t hard to chip or smudge the ceramic paint off I ‘fired’ them in my oven at 50°C for a few hours. They will still need to be hand washed gently, but hopefully this way they will last a bit longer.

So guess what most of my family and friends will be receiving this year!

Happy crafting, Kelly

January 22, 2012 by