Bag swap

Oh yeah I got the swap bug.

I made this for my recipient in April 2008. I liked it so much that I thought about keeping it..ha!




and for the first time ever, I lined it. With a skirt I picked up from a charity shop for 50p...bargain!

Washcloths

The first craft swap I took part in was in March 2008 for a washcloth. I made a couple of washcloths, but finally settled on sending the bright orange one.

The colours are just amazing




The other I gave to my Nanna (I think)

Easter

I wanted to make my daughter, Rheya, am Easter basket filled with lots of goodies, rather than one meaningless chocolate egg.

So when I saw this in the window of a flourist I was grabbed it quickly.


It would contain some eggs but they wouldn't be chocolate.








My Nanna used to make these chicks for us when we were kids. I just had to make some for my daughter.


the finished basket. If you look in the middle I also crocheted a chick.

G'Day

My beautiful cousin Sonya announced that she was uprooting and starting a new life in Australia in January 2008. I couldn't have been happier for her. What a great opportunity.

I wanted to make her a very special card and this is what I came up with. I was still new to cardmaking at this point remember ;)

I didn't get a proper picture of it because I finished it just in time to sign it and put it in it's envelope, so this is taken in the restaurant, after I'd given it to her

First soaker

With a little help I finally bought myself some suitable wool to make a nappy cover, so thought I'd have a go at a soaker


This is as far as I got because it didn't fit my daughter


I later pulled it out and it's still, to this day, sat in my yarn stash waiting to be made into something.

Slippery slope into yarnville

I'm an avid cloth nappy user and as any cloth addict will tell you, wool makes an excellent cover for fitted nappies (nappies without a waterproof layer).

A quick lesson in wool

Longies = trousers made from wool, can be either knitted or crocheted
Shorties = as the name suggests, these are shorts made from wool
Soaker = A pair of pants made of wool, they literally cover the nappy
Skirty = can you guess? Yes a skirt made with wool. This can be with a soaker underneath or without

You can also get variations of these, crops, boardies, longies with a skirt over the top, sleep bags and even longies with tails and dinosaur scales.

Why am I tell you all this you ask?

Well I decided to have a go at making Rheya a pair back in October 2007. I've been hooked ever since and you'll see many more nappy covers made of wool.

I did make a faux par with this first pair and bought acrylic yarn, but as it was cheap it was a good practice.




I also made the rise far too big, but you live and learn right?



and the action shots

Happy Birthday to Cath

Whilst browsing through Ebay I came across a stamp that just screamed out "IN-LAW'S!!!"

They're a very musical bunch so when I saw a Happy Birthday stamp set on a music sheet background with a treble clef to one side I just had to get it for them.

Cath, my Nana-in-law's Birthday was coming up (August 2007) so I made this card for her.


my daughter Rheya contributed as you can see