Pebbles, stones and sawdust

Here it is Mum, not bad hey?

The bushiest creeper has since died though, after they cut the gum tree down.  It was right on the other side of the fence, so this whole area was covered in sawdust afterwards.

I spent half the morning vacuuming up bits of sawdust which were wedged between the pebbles -

not much fun but it looks much better now!



Jeremy, the thirsty ant

Washington - How To Tame Lions

Fraggle Rock knitting song!

Fraggle Rock AND knitting!  I would never have thought they went together until I saw this! 

The funniest thing is at the end when one Doozer says "I'll shout if I want to, and do you know WHY?" and hthe other one says "Why?",  I thought he replied "Because I AINT knitting, I want to KILL!"  when actually he says "Because I HATE knitting, I want to BUILD!"

Garden spirits

We went to a barbecue at Craig's supervisor's house in the Perth hills last night.  They had a beautiful garden, and my eye was caught by a variety of garden spirits hidden in their little nooks.  Tiny stone birds pecked crumbs on the table, little tin mice hid among the flowerpots, and a frill-necked lizard watched us from a tree branch.  

My collection is only small but they add a bit of whimsy to the garden which lifts my spirits.  I took some of their portraits this morning.

Eva, who greets us serenely when we get home,

Luna, who watches over us at night,

Bella beatle, climbing up to get some sun,




and last but not least, Knee the Gnome.






Peppermint stripes

I found this peppermint cotton yarn in the market for 50c a ball and it inspired me to start knitting again.

I like this colour combination but I'm not sure what to make with it. Any ideas anyone?

It can't be too big a project as I only have two balls of the mint, one of cream and one of grey. And they're all different types of yarn as you can tell by the variable width of the stripes. The grey is wool, and the other two are cotton. Another knitting no-no I'm sure, but if necessary I can find some grey cotton to match instead. 

So send any ideas this way!

knitted rope necklace

I'd seen some of these around on etsy and knitting blogs and liked the way they drape so I thought I'd give it a try.

I made this on one big circular needle, just knitting round and round until it curled up on itself enough that you don't see the edges.  The trickiest part was switching from the white cotton to the grey wool, but as I didn't want the join to be too neat (and I wouldn't have been able to make it neat anyway)  I just picked up and worked with both yarns for a few stitches at each join.  Then I had to cut the ends and weave them in, which is not my favourite thing, but it made a staggered effect which I'm still deciding on whether I like or not.

Sweet peas & poppies

I've never tried growing sweet peas before so this year I put some in with the veges, and they've just started to bloom in the most beautiful soft colours.

 I'm having trouble uploading pics on here so there's more to come on flickr.





Ranunculs



Sparaxis, poppies and anemones