Spring Is Here?

Isn't the 1st of September supposed to be spring for us inhabitants of the southern Hemisphere. Here I am sitting at work (typing this during my lunch break) with the heater on and looking at a windy day, and no doubt when I get home tonight the track pants will be back on with the heater on.

Anyway, the reason for this post is I need to get organised with my crafting so I need to allocate certain days for certain things otherwise I get to involved in one thing and other things get left in the "to do" basket, yes I do have "to do" basket it is nearly over flowing so some sort of order is required or I will be freaking out at Christmas time when someones gift is not finished!! So this is what I have come up with:
Monday - Reading any new craft magazines I have bought, hey a girl needs the chance to add to her "to do" basket LOL
Tuesday - Crochet
Wednesday - Knitting
Thursday - Cross Stitch, and watching Amazing Race!
Friday - Craft Free Night
Saturday - What ever craft I feel like doing
Sunday - Cross Stitch
So lets see how this rotation goes, next I need to organise my WIPs & UFOs (any pointers on this gratefully accepted.)

Some New Finishes

Well I have finally taken some pictures and downloaded them of my latest finishes, no cross stitch but some knitting and crochet ones, they are all going to be christmas gifts.


This is a scarf that I knitted for my mum for Christmas, the colours didn't come out very well, the wool is green with little bits of blue through it with gold thread, I will try and get a better picture. It was just a wide rib of knit 5, purl 5.

This is a dishcloth made from Sugar and Cream cotton, it was super easy to do and the edges have bobbles on them - this will be for a secret Santa exchange later in the year.
The pattern is basically:

Cast on 44 stitches
Knit first row
Cast on 2 stitches, bind off 2 stitches, knit the rest of the row
Then Cast on 2 stitches, bind off 2 stitches knit the rest of the row
And you continue like this until it is the size you want.
Knit last row and bind off
See told you it was simple!!

And this is table runner made with some Christmas themed cotton, I just made this up as I went along LOL

Wow another person celebrating a blogiversary, congratulations to Melissa who is celebrating 8 years and is having a fabulous giveaway. Check it all out over at Melissa's blog http://www.thedailymel.com
Until next time bloggers............

IF YOU NEED MORE STASH!

If you enjoy cross stitch like I do, or just enjoy collecting stash like I do LOL, Lori is having a fantastic giveaway to celebrate 12 months of blogging. Check out Lori's great blog here, it is a great read and really inspires you to stitch more instead of fondle your stash.
Lori's blog
Oh and here is a picture of her fabulous giveaway......

Don't ya just love it.............

When you are lazing around in your pj's on a Sunday morning and people pop in to visit LOL.

Well it is 11am now and still in my pj's, I need to make the effort to go and get dressed, but it is to cold. Also I need to get the chicken in the crockpot for tonights dinner or we wont be eating until late and we can't have that as tomorrow is a work day.
Speaking of work, well last week wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, so hopefully things go along smoothly...........

An update on my cross stitch, if you remember I said I was going to do Picasso's Rooster over one, well I am an idiot, it is just to time consuming and for some reason there is one part that doesn't add up for me so I am going to start again and do it over two. So that is another reason to get off this computer and get my ass into gear LOL.

But before heading off I would like to leave you all with a wonderful picture from New Zealand that we took last November, this is Doubftful Sound, in Fiordland a place I highly recommend that you visit.

What a Couple of Weeks

Well things don't always turn out the way you want. It has been a rough couple of weeks at work and I am emotionally empty :-(

The next couple of months will help me decide if it is time to move on after nearly 14 years........

Thankfully I have tomorrow off, and I will attempt to get all the houseworkie stuff out of the way and then I will have two days to regroup and get myself ready for MONDAY!

I don't think the weather is helping me much I really would like the sun and warmth to return and to top it all off I forgot to get a Lotto ticket for tonights $50M jackpot !!!!

I will post again in a couple of days when my batteries have recharged.

Sunday.....

Wow, I wish every Sunday could be like this but warmer LOL

Put the heater on about 10am and have sat and watched tv and stitched most of the day. I am stitching Picasso's Rooster for my mum for Christmas as she collects chickens and roosters and has been after me to stitch something for her for years. I am doing it over 1 which is something I have never done before and I am actually enjoying it LOL


A chicken is in the crockpot for dinner and just have to put some roast vegies in the oven later. I have just realised that this blog post has a chicken theme to it, I must have been sitting to close to the heater LOL.

Well off to watch the second half of Saints V Crows................GO THE SAINTS!!!