spring is on its way

Here is our newest lamb, she seems to like the taste of the bark off this tree and can be seen chewing away at it each morning. I have named her camellia as my first white flower came out the morning she was born. (photo of the flower is later in the post)

Here are the first signs of spring around our place. These daffodils are grown from bulbs that I rescued from my great grand mothers garden. The house no longer stands but these were still flowering and I thought I should save some before the paddock was dug up by the tractor.

This is of course the white camellia and below is my first rhododendron of the season to be out in bloom. It caught me my surprise and so made me very happy when I saw the blooms.

more spinning

Here is a cabled scarf I made for my teenage daughter. She had seen one at our local knit group so I found the debbie bliss book and knitted her up the scarf, only too happy to knit for my children.

This week I went to Judbury to the local craft group and had a great time spinning by the river in the towns new hall. As you can see all the rain we have had has swollen the Huon river to capacity. But it is a great backdrop to a craft group. This must be one of my favourite area, anytime of the year.

This is the park next door. I have often taken my children here. The tree in the distance is always a hit with my children as you can climb inside it and truely get a feeling for how majestic this tree once was. Happy crafting to you all.

winter on the mountain

winter has been here for a while but we finally had some time to get up to play in the snow. Even Gerry seemed to enjoy it. I had a few turns sliding down the small hills. The children had lots of fun and we even found an igloo someone had made. The weather was one of the best I have ever been on the mountain, for winter that is.

tour de fleece

As you can see the weather here has been a little cold over the last week. So it has been perfect weather for the tour de fleece. I have been busy trying to spin as much of my fleece srash as possible so this is what I have done so far.

This one was 828 m long.

a little bit of my socks

Here are a few photos of the socks I have been working on lately. The rainbow socks are for my daughter. The ones below are called glass slipper and were made for a sock swap I was in on ravelry.

trial

I thought I would try and see if I am able to post a photo onto my blog as I have been having problems for a while. This is a lovely flower blooming in my brothers garden in new zealand. If you are able to see this photo I will be back soon with a little update on my knitting adventures of late.

posting problems

I seem to be having major problems trying to post my photos at the moment. I have followed some other peoples advice but can not seem to fix the problem. Any sugestions happily accepted. Thanks.