Home Alone

E is going away for a few days with her Grandparents. I will have the whole weekend 'free'... 

What will I do?!?!??!?!

thoroughly clean the house (the spiders are writing me messages in the dust)
paint garden furniture
knit a tea cosy
write a buisness plan
complete a tax return
read a book
knit a ballerina mouse
work on my Black & White Fabric Book
knit a shrug for E
design, write, print and distribute a zine
sew my hexagons
watch football
sleep
catch up with friends
make a sewing box for E

Zines

Whilst looking for blank hair claps I ended up poking about Folksy.  I then stumbled on the zine section which reminded me that I wanted to have a go at producing my own zine.

I think this was several years ago (pre blog, pre E and maybe even pre Mrs)...

A quick google revealed these resources...

www.houseoffun.com/action/zines/diy.html

www.wemakezines.ning.com


What would my subject be?  Who would be my audience?  Mmmmmmm...

Sea Queen Knitting

Sold.

Knitting - Shawl List

More shawl patterns that have caught my eye (all ravelry links) ...
Shaelyn
Theolie
Meliai
Lune

Lune, Meliai and Theolie are both crescent shapes...  a popular trend for new shawl patterns on ravelry.

All of them bigger and some more complicated than Azzu...

Knitting - doughnuts

for Sea Queen Day.

Pink Shoes

E has taken a sudden interest in my camera.  She has started directing me (and Uncle John) so I gave her my camera.  She took over 200 photos and only dropped the camera twice.

She wanted to take photos of her favourite things

I love her pink shoes in these photos as she takes a tour of the garden...



Created with flickr slideshow.

Knitting - French Knitter

I've recently been shown how to use a French Knitter (or Knitting Nancy, or Spool Knitting, or Corker) 

Its very addictive and very satisfying.

But what to do with them?

I had originally learned so I could make these cupcakes (ravelry link), but sadly they have not turned out well...

a quick google has revealed these interesting alternative projects and resources

SpoolKnitter
The Lost Art of Knitting Nancies
3 ideas at Craft Stylish