Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Finished objects, Knitting, Quilting, baby, child, tourist places in South Africa on December 30, 2007 | 11 Comments »
I have a finished object to report. Devan from Knitty is finally done.
Remember how I had to re-knit the front pieces? We will not discuss that the fact that during the re-knitting I did different decreases on the two different sides and now they don’t match. I am not unseaming and re-knitting at this point. [...]
Posted in Books, Daily life in South Africa, Knitting, Reading, baby, child on December 27, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Greetings! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We did.
Gorgeous Girl gave us a present of her own, she rolled from her stomach to her back twice (at 11 weeks and 5 days, for those of you who care about those things).
I didn’t get Gorgeous Girl’s stocking finished, or the cardigan sewn [...]
Posted in Daily life in South Africa, music, tourist places in South Africa on December 22, 2007 | 12 Comments »
One of the nice things about Christmas in the southern hemisphere is that it’s warm enough for Carols by Candlelight in the great outdoors. Last night was the Carols at Vergelegen Wine Estate. The money raised from the event goes to benefit a local hospice and is their primary fundraising vehicle for the year. [...]
Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Quilting, baby on December 19, 2007 | 6 Comments »
This morning I got up very early and I’ve gotten a whole lot done. I’ve read all of the updated blogs that I subscribe to. We won’t talk about how many I’ve got bookmarked and regularly visit…
I finished quilting one more block on the quilt and started another one.
It’s a warthog. I’m keen to get [...]
Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Knitting, child on December 17, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I’ve finally gotten the fronts of Devan from Knitty reknitted and it’s blocking as we speak.
The back is already blocked. As soon as it’s dry I can seam it up and I’ll have a finished object – very exciting! It won’t fit Gorgeous Girl for quite a while though, as I knitted it in quite [...]
Posted in Daily life in South Africa on December 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I saw this on Carole’s blog and thought I’d play along. The idea is that you take the first sentence from the first post of each month.
January – I received my Christmas parcel from my mother today.
February – This weekend we had a flag ceremony to recognise the different nationalities of the students.
March – On [...]
Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Knitting, baby on December 10, 2007 | 13 Comments »
Gorgeous Man is in Cape Town over-night for meetings, so it’s just me and the Girl at home. Our first girls’ weekend! lol
I don’t bake. I’m not very good at making biscuits (cookies to my American friends) althoguh I am good at making scones (biscuits to my American friends – have I confused everybody yet?). [...]
Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Knitting, Quilting, baby, child on December 7, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Yesterday I received a parcel in the mail, the box was very battered.
but the contents arrived safely. It came all the way from the Netherlands. Barbara stitched this beautiful tin for Gorgeous Girl, she’ll be able to keep special things in it when she’s older.
Isn’t it lovely. Thank you Barbara!
I’ve got quite a number [...]
Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Knitting, baby, cat, child, swaps on December 5, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Fat Boy has been very good about staying off the baby’s things. We’ve had no problems with him in the cot or on her play quilt. But this week has seen a change in his behaviour.
Gorgeous Girl inherited a padded ‘tummy time’ playmat which Fat Boy seems to regard as his new cat bed and [...]
Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Knitting, baby on December 2, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I finally have enough space cleared in the study/sewing room to allow me to block the cardigan I began knitting for Gorgeous Girl while I was pregnant.
I have a confession to make: I’ve been knitting for longer than I care to remember, addictively for about the last 6 years, and this is the first time [...]
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