Beanie Kid!

I managed to get everything done on my list! Don't mind the mobile photos, my camera battery needs charging. :S

I whipped up EJ's hat for him for an up and coming 4WD/camping trip in the Flinders Ranges... which will be freezing. He LOVES it.



I also finished my very first real project - Milly's Scarf


I got all the applique pieces cut out and ready to assemble. That might be today's job, if I get a moment.



And finally my lovely jar of lemon curd! Yum yum! I added more lemon (because I have so many of them) and it's really lovely and tart! I prefer a tarter curd than sweeter.

I can't believe it's butter!

We get our milk from a farm. It's 100% from a cow. So that means that after a day or so, there is STACKS of cream sitting on top of the bottles. DH has been removing the cream bit by bit as it rises, and today I had 500grams of cream ready to beat into butter. This is how it turned out.




Today I also taught myself how to "cast off" or finish my knitting. This was a practice piece that I've been working on, trying to get the hang of tension and not dropping stitches. I gave it to Milly-Moo to use as a blankie for her Barbies or something. Turns out it fits really nicely on the dolls-house bed, and she is thrilled with it.



I found a pattern for EJ's beanie, but haven't started it yet, because I need to measure his noggin!!
I also worked on Milly's scarf, I reckon I have gotten another 3 inches done. It looks really good!

I did another page in Mop's baby album. This is actually one of my favourite pictures of my man and my girl. It is so lovely seeing them gazing at each other, oblivious to me!! :)



So all in all a pretty productive day!

I've had a productive day!

Even though I was interrupted by the plumber and all the cleaning up of the sewerage that was spurting out into my house... yeah... gross... don't think about it too much.... I still managed to get quite a bit done.

Today's List
1. Continue cutting out applique shapes for the girls quillows.

(Note the tiny bit of sunshine that we had today!)


2 Knit some more of Milly's scarf



3. Digi-scrap a page out of Mop's baby album



4. Do a journal page
(I wasn't in the mood, so didn't do it)

5. Continue working on Cat's baby quilt (Baby shower is coming up and I need to get a wriggle along!)
I plan to do this tonight! :)

Stocking stitch

I learned it! At first I was hopeless at it, and had a hard time doing the "pearl" stitch, but once I got the hang of that, I managed to get a good 2 inches of Milly's scarf done!



*The color of this wool is not very accurate since it's very dim and dark today, and I used my phone camera. It's not as dull. It's actually quite bright in places. :)

Look what I learned to do this week....

I'm happy with my progress and although I still have trouble with tension, I think I'm doing really well. This "practice" piece will end up being a blanket for one of Milly Moo's dolls. I bought a ball of wall today on clearance, nicer and softer, and I'm going to attempt a scarf for Milly. :)