Some baby knitting

 I occasionally knit some baby items for charity. I made a premie jacket

And beanies.

 They just needed sewing up.

I have a friend that loves knitting and passed these on to me. 

Look at them all.

Now I’m dropping them off to another friend to give to Jan Mc from Oz Comfort Quilts and the Northern Hospital.

Donations and Devils Marbles

 I had a lovely friend visit me today and I passed on some beautiful quilts and knitted beanies for charity. Barb will pass them on to a couple of places. Just a couple named are KOGO & The Northern Hospital. 

All my donations get passed on to depts and not just charity bins in parking lots. They all are cherished.

Thanks to Barb for passing the following on.

So today’s lots are…..

Lots of baby beanies made by Jenni have been passed on to the hospital.

Crochet blankets & jumpers made by me have been passed on to KOGO.

Quilts & receiving blankets made by Margaret have been passed on to St Kilda Mums and the Northern Hospital

Thanks for everyone’s donations for me to pass onto charities I support.

NOW MORE ON MY  TRIP 

The Devil’s Marbles.

These are just amazing rock formations by the side of the road.

They are huge round rocks, stacked on top of one another…

Look at the red colour. Just amazing.

These remind me of the rock formations that were near where I used to live. Tooborac, Victoria, Australia 

Some simple sewing from stash...

I was looking through my kids fabric tubs and came across this panel. It makes a kids cloth book. HOW CUTE

A book panel to sew.

So after it sitting on my table for a few weeks I decided to get in and sew it...

A cloth book reading for reading, eating & washing

I have bundled it up with a knitted jumper and beanie

A gorgeous knitted jumper and matching beanie for winter.

Rolled hem beanie

Crochet turban hat... I followed this tutorial. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=

Turban hat

And this gorgeous bunny rabbit terrarium... made by the ever so clever O' Faigh.
http://oldburycottage.blogspot.com.au

O' Faigh made this cute bunny terrarium 

It is now in the post for our granddaughters first birthday. Hope she likes it.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADELEINE

My knitting needles are clicking and clacking

Now that I have finished mums blanket I am using up the yarn on beanies for kids and premmies...
This is a basic premmies pattern from .....
https://mariannaslazydaisydays.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/candystripe-knitted-baby-hats.html

Knitting for PREM babies

This is a cute little frilly hat....
I used 8 ply and 4mm needles.
The instructions are a bit rough but I just guessed some of it. It isn't a full pattern but it isn't that hard... They are really cute.
If you read through the comments there is a smaller size given..
Large size 6-12 months
Small size 0-6 months...
http://luisafelice.blogspot.com.au/2010/10/knit-easy-baby-hat.html

Cute little hats

Some of the yarn has also gone to others that do charity... Spread the love...

CHOOKYBLUEs BIRTHDAY WEEKEND CELEBRATIONS....

Last week I spent 2 days sorting out 4 suitcases of my mums knitting books. I got them down to 1 shelf in my bookcase. This is the amount of what I kept.
I have offered all the other books to as many friends as I can. I know so many ladies make for charity. So what goes around  comes around.
Thanks MUM.
YOUR WORK WILL LIVE ON....

I will get a lot of use out of these patters.
Some are pre 1966

So I have searched them to work on my SILs unfinished knitting projects...

These are what I found in the box.. 

2 backs knitted & another one started.
 I think I can get 2 completed jumpers out of this pile...

Here is one of the kids jumpers. 

While  I have been away I started knitting the front. The back was already done....

I thought I would do stripes on the front and sleeves...

Remember my SILs white jumper.

Here is what my SIL had knitted.

The yarn I started with. All I have left is the small bit of the White/cream

Well I got it finished and with the leftovers I made a beanie...

At the same time I got finished a SPLENDID SAMPLER BLOCK. I loved these green fabrics. 

No. 28 Splendid Sampler

And have started No. 31... Using Cottage Garden Threads. RUSTY GATE 507.
I didn't want to worry about changing colours....

No. 31. Splendid Sampler

Have a look at what everyone else got up to...

http://chookyblue.blogspot.com.au/2016/06/chooksheds-virtual-birthday-linkup.html

FNWF.... OPAM.... FRIDAY FROLICS

I got stuck into finishing my knitting projects.... They were knitted last month but not finished til now....
I had to sew up 3 beanies. Sew in the ends on a feathers scarf and 9 dishcloths...
It kept me busy but they are now a finish....

3 kids beanies for the Xmas shoe boxes at the church

Another 9 lovely cotton dishcloths.. These are being added to my Xmas box

Blocking my dishcloths in my husbands great home made block.

So much for this footy GRAND FINAL WEEKEND. I'm loving finishing off some projects..

Have a look at what others got up to.

http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/fnwf.html

I am also linking up with Friday  Frolics

http://kittenstitchingandthefridayfrolics.blogspot.com.au

FNWF

WOW. THESE FRIDAYS ARE COMING AROUND SO QUICKLY.
We all must be so busy that each week ends without us realising....
This week I have finished some more BEANIES.
Some get sent overseas for kids and some are to an organisation called AVALON. I don't know much else except a craft friend of my mums who I still meet up with on Wednesdays donates to.
In between other things I will continue to knit these beanies for the homeless. I have so much yarn here and they are so easy to make 1 here or there... Don't have to concentrate much. That is what I like.

So a total of 8 finishes so far for me this month...

A good start for OPAM

So tonight is FNWF with Cheryll

http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/sign-up-time.html

Go on over for a good read over the weekend to see what everyone has been up to.

I will be working on some charity quilts this weekend.

More Beanies

I have been knitting up a storm with more BEANIES for the homeless. All my mums friends are back from holidays, family tragedies, quiet time and are meeting up. One of them donates to a charity so I am hoping she can use these... I have been knitting with some odd balls of yarn from mums stash. She would be so happy I am spreading them out to different organisations....
I have had fun making them. They don't take much thinking and not much yarn either....

Knitting BEANIES

I have been busy knitting BEANIES for the homeless
I have been talking to Carmen from NOTY quilters and she has been knitting for the homeless. So with mums yarn that I have brought home and this cold weather I have been knitting too. Here is where I am at.

I hope they will be happy with them. They were a nice change from my sewing on these cold nights.

DONT FORGET THIS FRIDAY NIGHT IS

http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/baby-gifts-fnwf.html

Go on over and link up too...