Christmas all over again

Just before Christmas I ordered some copies of  - Simply Crochet - , if you have not seen this crochet magazine before you are missing out!!!! So hop over to www.myfavouritemagazine.co.za and get yourself a copy or 2 ( or even 3 as was the case with me !!!).

Anyway, today I went to the post office and what a lovely surprise awaited me....yes my mags !!
I spent the afternoon relaxing on the stoop paging through them, over and over and over again. Just couldn't get of all the lovely crochet projects. Pure joy, simple pleasure, actually in my eyes Abundant pleasure (can you see me smiling, I am , ha-ha).

I'm currently busy with a white and red granny stripe blanket for my bed. No pictures yet, but within a few days I'll have some ready.  But for now a bit of "historical crochet" (2012/2013 crochet project).

Christmas 2012

December 2012. Rug

The day after Christmas (2012) zig-zag blanket

Seems like December 2012 were a very woolie month ha-ha !!
Some kniiting as well - knitted washcloths

a bit of nature..... beautiful

And what is Sarah saying about all this ? Well she sums it up very well......
"simple abundance, 1: an inner journey; 2: a spiritual and practical course in creative living; 3: a tapestry of contentment"     

Wow...in that case my prayer for all of you... may simple abundance be part of your everyday life
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a New starting point

One may ask ; how does it come about that you have a blog, but then you don't blog for more than a year ???  Only answer I have, ....Life happened...... and a lot of it !!!!
As Sarah Ban Breathnach quoted Zora Neale Hurston;  "There are years that ask questions and years that answer."

So there's no point in trying to explain it, therefore I decided to just show you some of the crochet goodies I made (yes there were still a lot of crocheting, just no blogging). So through the course of time at the end of a post I'll show you what I've made 2012 / 2013.

A bit more on Sarah... A few weeks ago a friend of mine "introduced" me to the writer Sarah Ban Breathnach.  And then it so happened that yesterday while visiting another friend of mine guess who was sitting on her shelf...yes Sarah.  So of I went with her copy of  "Simple Abundance. A Daybook of Comfort & Joy" (unfortunately I cannot find a ISBN number in the book, but it's the 1995 edition and I had a look on the internet, you can still find the book, it's still in print if you are interested.  There's a few other titles available as well)

Mmmm my kind of words for the new year ; "abundance", comfort", "joy", "simple".  Coming back to basics, slowing down. 

So regarding the little chats that I'll have this year, I'm thinking Crocheting (would there be any question about that!!!!) , life and all things nice... and maybe a bit of Sarah's wise words if I may...

As promised, something woolie (is that even a word!!!! but all wool lovers now the meaning!!)

This lovely square is called "Waterlily" and is made out of Jan Eaton's book "200 Crochet blocks for blankets, throws, and afghans"
I made a few blocks, alternating the colours and the end product was a cushion cover (which I'll show you at a later state)

Keeping "simple" in mind, this is enough for one day and as Sarah quotes  Joe E. Lewis ......"You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough"   
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New Beginnings

The best is yet to come

Knitted Mittens

As promised, here's foto's of the fingerless mittens I made.   I just love the color and the pattern is also an old favourite of mine.

 

 

 

 

Not an easy task to take a picture of both hands when your needing at least one hand to take the picture......  I'll have to find my tripot!!!!!

Well now that this is finished, I can start with my new project...jippy!!!

ps. The pattern used is from a booklet that acompanied a Simply Knitting magazine.

Blessings
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Such a long time.....

Such a long time since I have visited blog-land. So sorry for being silent for so long, it's been a very buzy time for me lately. First of all we went on holiday - which has been pure bliss -. Then it were back to school again. And as for now, I'm helping out at our church office for the time being.
But......back to business, crochet business!!!!!! jippy

Let me first show you the coasters I made (I so loved the pattern, I decided to make some for a friend of mine for her birthday......

I first made this white one (and 5 more of them the next day) and then I used cream cotton to make the set for my friend....

 

 

All tide up, ready to be posted.

 

 

 

 

Let me also show you the daisy chain I made...

 

 

 

It can be used as a neckless or as a pretty little something for your lttle girls bedroom, the possibilitys are endless                                                                                                                                                   

Currently I'm knitting fingerless mittens which I'll show you tomorrow. Lovely day full of blessing and lots of wool for all of you.
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Little bit of early morning crochet

Last week I had a lovely early morning crochet me-time on my stoop. I made a cute little doily. The original pattern is from a Japanese crochet book, but I incorporated my own stitches here and there, and came up with this......

I had some left over wool and thought the colors realy complement each other

 

 

 

Tha-dha , my little me-time early morning crochet doily

 

 

 

 

Lovely day to all of you

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Circle blanket

a While ago I started with some circles using all my little bit of leftover yarn.  It started out with this orange yarn........

Then I added a bit of color around each orange circle.......

And another few more rounds of color - this is getting crazy with color, but because I'm trying to use up as much leftover yarn as possible, I can't realy be picky about color coordination.....

I have decided to use grey to make the final round and  to start making it square

....and since my grey is finished, I going to use leftover black 4ply yarn (using 2 strands together)

.....buzy crocheting the squares together...

...another 3 to go, will soon show you the end result - I'm already planning a edging.......

Lovely , blessed day for all you lovely ladies.
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