Lots to tell

For the last few weeks, I’ve been faxing and phoning and dealing with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to convince them to let some boxes of bears from Sonnja into the country without charging us import duty on them.

Karol-Ann and I were going to deliver them on Sonnja’s behalf to some sick children. The boxes finally arrived mere days before Karol-Ann was to return home.

Here we are with all the bears.

It was a very humbling experience to go and deliver them to one of the local childrens hospitals. A true reminder of how lucky we are and how precious health is.

In crafty news, my Lace Ribbon scarf is finished.

This yarn is very special. When I was pregnant with Gorgeous Girl in 2007, Gorgeous Man attended a conference in the USA and visited Washington DC to do some research. While in DC he took time out to find a yarn store for me and came home with 5 balls of this silk and 2 balls of sock yarn that were turned into a cardigan for the little one on the way. The silk I kept for me. I looked for a pattern to do it justice for 2 years before finding this one. Here’s an action shot of the scarf in motion.

As you can see there is still a fair amount of weight left to lose

I’ve got another scarf waiting to be blocked. Just need to find the time. Gorgeous Girl has a bit of a cold and just wants to spend all day sitting on my lap reading stories, so that’s not conducive to scarf blocking.

Work on the fish quilt is continuing, but I won’t bore you with row by row shots.