Friday 29 June 2012

girl friday 29 june


have been stocking up the felt shop this week with some bunting and bird cards...

southern hemisphere map bunting




have been made this lastest map bunting with southern hemisphere countries starting in africa and ending on argentina

comes with its own star map bag

golden book bunting





made this great animal orchestra bunting this week









vintage linen bird cards


have made a few more vintage linen bird cards for the felt shop this week...

Friday 22 June 2012

girl friday 22 june


midwinter! due to increased indoors time i have been finding a bit more space in my week to make things which has been lovely.  have a couple of knitting projects on the go and have made a few more woodland creature items which i have added to the felt shop....

knitted cushion project



have been playing around with making knitted cushions this week.  am loving the chevrons on this knitted square.  i used an old jersey for the back of the cushion and attached buttons along the side for the cushions opening.

'little sister's dress' knitted in the round


after enjoying knitting my son's hat in the round, this week i have started a 'little sister's dress' in the round for my daughter.  the pattern is from the excellent www.ravelry.com website and is a gorgeous tora froseth design.  a bit more challenging so i will let you how it goes!

woodland creatures mitts and cosys



have made another batch of woodland creature kitchen accessories this week.  above are the oven mitts and below are the blanket lined tea cosys.  all of which will go into the felt shop....

                  










bikes and accessory wall


this weeks accessory wall includes: belts, lavender bird, hairclips, babushka dolls and a ring for good luck.  oh and my husbands bike NFS!

Friday 15 June 2012

girl friday 15 june


its all about knitting this week in the garage.  not only have i finished off my first knitting project for the season but have collected a few choice knitting needles and patterns to boot.


hat knitted in the round



just finished this hat for my son who has been bravely scootering off to school everyday without a hat, brrrr! this hat should keep both his head and ears toasty warm.  loved knitting in the round as the hat is seamless which means no sewing up at the end.

knitwear for the kids


have these great kids knitting patterns, including some vintage ones for inspiration

knitwear for the ladies



couldnt resist these!  

Friday 8 June 2012

girl friday 8 june


have had a lovely week of finding new things for the garage and am still enjoying finding things that bring a winter citrus injection.  also have started my first knitting project just in time for the first southern cold blast...

milk jugs


have these cute little milk jugs in the garage at the moment

cocktails and geometrics


found this lovely glass cocktail set and a stunning pair of yellow geometric tea light candle holders


Friday 1 June 2012

queens birthday weekend

                       

this seems an appropriate image for the weekend, found this great letter from the queen's 1963 royal visit to new zealand addressed to the school children of new zealand.  safe travels everyone whether it be by royal cruiser liner or more standard means over the weekend.




girl friday 1 june


some mid-winter sun still making its way into the garage this week