tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66677140488524772012024-03-13T10:25:38.804+11:00marjoryjanebecclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.comBlogger235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-40526042544174560152013-11-28T15:29:00.001+11:002013-11-28T15:29:20.056+11:00check out these starshi hi!
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There's not much to say 'round these parts. Life is pottering along and between work and home and all the stuff in between there is a new crochet project. But I'm not going to show you that yet. Instead - check out these stars:
Photo from Little Woollie
Aren't they fab. They're from here (which is a lovely tutorial) and I love love love them! I am so going to get distracted becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-55142841010917618882013-11-12T20:28:00.002+11:002013-11-12T20:28:43.886+11:00crochet finger puppetsI don't have much in the way of words tonight. It was my first day back at work today and it involved sitting in meetings non-stop for most of the day. So I'm a bit worded out. Instead, here are my finished finger puppets:
They worked out really well. I followed this pattern for the dog, and then simply made up the others. Surprisingly, the lion wasn't that much of a hit with becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-47800768009701361512013-10-30T13:01:00.001+11:002013-10-30T13:01:57.958+11:00a (holiday) library collectionIt's holiday planning central 'round here. I'm busily writing lists and I'm yet to cross anything off, so I thought I'd drop in quickly and do a holiday library collection. I popped into the library yesterday and picked up some holiday reads:
What's not to love about Jane Austin with added Sea Monsters? Possibly a lot, but I couldn't resist giving it a go. And the yawn book looks lovely becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-26390885910017612772013-10-28T20:23:00.001+11:002013-10-28T20:23:15.629+11:00the coastersMy crafting mojo is definately back, and boy is she keeping me busy! I have a number of projects on the go at the moment, but first, here is my completed water jug and cup coasters for my desk at work.
I love the way they turned out, simple and sweet. My desk is usually so crowded with papers and books and things, these really bring a nice spot of peace.
Now those are done, I've got a set of becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-86584228212741707142013-10-23T13:32:00.000+11:002013-10-23T13:32:00.546+11:00wordless Wednesdaybecclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-37687838159185057882013-10-16T19:23:00.000+11:002013-10-16T19:23:00.389+11:00squashiesMy lovely husband, as I've mentioned, is from South Africa. There are many things he misses, not just family and friends, but familiar tastes and smells and fruits and vegies and meats. So every now and then I make a trek across to the other side of town and buy him a few familiar things. The last time I did this, they had squashies in stock. I fell in love with gem squash when we've been becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-21940437200180280832013-10-14T13:15:00.002+11:002013-10-14T20:04:26.361+11:00mojo-ingHooray! It seems my crafting mojo has returned! I am currently brimming with ideas of things I want to make! I'm not sure where my mojo went, she seemed to be buried under a sea of work/home/life type tasks, but now she's back and I'm happy about it!
My first project hasn't gone all that smoothly - I've been trying to drink more water at work. So I took in a lovely water jug from home, which it becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-22950314733089409092013-10-09T11:06:00.000+11:002013-10-09T11:06:00.522+11:00wordless wednesdaybecclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-75830694992437915012013-09-30T20:55:00.000+10:002013-09-30T20:55:09.538+10:00library collectionsSo we are still fairly crafty free 'round here. I think time and energy are lacking, along with the motivation to start a new project. But mostly the energy - this working three days a week caper takes a lot out of a person - well takes a lot out of this person...
But there has been a lot of cooking and baking and reading going on instead. And that has meant more trips to the library. So here's becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-38886286321821662172013-09-16T18:41:00.002+10:002013-09-16T18:41:51.760+10:00baby buntingBunting is very in at the moment. I feel like you can barely turn around in the blogosphere without tripping over a string of bunting! I think bunting is really cute, but up til now I haven't made any. This has been for a number of reasons, but mostly because I haven't anywhere to hang it once done! But a friend at work needs a bit of cheering up, so we are putting together a basket of things forbecclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-47928612304470889432013-09-04T20:11:00.000+10:002013-09-04T20:19:29.560+10:00duck!So, I am a little early for show and tell, but I am pretty excited about this. I made a duck!
Ok, so I didn't follow the pattern all that brillantly, got my terms mixed up and whatever. But still I made a duck! Little-miss-e loves it! She shouts QUACK when she sees it, and then comes over to give it a kiss.
Ahh, the satisfaction of a quick project that turns out just right!
Pattern from becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-64690854020951027342013-08-22T14:42:00.001+10:002013-08-22T14:44:18.529+10:00Random thoughts on a ThursdayI only seem to have random thoughts at the moment.
I feel like I've lost my crafting mojo - I'm still stuck on an unfinished project without the inclination to finish or to start a new project. There's been pretty much no crafting around here for weeks!
I feel like I'm scrambling up hill most days, trying to keep on top of the washing, the cooking, the shopping, the stuff, the dishes... This becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-672952301635480622013-08-17T16:12:00.000+10:002013-08-17T16:12:55.485+10:00library collectionsI am such big reader. I love to read and I love wandering around the library selecting whatever takes my fancy. My favourite method is simply to pick up a book and start reading - if I like the writing I take it home, if not I put it back and try again. I love reading a book without knowing anything about it. I usually try to avoid reading the back of books altogether and just dive straight in.
becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-89737752347082628722013-08-12T20:35:00.002+10:002013-08-12T20:38:23.952+10:00cooking up bigI am a big fan of the cook-up. I always have been. Even when I was just cooking for myself it would seem I could never cook less than 4 serves. I love to cook, so once I am making something I figure I may as well make a lot of it! In the past this has worked out well for my hungry housemates and friends living nearby. In more recent times, it has worked well with little-miss-e. At least 2 nights becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-6763201221742587652013-08-04T20:55:00.002+10:002014-08-06T01:14:54.929+10:00the easiest biscuits you'll ever make (healthy, sugar and gluten free)So, there's not been much crafting going on 'round here. Mostly because I am still stuck on the frog/snake puppet and am yet to finish that, or to work out what my next project will be. But also because we have been the house of sickness, on top of my return to work, little-miss-e starting childcare and other adventures in normal life. So, there's not been a lot of craft to show and tell.
But I becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-82287654928082886102013-07-15T20:42:00.001+10:002013-07-15T20:42:37.731+10:00Gluten free pizza doughSo I received a request for my Gluten Free Pizza Dough recipe (see my previous post about gluten free pizzas). It is pretty easy to make - we make it in the bread machine using the dough setting. It is a bit of a throw together dough, but it works and turns out delicious!
1 Cup (and a bit, about 1/8C) of water
1 tea salt
1 tea sugar
splash of olive oil
2 3/4 Cups gluten free plain flour
1 tbs becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-34440954250340087952013-07-13T21:17:00.000+10:002013-07-13T21:21:04.683+10:00a few more things on my to-do list
Oh, my to-do list is growing and growing.There are so many fun and
fabulous patterns! Here are a few I have been thinking about making. The
question always is - which one to start first? (oh, and the other question should be: should I finish
what I am currently working on first...)
Hobbes - how could you not want to crochet him!
and I love the idea of making a lacy scarf
Or like this
becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-61815569674157355852013-07-11T10:23:00.000+10:002013-07-11T10:35:10.213+10:00my current projectSo this is what I am quietly working on. I've not been posting about it, as it is not really going that well... I'd ask you to guess what it is, but I am afraid you'll say a snake.
See, it is supposed to be a frog. A frog puppet for little-miss-e's 1st birthday. She loves frogs, she finds them very funny. And she loves puppets, so I thought, what better than to crochet her a frog puppet for becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-67439230629794465342013-07-06T20:32:00.000+10:002013-07-06T20:32:48.329+10:00little present for a new little oneI've been working on a little bootie/beanie set for a little while. I used my new favourite bootie pattern. Given I'd started with plenty of time before the bub was due, I thought I'd make a beanie too. After such success from the bootie pattern, I started making a beanie also from the Lion brand site. But I felt it didn't really match the clean lines of the booties (and looked a little too much becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-11400832289893753272013-06-30T11:35:00.000+10:002013-06-30T11:35:00.085+10:00one
This is what has been keeping me busy. Well, not the cake exactly, but the little-one for whom I made the cake. Yep, it is little-miss-e's first birthday this weekend and that comes on top of a very very busy month. So busy that in fact the present I've been crocheting for her birthday is not yet finished... (opps). Still at least the cake is, and gosh did she enjoy it! I had planned on a becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-36920571528726946882013-06-18T21:05:00.000+10:002013-06-18T21:05:13.562+10:00diagonal crochet
I just stumbled across this amazing diagonal crochet blanket from Lanas de Ana.
Isn't it gorgeous! She even links across to a tutorial. I love love love it. This is absolutely going to be my next blanket project!
I've already added it to my 'stuff I want to make (when I get the time)' list which sits towards the bottom right of my blog. I keep the list there it as a place to store up becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-41340535621708452602013-06-17T14:50:00.001+10:002013-06-17T14:51:39.636+10:00home made muesli bars (with recipe) (gluten free)I saw ana over at i made it so post a recipe for granola bars the other day. She made them sound so easy. So after double checking that granola is the same thing as muesli (don't you love it that we supposedly speaking the same language), I decided to try them out.
ana talked about the princples of muesli bars before her recipe, so I just made it up from there. They were easy to convert to becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-68497055702656194182013-06-13T10:36:00.000+10:002013-06-17T20:18:04.437+10:00Gluten free malva pudding recipeMy lovely-(gluten-free)-husband is not from 'round these parts. The other day I had to explain to him the entire story of 'The Man from Snowy River' (though at least he did already know about Banjo Patterson - as in: "didn't he write some poems or something?"). Anyway, I digress...
My lovely-(gluten-free)-husband is not from 'round these parts. And as such, we expected some cross-cultural issuesbecclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-63501436170712251662013-06-04T12:54:00.001+10:002013-06-04T12:57:31.338+10:00granny sqaure cup cosyDo you remember cup cosies? They were all the rage a couple of years back. You couldn't mosy 'round the blogosphere without running into one. At the time, I confess, I thought: what a silly idea. A cup cosy - I thought, why don't people just drink their tea!
Well, fast forward and these days I feel like I hardly ever get to finish my tea. I start a cup but then... well, things happen and life (becclebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428480277227683098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667714048852477201.post-72511959774245934622013-06-02T16:45:00.002+10:002013-06-02T19:22:02.072+10:00a little bit of bloglovin...I've joined the bloglovin' gang - check me out over there...
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