I joined in on this

cute little owl basket CAL (crochet along) this week

 the pattern is by Briana from Bowtykes

and is heaps of fun to make

 the body of the basket is made using two strands of yarn held together

so it is quite firm and stands up on its own.

the perfect size for my little miss to hold her tech gadgets in :)

You can find the pattern

on Etsy Here

on Ravelry Here

and for the Month of September there is a CAL 

you can find the details about it Here

 

Hope you are having a lovely weekend,

we are starting school holidays this week - yay!

~ Gillian ♥

I am pleased to be able to share with you

my new bag :)

Pattern for Seaside Tote can be found on

Stephanie Gage's blog & on Ravelry

Nettle Yarn can be purchased from Spunkyarn on etsy :)

It is the last day of school holidays tomorrow, it's been a fun and very busy time....
and I will miss having the kids around....but I guess I will be happy to get back into the normal weekly routine once more ;)

Have a happy week
~ Gillian :)

this is my version of

the Seaside Tote

designed by Stephanie Gage
It is a brilliant little tote/bag to hook, I made this one for my mother-in-law :)

Is all finished!

In January I shared about starting this bag

I actually finished it soon after I made that blog entry,

but the procrastination began when it was time to line it!

Well this morning all three of my children went back to school after their annual Summer holidays, and I decided lining my bag was going to be the task for today.

Of course once I started I soon realised it was a rather quick process
and could kick myself for not having done it before now.....
I'm rather pleased with it and love that it is a good big size.
Georgia has now put in a request for one, but with a longer handle.
So I'll be adding that to the ever growing crochet 'to-do' list ;)
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Today I am praying for all those in the line of Cyclone Yasi,
as it is about to hit the North Queensland Coast and surrounding areas today.
For those in Victoria and NSW who are battling Bushfires
for those Cleaning up after the flooding in QLD, NSW, VIC & TAS
Our dear country has certainly had amazing weather so far this year.
So many have been affected,
know that you are in our family's prayers.
~ Gillian ♥

Now that Jacob's cushion is all finished

I felt I needed to make a smallish project that was just for fun,

not following a pattern, not worrying about if it will work or not......

So the other day I was in Lincraft and came across some

packs of yarn from Australian Country Spinners,

obviously discontinued yarn, but this blue bulky yarn was familiar to me

as I had knitted Georgia a scarf out of this yarn a couple of years ago in pink.

I knew I loved the feel of it....

The pack had 4 balls (approx 250gms)

so I thought I might make a bag out of them.

Once I started I realised I probably should get some more,

but of course when I went back the next day there was none the same left.

So I had to improvise, I used 3 strands of Sullivans Cotton-a together

in this lovely Natural colour,

the three strands together seemed to be a very similar size to the bulky yarn

and once crocheted it has a similar feel also.

We travelled to Sydney on Thursdays just for one night

and then back home on Friday.

That was 4/12 hours each way in the car and as Andrew was

driving I decided I might see if I could crochet successfully in the car,

and I could! So it is almost finished.

I hope to share it with you very soon.

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Our family continues to pray for all those surrounded by flood waters

and those working hard to clean up after the flooding here in Australia.

May you be blessed with enough strength to carry on in the hard weeks ahead

and may you feel the support from those close at hand

when you need a shoulder to lean on.

~ Gillian ♥