Ravelmypics

This year, I am taking part in the ravelympics...so far I have frogged a shawl i have had for over 2 years that wasnt going anywhere. Glad I did, as I like the aran yarn and am thinking about making something for the baby in it and maybe the boys.

Im playing for Team Slytherin! in the HPKCHC on Ravelry.

Got a few projects on the way, 1 needs to be finished soon, the other 2 have a little longer to go, but I am hoping to get a few rows completed on both later today and tomorrow. I have the shawl Im working on at about 25% so just need to get it to the 33% and photograph for my OWL. I think I can make it there. :)

Some random photos of the kids and our new kitten - Kuro-chan.

the rain has finally come...kind of

For the past couple of days, we have had a steady downpour of rain. No thunderstorm or lightening, just rain. The ground is soaked and my chokoes are growing like mad! We picked a few and they were over a kilogram in weight for about 3 of them. At the stores they are selling between $A5-9 per kilo. Im sitting on a gold mine then...lol but I have been giving them away to whoever wants some. I havent even gone through the whole lot of choko plants to see how many I have there. But I have been using them in my cooking, and they are great soup fillers too. It has been getting cold here, so soup will soon be on the dinner menu.

Crocheting and knitting
Having participated in the HPKCHC or House Cup for the last 3 months, I have been kind of busy. April is the rest period before the next round of classes start in May. I am looking forward to it, and hoping to be back in Slytherin house. I have been practicing my knitting and it has been a lot of fun. I have managed to try my hand at lace knitting, and made a few interesting little projects. If you want to play and crank out a few projects come and join in the fun. Just become a member of Ravelry and then click onto join HPKCHC and then choose your teams. Sorting out of teams will happen at the end of the month, and then the games start in May.

UNO
Miles has discovered the game of UNO! He loves it, I brought it cos I have been playing it online and it looked so easy, and now every time William is sleeping, Miles wants to play it. It can be fun, but sometimes, he just drives us crazy with wanting to play it, he doesnt like to loose, just win. lol

current projects and what I am up to

I just finished a little bag for little Ava. She is the daughter of one of my husbands work mates, her mother and I get along fine and I really like them. On Saturday, she is going to have her 1st birthday party, so I thought I would make her a little bag. I cross-stitched her name on it.


This year I have joined the HPKCHC or Harry Potter Knit/Crochet House Cup on Ravelry. I am in Slytherin House. I have so far signed up for 2 classes, Dark Arts and Arithmancy, but hope that I might be able to do a few more this month.
I am working on the Exchange bag from Stitch 'n Bitch, the Happy Hooker for my DADA. I am using Red Heart Lavender that was RAKed to me from another Ravelry group. I want to get this bag finished in a few days, so that I can start my other project for HPKCHC.

A great honour

I just had 2 messages on Ravelry, requesting the use of my photos for Tawashi #2 to be used as the photos for the pattern on Ravelry No39 Tawashi! I am so happy. Since this is only my third time knitting anything, it is a great honour to have my finished object choosen to promote a great project.
The photos are on there now!!! (^_^)