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Aussies - get the latest Grass Roots magazine - its full of fibreriffic goodness!

We went to have a look at the car boot sale at Joshies school ( Joshie thought we were really going to buy a new car boot) and was prepared just to see junk but I got a beautiful retro trashy Enid gilchrist book for only $2 - Im in trashy craft heaven!

I got my spindle in the mail - it came with a small amount of raw wool - which some had been spun on the spindle - no wonder she gave up if she was spinning straight from that!
Very sticky - would have been shawn a million years ago and had a lot of debris. So I gave it a soak and now its drying patiently till I can get something to comb/card it (The photos are the wrong way around the second photo is the first soak). But it means I get to spin dye and knit/crochet from the beginning!
I have some beautiful fabric just waiting to be sewn - if only I could find the time to cut it - I have to cut on the floor and that's just not very Tyler friendly - but IM crossing my fingers for that moment.
I was on craftster and found these adorable lil slippers to crochet and she included the pattern - very extremely cute
Pattern on second page and her blog here
I'll add them to the other 6 things that are already on hooks or needles.

I also have all the ingredients waiting to be made into a cherry pie - just need time now!

I won the spindle - Yay me!

orange sherbet and Aqua wonder hanging out to dry!

In the last half hour I may have bid on a spindle and dyed some more wool a beautiful orange sherbet.
Too many new addictions

All balled up!
Still Loving it.
I have cast on my oceans and waiting to hit spotty for a 5.5mm hook ( and more wool) for my purples. I lub Lub Lub it!

Dyeing fun - It actually worked and it turned out beautiful, if I had seen these at a store I defiantly would of put some in my basket. I think we have another new obsession.

the greeny / blue (oceans mystique) was a a kool aid type mix - called vitafresh, that I found a IGA (no kool aid is Australia) with a dash or 2 of food colouring, The flavor I used was tropical which was a light green, and blue was the food colouring. It is a bit more nice patchy then the photo shows. I used the soak in hot with a glug of vinegar - then mixed up the colours in a plastic cup with vinegar and hot water - didn't use measurements just went for it. It soaked it up right away and left a tiny bit of clear water - but I nuked it anyway - 2 mins just to be on the safe side, then rinsed

The dusty purples ( no name yet)(which got tangled cause I didn't secure my hank too well, but is now all untangled) Is food colouring with vinegar - using the same method as above.

IM in love. I think the purple is calling me to be a motif type scarf, oceans mystique is still deciding what it wants to be. I think it wants to be felted bag but it forgets its a machine washable wool - so we will have to have a chat and see what else we can come up with.

Now to turn it into balls - which strangely enough I have no idea how!

Oh and I think I want to add spinning to my list!!

Aside form the Top kids mags I scored at the local op shop - bargain I gots some wool and some what Im assuming is like kool aid, some vinegar and food dye, I technique per ball!
Also hit spotty
Skirt pattern new material = Love

Dying link

School holidays and my brother staying in my craft room have seriously dented my crafting - I still have my crochet and knitting but Im longing for the time to dive in and put this with that and that with this and see what I turn up with. I want to dive on to my machine and just sew. Hopefully this will all come back soon.
My crafting is my therapy and Ive needed it of late. It helps to soothe and empty my mind as I cant concentrate on the outside world when these edges need exact matching now can I?


Davy goes tomorrow and Joshie is back to school on Monday. So soon all will return, am now just waiting for those few extra dollars so I can try that cherry pie recipe that is sitting up on my fridge begging to be made.

Ok - so I did something - I picked up my knitting needles just to play, I tried it before and I hated in - it just wasn't my thing - but since learning to crochet this makes it comfortable for me to hold and work. So IM dabbling and enjoying!
What IM not enjoying was the 6 inches of work on my shrug. Argggggggg.

My brain has Been spinning since the latest challenge has been anouced. What the hell do I make??? Something no bigger then 2 inches by 2 inches - or in Aussie talk 5cm by 5cm in any direction. Major brain plaguing has been hitting my brain as I lay in bed at night, which leads to other thoughts on projects and my list has increase a million fold.