bunnies, sweaters, and hats oh my!

Easter is on its way, and when your only child is living in another country you have to think early about what to do.  My most recent experience dealing with international mail (and customs, duty & vat taxes) has not been too happy. I digress.

So thinking ahead and now ready to mail are these adorable bunny slippers.  They are made with a pink pacific yarn by cascade yarns and Alpaca Lace in peony pink also by cascade.  Before washing I was able to brush them with a scrubber lift the fluff, and throw them in the washer/dryer to finish it.  then embroidered the eyes and nose.  The bottom has 2 layers so they are quite squishy and come up the back of your heel like a scuff.  She's a dancer, and their house is quite cold so I'm sure that they will get lots of wear.  I considered putting on a bunny cottontail, but decided that it might be a nuisance. 

Here is a quick pick of the sweater I made her for Christmas.  Unfortunately it wasn't quite finished because I ran out of yarn just before she returned to England, so I had to mail it after it was completed.  The pattern was from the Contemporary Crochet 37 European designs  book, and I used  Sublime -Cashmere merino silk dk. It's a beautiful yarn to work with and has such a lovely hand.  The color is kind of a dark  taupe or clay color.  the sweater on the cover is the picture of the sweater I made her.




So I decided to try and knit again.  Having  a strong crochet background, does seem to really help.

I tried many times  years before and never could get the hang of it, the gauge, and the giant spaces on the first row were badddddddddddd.  This time, I decided to make a hat, using circular needles and then having to transfer to the double pointed needles to finish.  It was a bit frustrating- especially those double pointed needles, I would like to know who thought those up. But i did manage to make and adorable pink hat and then crocheted a big loopy flower for the top. I'm pretty impressed with myself.

so much so I thought what the heck lets make a baby sweater.  so I've been working on that now. Its in several pieces and needs to be finished.  Soon, you will see it.  I want to put a crochet edging on it, after its all sewn together.

so this is just a bit of what I've been working on.

phone call surprise.

SO  if you've followed my blog, you know that i spent the last year trying to sell my home.  We took it off the market in September so we could get some relief from the traffic of people tramping in and no offers coming about. Also we wanted to have the holidays with out interruption. We've been comtemplating when to put the house back on the market. It's 3200 sq feet and there are currently only 2 of us living here.  It's just too much space, although I like the luxury of the space, I don't need it.

Out of the blue yesterday I recieved a phone call from a realtor wanting to show our house. Evidently there is little on the market in our area and they went back to listings 6 months ago.  If it sells without having to relist makes it 100% percent a plus.  I'm a bit apprehensive, but on the other side a little excited.  Although trying to get my house back into shape over the next 3 days will be interesting.  If nothing it gets us motivated to put it back onto the market if it doesn't turn into a sale.

I have been working on some big projects for crochet and knitting.  I will post these in separate post.
thinking positively!

its all about the positive

So this year i really want to focus on the positive things in my life.  It's easy to complain, to let others know your unhappy, but it takes alot more work to feel good about lifes happenings, and the positive things we miss seeing in certain situations.
So I'm posting this link
to Dr Suess sayings.  As a child I read all those Dr Suess books and read them again to my daughter.  My favorite book to give to graduates is "Oh the Places You Will Go".  It just reminds them of all the potential they have when they explore the world.

[Via: http://www.mamiverse.com/30-dr-seuss-quotes-to-live-by-4920/" />30 Dr. Seuss Quotes to Live By]