Finishing

There has been some knitting going on. These socks were my last South African finish. I grafted the toe the night before we were due to fly out of the country. Details here. These were a fun knit. These are my first Papua New Guinea knitting finish. Details here. I wasn’t too sure about the [...]

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Small things

In previous semesters Gorgeous Man’s time table has worked out so that he could do the Gorgeous Girl pick-up from school. This meant that I had about 45 minutes between finishing work and them getting home when I could take pictures of finished objects, upload them to the computer, write a blog post and visit [...]

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A post that is reflective of most of my hobbies

I’ve finally managed to get some photos uploaded from the camera. Here is my Gorgeous Girl loving her baby platypus. A grown up platypus was made to match. Apparently this is a daddy platypus… This little hat recently went off to one of my friends, who really needs to start up her blog again Thanks [...]

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Small Things

The creation of small things continues here at Ruthsplace. (Though there is a cardigan for Gorgeous Girl and one for me on the needles at the moment). My brother’s wife is expecting a baby any day now. I’ve knitted a small hat. This is the top. And the view from the sides. I dusted off [...]

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Once upon a Monkey

Our entry to South Africa five and a half years ago was not as smooth as it could have been, and in the beginning I was very sad and a little lost. Gorgeous Man was busy with work and I was stuck in one room with no radio, tv or transport while we waited to [...]

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Quick knits

I’ve been indulging in some quick knits lately. This little cardigan used up deep stash. I don’t remember buying the yarn or what it was originally used for. The pattern, as written, had a very unfinished look to it, so I crocheted an edging on the neck and bottom. Not as much as I’d like [...]

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Now I can show you

A few posts back I posted about the lovely owls that Gorgeous Girl and I received from my very talented sister-in-law. I got word today that their parcel has been received and I can now show you what I sent. First a little rabbit, and two little owls. These were for the kids. For Rochelle [...]

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We like owls at our place

Gorgeous Girl is now at the age where she can help with making things. She’s also starting to raid my stash to ‘make’ things on her own, and can operate my ball winder really well. Recently a friend had a knitting pattern in a local South African craft magazine. I don’t normally buy the magazine [...]

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Some finishes

I’m finally feeling back to normal and more like my old self. Though I’m still finding it hard to get around all the blogs I like to read and answer my email. A sign that things are heading back to normal is that I managed a scrapbook layout on the weekend. My friend Kerin sent [...]

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Some birds and a new spinner

I looked out of the kitchen window last week and spied this little fellow. He is made out of leftover hand spun. Further investigation of the yard revealed this little family hiding in the grass. I needle felted the eyes and beaks, that’s a lot of fun (I can see great possibilities). The owls are [...]

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