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| Trauma Teddy # 17 |
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| Trauma Teddy # 18 |
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| Large Santa Stocking |
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Richard.
Showing posts with label festive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label festive. Show all posts
Friday, January 3, 2014
Friday FOs 03.01.2014
The first week of the near year and I figured I would start the year off right with a few FOs. I can't promise that I will have FOs every week but I will do my best. Here are this weeks FOs.
Two more Trauma Teddies to be given away. I guess if I keep doing these I should be able to have something to show every week.
I didn't manage to finish this in time for Christmas so I guess it's ready for this year.
If you want to see what everyone else has been making then just check out the links in the sidebar.
Richard.
If you want to see what everyone else has been making then just check out the links in the sidebar.
Richard.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
The year that was 2013
So, it's New Years Eve and time to look back on what has happened this year and what I've achieved and look forward to what I hope to do in 2014.
At the start of the year I turned 55. Since I no longer work full time (I was retrenched in 2010 and haven't worked since) I was allowed to withdraw my Superannuation which came to a total of around $44000. Not really much to show for 34 years in the workforce but it was better than nothing and it did pay for some new teeth and a great holiday.
Of course, the most outstanding thing that we did this year was our trip around the UK and Ireland. It's hard to remember anything else we did this year, but it was a fantastic trip. I'm not sure if I would ever do such a long trip ever again as we were kinda over it before we finished and were ready to get back on the plane for the return flight. There were a lot of memorable moments on the trip and one of the first things I plan on doing in the new year is to put the rest of the photos up for everyone to see. The first three weeks have been put into Google+ albums and can be found here.
On the crafting front I completed quite a few projects and here is the montage.
In this photo there should be 3 Blankets, 9 Toys, 16 Trauma Teddies, 24 Hanging Towels, 1 Mug Cosy, 3 Pairs of Baby's Bootees, 2 Santa Stockings, 1 Christmas Tree, 1 Angel Book Mark, 1 Toddler's Jacket, 1 Child's Hat, 1 Table Runner, 1 Baby's Ensemble and 1 Shopping Bag, although a couple of the Trauma Teddies could be missing (there are 16 in my Ravelry project page).
Sue wasn't quite as productive as I was with only 4 completed projects.
Current Work In Progress:
Crochenit Cot Blanket (trying a method for doing rows that are longer than the hook)
Toddlers Jacket (on hold due to lack of yarn)
AustralianaV2
Things I'm itching to get started on:
Crochenit Knee Rug (same as Cot Blanket and will also use up some of my stash of 8ply)
Crocheted Slocks
Something in Tunisian Crochet Lace (I'm thinking of modifying Ellen's Jacket pattern by substituting a lace stitch in the main body of the pattern)
Something from Ellen's new book.
A doily from an old pattern book I bought.
At the start of the year I turned 55. Since I no longer work full time (I was retrenched in 2010 and haven't worked since) I was allowed to withdraw my Superannuation which came to a total of around $44000. Not really much to show for 34 years in the workforce but it was better than nothing and it did pay for some new teeth and a great holiday.
Of course, the most outstanding thing that we did this year was our trip around the UK and Ireland. It's hard to remember anything else we did this year, but it was a fantastic trip. I'm not sure if I would ever do such a long trip ever again as we were kinda over it before we finished and were ready to get back on the plane for the return flight. There were a lot of memorable moments on the trip and one of the first things I plan on doing in the new year is to put the rest of the photos up for everyone to see. The first three weeks have been put into Google+ albums and can be found here.
On the crafting front I completed quite a few projects and here is the montage.
In this photo there should be 3 Blankets, 9 Toys, 16 Trauma Teddies, 24 Hanging Towels, 1 Mug Cosy, 3 Pairs of Baby's Bootees, 2 Santa Stockings, 1 Christmas Tree, 1 Angel Book Mark, 1 Toddler's Jacket, 1 Child's Hat, 1 Table Runner, 1 Baby's Ensemble and 1 Shopping Bag, although a couple of the Trauma Teddies could be missing (there are 16 in my Ravelry project page).
Sue wasn't quite as productive as I was with only 4 completed projects.
My main focus for 2014 will be toys, novelty hats and things that I plan on entering into the shows in October/November. My current to-do list looks something like this:-
Things to make to replace stock for my
market stall:
Bottle Cosies in more team colours
Bottle Cosies in more team colours
2 String bags
Teapot Cosies
bag holders
Koala
Small Bunny
Robot
Wine Glass Socks
Current Work In Progress:
Crochenit Cot Blanket (trying a method for doing rows that are longer than the hook)
Toddlers Jacket (on hold due to lack of yarn)
AustralianaV2
Trauma Teddies
Tunisian Spiral Blanket
Hanging Towels
Baby's Jacket, Pants and Hat Ensemble
Santa Stockings
Box Stitch Baby Blanket – taken over
from Sue
Things I'm itching to get started on:
Crochenit Knee Rug (same as Cot Blanket and will also use up some of my stash of 8ply)
Crocheted Slocks
Something in Tunisian Crochet Lace (I'm thinking of modifying Ellen's Jacket pattern by substituting a lace stitch in the main body of the pattern)
Something from Ellen's new book.
A doily from an old pattern book I bought.
Banner for Stall
Table Runners for each Australian state
and territory (currently trying to design the ACT one).
Tunisian Crochet Intarsia Table Runner
Dinosaurs (bought the patterns from
PlanetJune)
This is quite a long list and I doubt that I will make much of a dent in it (some of these things have been on the list for a couple of years already) but I intend to try.
That's it for this year, Happy New Year to all.
Richard.
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Saturday Shenanigans - 14.12.2013
It's getting closer to Christmas and all the Christmas festivities are in full swing.
On Monday we had the Mirambeena Activities Group open day, concert and lunch. As part of the Mirambeena Melody Makers I got to do a bit of singing and accompanying on the trombone. As the crochet tutor I got to show off some of my work.
On Tuesday we had the Community Services Christmas lunch. With Sue now volunteering as the receptionist for Community Services one day a week she got invited to this one.
Sue was busy with her Community Services work on Wednesday and Thursday. It is a real busy time of year for the Salvos with all the hamper preparations and sorting through the gifts for kids of needy families so they needed her an extra day.
On Friday we drove up to Wagga Wagga to see a movie called "The Christmas Candle". We had to go to Wagga Wagga to see this as they're not showing it in Albury. I can highly recommend this movie, it has a great Christian theme.
Today we had had a fund raising barbecue at the local Bunnings hardware store. Santa Claus made a an appearance and some of the Corps folk sang a few carols while some of us slaved away cooking and selling sausage sandwiches in 30ยบC heat.
All in all, it has been a pretty good week. I hope you all had a good one also.
Richard.
On Monday we had the Mirambeena Activities Group open day, concert and lunch. As part of the Mirambeena Melody Makers I got to do a bit of singing and accompanying on the trombone. As the crochet tutor I got to show off some of my work.
On Tuesday we had the Community Services Christmas lunch. With Sue now volunteering as the receptionist for Community Services one day a week she got invited to this one.
Sue was busy with her Community Services work on Wednesday and Thursday. It is a real busy time of year for the Salvos with all the hamper preparations and sorting through the gifts for kids of needy families so they needed her an extra day.
On Friday we drove up to Wagga Wagga to see a movie called "The Christmas Candle". We had to go to Wagga Wagga to see this as they're not showing it in Albury. I can highly recommend this movie, it has a great Christian theme.
Today we had had a fund raising barbecue at the local Bunnings hardware store. Santa Claus made a an appearance and some of the Corps folk sang a few carols while some of us slaved away cooking and selling sausage sandwiches in 30ยบC heat.
All in all, it has been a pretty good week. I hope you all had a good one also.
Richard.
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