Thursday, October 22, 2009

My Little Sister

Latest Wedding Happenings.

My adorable little sister Helen, Her husband Gordon and their adorable baby Thomas is coming to the wedding!!! All the way from England.

Knitting

I have 18 ready to be sewn and stuffed. Originally they were for the Red Cross but there is not a distribution point in Victoria at the moment, and i don't have the money to post them to the ACT so instead they are also going under the Christmas Tree at K Mart.
I used to have a lady come and pick them up from me ready to stuff and have their label put on the front but she moved.


Make your own teddy by going to the freebies on the right of this page



Arrived


My cottons have arrived!!!
Now all i have to do is look for a tin to put them in, I know i have just the thing some where, then i Must Must Must get back to sewing.

Sharing Your Loves


My youngest son had his birthday this week and he and his girlfriend came round, She is a lovely girl and so busy, being a new teacher and all that, But they both came around that day and she asked me to keep an eye out for some red,green,white yarn/wool for the kids to make some Christmas tassels. Well, i just so happened to have some of these colours and i gave them to her.

I don't know quite what happened next but the conversation came to knitting, She said that she would love to be able to knit, her mum tried to teach her but she could not do it. I said i would teach her.
Well i gave her some needles and together we knitted a piece. She is a natural! it took her no time at all, and she made herself a strip of knitting (garter stitch) and when she cast it off she was so very happy. and when i proceeded to put it around her wrist, well she just cried! She is going to add some funky buttons to it.

She went home armed with 3 sets of knitting needles, all different sizes and lengths, some yarn and crochet hooks that she will learn to use the next time we see each other.

Well my son yesterday told me that she loves to knit now, and is happily knitting in her spare time, How cool is that! She is finding it a very relaxing thing to do. The next time we meet i will teach her how to purl, increase, decrease and other types of casting on.

She also wants to learn how to crochet. How much fun is this!!!

Giveaways

A 12 Month Subscription is on offer to the winner, What a lovely offer this is! If you want to enter this draw just go to Molly's Place to find out more.

This is a fabulous giveaway from Don't Look Now Such a lovely design, young and fresh. You have until Monday 26th of October to enter the draw. Do check out the other lovely designs too.




Pumpkin Patch Primitives Quilt Shoppe has a fantastic Giveaway.
The loot? A Fat Quarter Bundle of Red Rooster's Pumpkins & Spice Fabrics by Whimsicals. Hello! Yes, that's 27 fat quarters.
This draw is closing on 31st August, that is Halloween, so don't wait! do go and check it out.