My Stitch Markers

It's taken me a little while to post these, which is naughty of me, because they're really fantastic. These are the stitch markers I received in the Witches Have Me in Stitches (markers) swap on Ravelry. Some of them have been to New Zealand though because I've been there on a short break. I'll have to post some photos from there as well!

All the photos are taken on a background of some of the lovely paper that my swap partner Madaco wrapped everything in, that was all hand stamped. Isn't it gorgeous?

We have a procrastinator, a turtle, a disc and some grapes to represent Bilious, the Oh God of Hangovers.


A dragon, Fate and the Lady’s dice and some chain mail (for Vimes or Dwarves) which has 8 rings.


Some Discworld directional markers.


Something that I have to reread Wintersmith about (I guessed a Kelda, but wasn’t quite right), a feegle and a wonderful elephant ring to hold all my markers (or for VERY chunky projects!).

Reversible Tote Bag

I made this bag as a project bag for my partner in the Australian Knitter swap on Ravelry. In it I put a little zippered pouch with some knit-knacks including sewing needles to weave in ends, stitch markers, a tape measure, scissors, hand cream, chocolate etc. All stuff that I figured that even if she had, she could do with extras.


The pattern was from here on craftster.

That's it for the swap goodies I sent out. There was a couple of months of swap time so I kept getting ideas for other things to put in there.

Water Bottle Cozy

Here's something else I made for the Australian Knitters swap on Ravelry. The bag itself is crocheted and the handle is woven on my Eolia loom.


I didn't use a pattern, just crocheted a base large enough in single crochet and then used a pattern from a stitch dictionary for the bag. I can't remember what I used now.

Crayon Rolls

I made these crayon rolls for the two sons (twins) of my swap partner for the Australian Knitters swap on Ravelry


Apart from dodgy pocket measurements (which was my fault, trying to alter the pattern without thinking through it enough) it was easy and worked out well. I got the pattern from Skip to My Lou.

Woven Tote Bag

This is another project for the Australian Knitters swap on ravelry, made for the daughter of my swap partner.

In progress

Finished!

It's tabby woven on my Eolia Rigid Heddle Loom using worsted acrylic yarn, ladder yarn and some ribbon, and then lined.

Look what the postman bought me!

It's my ravelry swap goodies from JulieB. Yay!




The fingerless mitts are gorgeous. They are soft and warm, and worn every moment possible. The chocolate is gone, the tea is yummo and the owl on the card is a cute little badge. I got so spoiled, lucky me!

Swap Shawl(s)

It feels like I've been waiting to post these photos forever. I took part in an Australian Knitters swap on ravelry and my partner has received. Yay!

This is my main project for the Australian Knitters group swap on Ravelry. I made my partner a shawl in some lace weight merino I had (held double), and it is nice and soft, and hopefully warm enough to take the chill off in Darwin without being too hot and thick. I also made a teeny one for a Wednesday Adams doll she received in the last swap from someone else.



The pattern is Eva's Shawl which worked up quite quickly and gave a nice lacy shawl that provides a bit of warmth.

Discworld Swap Creations

Here are some more things I made for the Discworld Swap on Ravelry

Some blank greeting cards from Death's Domain. The ones with the dark centers have radiographs from very small animals but look much better with light behind them.

A sheep coin purse, which contained the next item...

...Nac Mac Feegle stitch markers. These had interchangeable rings so they can be used on different sized needles.

A scumble bookmark. For anyone who reads Discworld, I can imagine Nanny Ogg has at least one bottle of Scumble secreted inside a hidden compartment in a book.

A tote bag, in Nanny Ogg's favourite red and white striped stocking pattern. This was a last minute addition, partly because my parents were posting it from Hawaii and I though it would be good if there was something to keep it all together. I also added in some Tim Tams and Vegemite.

Circular Knitting Needle Holder

For the Discworld Swap on Ravelry my partner wanted a circular needle holder. I got inspired by this one on craftster. I wanted it to look like a Watch (Discworld police) notebook, and so I embroidered the coat of arms on the front and had the needle pockets in an aged paper colour of felt.


(Photo courtesy of Miriknits)

The Discworld "I'm just sending this box so my partner can have cardboard for their boots and I was guilted into putting stuff in it" Swap

In February I took part in The Discworld "I'm just sending this box so my partner can have cardboard for their boots and I was guilted into putting stuff in it" Swap on Ravelry. I was lucky that I managed to get most of my crafting done before Barney got sick, and also that mum and dad were flying to Hawaii so could post the parcel from there, letting it arrive nice and quickly.

Anyway, I was completely spoiled with the package I got from Miri

Look at how beautifully everything is wrapped!

The enormous pile of goodies. There is a load of old craft books (the oldest is 99 years old) all from the Librarian, a turtle needle felting kit, some soap and soak samples, a gorgeous book made from recycled paper at the San Miguel Mission in Mexico, some wonderful socks, an awesome project bag made by one of Miri's friends, some wonderful wool (including a skein of Malabrigo, some yummy chocolates, very cute buttons, a lovely turtle necklace and a gorgeous knitted lace cuff (with beading). Here's some more detailed shots.

The wonderful socks, which fit perfectly and are now my favourite socks in the whole wide world.

The beautiful cuff. I wish I could have got a better photo of this, but it is just divine.

The lovely yarn. Yummy, yummy, yummy!

Edit: Yes, I know the pictures are being silly but I'm lazy and I can't be bothered fixing them at the moment.

Ornament Swap Part 4

Yay! I've got access to the internet at home again. Now I've just got to get through all the stuff I couldn't do on other computers!

These are the ornaments that I sent out in the ornament swap. They're crocheted granny pentagons (and one hexagon). I thought they looked a little bit like stained glass when the light was coming from behind them.

Christmas Ornament Swap Part 3

And the final three ornaments for you to feast your eyes on. Aren't I lucky? Some of these talented people have blogs, so I'll put some links in.


From buggabu

Herding Cats

In other news, I'm experiencing a few technical difficulties with computers/the internet at the moment and so there may be a bit of a break in posting for a bit (I've got one post saved as a draft but I don't know what I'll do after that!).

Christmas Ornament Swap Part 2

Look, it's more gorgeousness from the Christmas ornament swap. Aren't they just lovely?

Again, none of these wonderful senders have blogs (otherwise I'd link to them)

Ornament Swap Part 1

Here are the first three of the ornaments I received in the Second Annual Ornament Swap. It was a really fantastic swap and I'm looking forward to taking part again next year. The only problem was that I decided to take part at the last minute, and then I was going to Bali so I really had to race to get all my ornaments done on time. Aren't these ones I've received all gorgeous? I don't think anyone in this first group of pictures has blogs, otherwise I'd link to them.

Bookmark Swap

I took part in the Bookmark Swap at Crafty Daisies and today my bookmark arrived! It's a lovely crocheted bookmark in a Catherine Wheel pattern and my partner let me know it was designed to look like flowers in a field of grass. Isn't it just gorgeous!


On the weekend I went to a primary school reunion which was a bit weird, seeing people I hadn't seen for thirteen years, since I was twelve. There were about 15 people there out of a class of 73, but more people than that had been tracked down, and almost everyone had been contacted through Facebook. It was interesting to see what people were up to, and amazing how many people had gone travelling for a year. No one could think of anyone who was married or had kids (at 25 you'd expect someone to be wouldn't you?).

Aussie Tour Embroidery Swap

I've got my apron back from the Aussie Tour embroidery swap. It was a round robin and I sent around pieces of an apron which will be sewn together at some point. First though I have to embroider a couple of gaps. That may have to wait for a little while because my to do list looks a bit like this:

URGENT
Christmas Ornament Swap (I signed up at the last minute)
Christmas Cards
Christmas Presents
Secret Santa Gift

Then there is my WIP List
Mesmerize Sweater
Cocoon Bag (which is probably more like a UFO)
September CAL Square

Plus lots of non-urgent things too.

Plus I'm working lots of hours at the moment and I'm going away in a few weeks (Yay, a holiday in Bali).

So it might take me a little while to complete the apron, but until then everyone else's embroidery deserves to be shown off, so enjoy the loveliness.


This one is from jane feebles, such a clever idea (I had a craft theme for my apron)


This one is from sharre. You probably can't see the little needle embroidered with metallic thread, but I love little details like that!


This is from librarylass and it's three dimensional! Doesn't the stick figure have so much character too?


This is from cmc_aust. I wish my French knots were as good as this.


This is from Miss_Vicki, how gorgeous is the sewing superhero fairy, and the stitches are teeny!

Christmas Ornament Swap - Part 2

So you've seen the lovely goodies I got in the Christmas Ornament Swap (I love getting handmade things), now you get to see what I made.


Some knitting elves.

A crocheted snowflake.
Almost everything made it without mishap...except for one parcel which got returned to me with a third of the envelop missing...it's very lucky the ornaments were intact so they got resent and arrived safely.

Christmas Ornament Swap

I took part in the Christmas Ornament Swap Round 2 on craftster and got some lovely ornaments.

I got some very clever puzzle ornaments from kittyvegas

A gorgeous beaded ornament and a cute little Christmas cracker from Harvey

A lovely tree and teeny little snowman from kibbi

And a beautiful quilted bird from gingerquilts

To avoid overloading the post with pictures (which I've probably already done) I'll put the stuff I sent in another post.