My Inner Grannies

Here are some pics of my inner grannies for the blanket I am making..... I am so in love with the colours!

Does the above pic remind you of anything, or do I just have fertility on my mind???

So, I'm not complaining or anything....

This is me... I walk into the kitchen, seeing the stack of dishes in the sink, a huge stack (and there's only 2 of us) and then commenting ..... "Geesh, I can't believe that the washing up needs to be done again, I only did it a couple of days ago"......
Apparently, complaining with that statement does me no favours. I mean, seriously, what - I have to do the dishes everyday and what (???) after every meal???!!?? 

UGH! I hate being an adult, geesh, next you'll be telling me I should brush my teeth twice and day & too floss as well.....

And so it begins

Ahh yes, the first crochet of a new project.

This is the very first granny round of a baby blanket that I will be making for a friend.
And because it is for a baby, I have decided to make the blanket from granny squares of two rounds as I thought if the granny squares were any bigger then the baby would have been easily dwarfed by the blanket!

And thanks for you help with the colour choice of the blanket from this post - it was greatly appreciated.

The Ranchman's Return

Here is another classic from our bookshelf.

The picture has almost disappeared from the cover, the spine is falling apart and the pages water damaged.
But the history remains along with the brilliant sketches

and this classic sales pitch from the back cover.....

and I quote.... "Doctors recommend Wild West books as the perfect antidote to depression, overwork and worry."    
Surely, this is the best kind of medicine.... reading!! Brilliant!

Tales of Daring and Danger

I found this dusty old book in our bookcase, it was just to fantastic to be hidden behind all the paperbacks that I had to bring it to the front.

I love the colour of the cover, the pattern of the green leaves and yellow dots!

On the inside of the cover, it stated that the book was awarded to a lad called Joseph in 1925 from his school for the highest number of marks!  I can picture him sitting in front of the open fireplace absorbed in book of such adventure! 

The first chapter entitled Bears and Dacoits, A Tale of the Ghauts surely would have enthralled Joseph. And me?  Well, I'll admit that I haven't read it yet, but I just love the texture, the colours, the smell and I just love the fancy font they used too!

Guts ripped out

This is my day.....
Start a new ball of yarn, try to find the yarn end from the centre, try again to find the yarn end, try again and again.  Give it to Mr to find the yarn from the centre. 
Mr finds the centre, but then I tug the yarn out and, well......

Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming Mr here, it's my own fault, sometimes I just yank the yarn out too hard because I've lost my patience and then I end up with a big pile of yarn and a terrible knot!

So lesson learned... If using yarn from the Bendigo Woollen Mills - don't try or even attempt to take the yarn from the centre! Unless I'm missing out on something... am I or is it really this hard?

My Creative Space

Once again, the bright Hairy Monster appears this week! But this is all you will see for a little while, as I (stupidly) didn't buy enough yarn to complete the project! So no more of these bright yarn ends will be piling up to make any more monsters.

Dumbass - yes!!! Well, that's what I have been calling myself the last couple of days anyway!  So here is one final look before he is put aside until I track down a stockist/supplier of the yarn.

......'Til we meet again Hairy Monster.....

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