School holidays

School holidays, originally uploaded by beeware70.

Another one.

School hopefuls

School hopefuls, originally uploaded by beeware70.

I was poking around my Flickr photos tonight & came across this. It is so bittersweet...the passage of time.
This was almost 4 years ago. I am trying to remind myself to savor the moment.

Time for tea!

Time for tea!, originally uploaded by beeware70.

This was my mother's day treat as made by 5 year old Willa at school. Cute! Apparently one for me & one for her..... It's amazing they made it home!!

Swimming....

Swimming...., originally uploaded by beeware70.

All right I have a lot of yarn. I do knit most of it eventually....
bad photo but it is to remind me of what I have!

And summer is all about swimming.

Back to the sticks

Not one to be deterred by previous knitting misadventures,  I've cast on a new project.

A little "Lucky" from my very dog-eared copy of Pipsqueaks for a little baby I know.  Its in all seasons cotton so it can't shrink/felt.

And a cute (if blurry) photo of Willa in the knitted denim dress (Erika Knight pattern).

Tiny tea leaves

In amongst the business of the last month (crazy school fundraisers , gala concerts, catching up with friends to discuss fabric finds and more) I sought a bit of refuge in knitting.  Knitting is such a perfect activity to do anywhere...even when walking along the streets of Redfern. The first step was finding some irresistable pear tree wool at A Coffee and a Yarn Newtown. 

Next was deciding the pattern....tiny tea leaves leapt out at me from many places so that wasn't a hard choice!  And then knitting here there & everywhere..in the car, at school, walking to work, on the train, at choir, in bed (but not advised in the shower!)  And here is the result.

I love it!  Right down to the 3 old green buttons Bronte chose for the front.  And so much so I have started the next one!  This time with some pinkish purplish yarn I must have come across when Bronte was younger...just as well I have another younger pink -loving child!

 

August meets Books

August in our family always has 2 aspects.

1.  Sickness...I don't know what it is..end of winter & all that..overused immune systems etc etc. 
2. Book week parade
Hopefully the 2 do not coincide.  This year it was a close call.

Meet Harry Potter & Pippi Longstocking.

Not original ideas but fun!