Tag Archives: buzyday
Progress on my new room
The wall is down between the two rooms…. Maybe it will be done next week! Love NikkiM
Packing up …
My sewing room has become too small! I had two choices: move house, or move room! Well I took the second. It’s taken me a month to pack up my fabric into plastic bins and move them into the guest room, we need to break a wall down between two rooms to create a bigger […]
Crochet along-border
At last I’m finished with my Crochet along, “Spice of Life” that I started with Sandra Paul from Cherry heart blog. If you want to, you can go back to my post of “Crochet along”, October 9, 2015 and “Crocket along II, October 16, 2015 to get all the info. My border is not the […]
Swinging into Summer
I managed to finish two more of my Reiko Kato blocks. I now have four finished blocks, the first two is my post “Needle turn“, August 14, 2015. Better get going, two more to go! Love NikkiM
Crochet along II
I’m still hooking!
I’m still hooking! This time its tray clothes, you can also use them for placemats. I follow this blog called “Little Woolie” by Julie Harrison. She crochets the most amazing things. In 2013 she started crocheting these Harlequin dish clothes using a crochet method called “Tapestry crocheting”, it’s like Fair Isle knitting, just in crocheting. […]
Flower doilies
Spring has arrived in all its glory on the south side of the world! Not sure how I feel about the summer, they are pretty hot and if you are from the north side of the world you would think it’s always summer here! What I’m saying it’s not cold here at all! The heat […]
Hope chest
I’m working on my “hope chest”. The last few weeks I have been crocheting a baby cot blanket. I know they have only been married for 2 months and you should not start making things before the time, but I can’t help it. I’m in granny mode! I bought a bunch of flannels to crochet […]
To friends
A few weeks ago a friend of mine asked me to show her how to knit a blanket with pictures on, for those who don’t know this is called intarsia knitting. Intarsia or “picture knitting” is a color-work technique used to create basic geometric shapes or complicated pictures in a knitted piece. Intarsia knitting patterns […]