A Hoot of an Idea...

Time to soar to new heights...

The great unveiling...

Turn your Granny Hoot Tea Cozy into a "BAG"...

This adaptation will sure to make many a owl lover flutter...

It will be included at the end of the Granny Hoot pattern when it comes out...
Which will be very soon...

Stay turned...

P.S...They are not just for the little ones...

Kitschy Koala Tea Cozy...

Just when you may have thought

I had slowly started

to cross the line from

"Granny Goodness"

to borderline 

"Kitsch"

with my

Granny Hoot Tea Cozy...

I lost the plot...
and
dove head over heels into kitsch...

With the Kitschy Koala Tea Cozy...

I knew there was some "twee" in me...
just waiting to pour out...




So with a lot of patterns to finish writting out...
I will just
have to leave you for now with some
pretty kitschy pictures to enjoy...



*** The little "Budgie" is a new thrifty find from the markets..***

kitsch |ki ch |
noun
art, objects, or design considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way...

koala |kōˈälə|
noun
a bearlike arboreal Australian marsupial that has thick gray fur and feeds on eucalyptus leaves. Also called native bear in Australia.

Granny Biscuits PDF...

Print it off...

Roll it up...

Pop it into your Nanna bag...

The Granny Biscuit Pattern is yours to keep,

bite into it anytime you like...

Please click on the picture above
and it will send you to flickr where you can view
"all sizes"
and print...

Thank you all so much for your kind words
on my resent illness..
I am still working through it
but most of the earing has come back...Yeah...

I should have the Granny Hoot pattern available very soon in my etsy shop...
I am so thrilled with everyone's comments on it
and
I do think it will be just the
cutest thing
to keep you tea warm and cozy...

Sporadically accelerated...

A week of 

getting things done...

Pattern writing
and lots of photo's...

And a week of getting 

lost...

I have had a virus of the horrendous  type...

The kind that makes you cough...then cough some more...
and when you think your lungs have had enough...
you cough some more and you know they have burst...

Now I could have coped with that...
Believe it or not...

But this lurgy bug thought it would give me a double dose of bad luck
and
made me loss my hearing...

after a few tests...

it seems that my "good ear" has lost 20 - 30 %...
and my "dodgy ear" has lost 30 - 50 %...

Now the "dodgy" ear is still "unstable" so they say...
 so
with huge doses of prednisone
it might get better...

In the mean time the prednisone
is making it very hard to
relax...

It is making me very accelerated
and really I think I am pretty accelerated without help...

So many nights I am now sitting up far too late cleaning the house
and crocheting sporadically as I can't seem to concentrate very well...

But if it means that I could get back some of my hearing
it is all worth it...

Any way,
 on the bright side...it means that at least the house is getting clean...lol...

P.S...Thank you all for lovely Granny Hoot love...
and hopefully I will get some time to write out 
a free tutorial for my Granny Biscuits too...

Granny Hoot...

Granny's a Hoot,
In every kind of way.
She dyes her hair,
a different colour everyday.
Stripy socks and flowery dungarees,
She's quite the trendsetter
in a nest of retirees...

This is a re-vamp
of a vintage favorite...






Nothing quite says it like
tea and biscuits...



especially
when they are
crocheted...

The Sisterhood of Seasons...Winter...

Introducing

my new doll

Wilhelmina...

The Sisterhood of Seasons...Winter...

She is quite the cozy little thing...

Not only a lovely fringed hoodie
but an added fringe
on her outfit...



I have added a braid
around the bottom part of the hair...
which makes her look ever so
pretty...



I am not really sure if I will get around to writing the pattern out
soon...
as I did use an unusual "loop" stitch for the fringe
and then cut through them ...
It isn't very easy to explain...without a diagram...
So that will take a while to work out...

But you could just add a simple "hook" blanket loop
and it would look just as nice...

****

I have been getting into the 1940's swing of late
and I came across a lovely blog called

"Bright Young Twins"

They are well worth a look as
they have very lovely outfits
and lots of vintage finds...

It inspired me this week to make some simple felt flowers...
and adding some victory rolls
my hair and I were
transformed
into the 1940's...

I do hope you all have a lovely
start to your weekend...

whatever season you are in...

Hair Setting Victory...

I adore victory rolls and fun 1940's style hair...

After a few video tutorials
 Here and Here...
I set to work...

Speaking of "set" there is enough hairspray in this style
 to keep it like this all week...

Hoping you all have a vintage weekend...

Sukie..The Sistehood of Seasons...Spring...

Introducing

my new pattern

Sukie...

The Sisterhood of Seasons...

Sukie will be one of four patterns
that I will hopefully make and design over the coming months...

This pattern is now listed in my Etsy shop...

If you find it unlisted please be patient
as I will be listing more on a regular basis...

Thank you again for all of your wonderful comments
and words of incouragement...

I have enjoyed so much designing and making this pattern...
and I hope you like it too...

What's in a Name...

Well

everything...

I usually come up with something

while in the process of making a pattern...

Something that gives me a little hint

a little inkerling

to what it should...or likes...

to be called...

But nada...nothing...zilch...zip...zero...

Any ideas?



 Maybe something
springs to mind for you...

Please let me know...

It would be just nifty...

Hello...there...

My new friend...

Oh it's about time isn't it

for a new pattern...

and I am so excited to write this one out...

She has a very cute hoodie

that you can 

pull down too...

A pair of very sweet stripy legs...

and very....well....cute!

This one is just the prototype
but a second one is coming along nicely
with a few better creative changes that I am making...

I have lots of scribbles on notepads to decipher
and hopefully
I will start testing it out on a few
unsuspecting keen crocheters...

Till then
HAPPY CROCHETING...

Not So Plain...

Sometimes it's the plain things

that 

make us feel

warm

and fuzzy

inside

Sometimes it's the plain things
that make us feel
loved...

Thank you all for your sweet comments...
on my last post...

Benjamin seemed mighty impressed...
and gave a quick "hop, skip and a jump" for joy...

Benjamin...helping...

After finishing my little 

picot edge...

I though a few pictures would be nice...

So with a cup of tea at the ready...

A few biscuits...

All was just right...

Then Benjamin thought he would like to help...

Hmmm he is thinking it didn't look quite right...

something was missing???

Now he's worked it out...

It was HIM...

Granny Goodness with Bertie and Gertie...

Finally finished the 8 x 6 rows...

very late last night...

Woke to a "picture perfect" day...

So I dragged out the ladder

and "Bertie and Gertie" the ceramic chickens...

and got snapping...

Granny Square Blanket so far...

So far so good...

8 squares by 5 squares...

Need to get on with another row as it is getting to the stage were it looks like "something"...

I can't believe that it has taken this long...

But changing colours every row will do that...

We have been having a very wet start to Autumn here
and the leaves are starting to change already...



That's climate change for you!!!

Are your seasons all "mixed up" too?

A friend mentioned to me today that their friend just flew into Sydney
a few days ago
and the first comment they made was..."it smells like mould"...

Now don't get me wrong Sydney is normally a beautiful city full of
amazing sites, parks, museums and people...

But the weather has played havoc in the last few months...
I do hope it improves very soon...

Not just there but right across our amazing planet...

A Bit of Art...here and there...

This week I have been absent from

blogging and most internet communications

as my laptop has decided that the battery is just plain "exhausted"...

So in the time that I have had spare

I have been doing a bit of

mixed media art...

adding bits here and there...

painting, glueing and colouring...



and not forgetting to add a smidgen of crochet...

so that was my first attempt
and I am fairly happy with how it turned out...
I added lots of things I love
and
things that remind me of what I love...
like recipes, letters, material etc...

I think that I would like to try another one...

We will see how I go...

So for now my blogging will be a tad here and there
until I get my computer working properly...
But I will be checking out as many of my sweet dears blogs
as often as I can...

Happy Valentines Day My Dears...

What a great way to start the week...

Bunches of flowers...

whether from a loved one, friend or neighbour

or maybe a bunch picked by yourself from your garden...

It really doesn't matter

They just make the day seem so much brighter...

So to all my dear friends

here is a bunch for you...

Picked from the garden of a local fellow

whose garden is just amazing...

Some Zinnias...

a favorite flower of the butterfly...

Also this week I have finished off some crocheting...



A lovely red wool vest
from the same Japanese crochet pattern book that I have mentioned
here...
This ended up begin about a size 14...
I will be making my next one a little bit smaller...

 I did find it very quick and easy to understand...

and the subtle detail on the top and edge was just perfect...
If made in wool thou you will use about 300grams so it does pay
to get more just in case...

So that it about all here at River Cottage this morning...

I do hope you all have a lovely day...