Cross-Stitch - It's a bird!

Hooray, you can actually tell what this thing is now!

Next up will be the nest - the most daunting part, I think. Probably because the colours of the nest are so similar.

First Post

Grumpy Cat Crochet Beanie

I've been waiting a little while to post this, because it's a present for my friend Louella's birthday.

It's a grumpy cat beanie!

I used this pattern for the actual hat, and made up the rest. Bonus - it's actually comfy! And she loved it. :)

First Try at Cross Stitch

I bought a cross stitch kit from the internet a while ago, and finally go started on it yesterday. The kit came with all the floss, so I got to use my organiser that came with floss-storers.

Can't really tell what it is yet! It's a lot larger than I thought it would be, so this will be quite the project.

Painting Finished!

It's done!!!

Well, I finished it a little while ago, actually. Just never got around to posting an update. It's now hanging up in the lounge.

Birds!

My flatmate bought a sweet little birdhouse a little while ago. Today the birds finally got brave enough to eat the bird feed!

Creeper Crochet Blanket - Complete

Talk about a long haul! I started this project in October of 2011. It has nearly been a year and a half!

I'm very happy with the results. Afghan blankets take a lot of effort to make, it turns out.

I cheated with the last row - I couldn't find any more aqua so I just replaced the aqua square with the light green.

The border uses this crochet puff stitch edging tutorial, and turned out pretty good. I was going to use black, but I figured it would look to harsh so opted for the dark green instead. Turns out it was a good decision as the puff stitch uses a lot of yarn, and I didn't really have that much black.

I'm pretty excited to test it out when the weather gets a little colder!

A Quaint Garden

I've always wanted to plant a herb garden, and today I did!

My flatmate Scott bought a small greenhouse recently, and had planted about six chilli plants in it.

Six chilli plants and a little herb garden

My herb garden consists of coriander, thyme, chives, and parsley.

It will be so handy to have fresh parsley and coriander on hand all the time! Hopefully I can also make some pesto with the basil. Yum!