Finally......a crafty weekend

We finally managed to have a bit of a crafty weekend after weekends of parties etc.


This is my first attempt at felting a bag. I made it as a gift for a six year old girl who is the daughter of friends that we are going to stay with when we go to Melbourne. I am now making a second one for her sister - but the second one is in different colours. I really love the colours of this bag and I really enjoyed making it, so I think I will definately be making more. Especially as it is made out of Woolbale wool which is on special at the moment at Spotlight for $2.00 a ball!!!!!

Emily finally managed to finish off her sock monkey which has turned out rather cute. She would love to make one out of rockford red (?) socks but we think you can only get them in America so it may be a little hard.


At the moment I have a few projects on the go, but I'm trying to get the bags done before our holiday to Melbourne and I want to make an ear flap cap for our friend's son, so he doesn't miss out (I don't think he would like a bag, although I could make a masculine one!) I am also crocheting granny squares for a blanket to go over my very red couch - I need something to break it up a little and the squares will be in similar colours to our arm chair. I've decided to be very disciplined and weave in the ends as I go as otherwise I will probably end up with a whole pile of squares that I just don't want to weave ends into, or a very hairy blanket! I will post photos of this another time, for now it is time to get boys, the loud, rowdy boys, into bed.