True Scrap Addict

Sunday, 20 June 2021

MUST LOVE WOOL!!!!

Ali sent us this picture on 17 December 2020 with the message "We need a big crochet cupboard like this! 💓"

I showed my hunny the picture and said I would like something like this for my birthday. I was scouring the internet and found something similar on a website for second hand office furniture but when he called them they said they could have it made ... and of course that would take a while. So we visited their showroom and found a great alternative!!! It is actually an office cupboard but it suited me perfectly!!!

You can imagine how excited I was when they delivered it and once I had given it a good clean I started packing my wool into it. It is like a work of art 😍😍😍 top be able to see your wool at a glance.

Ali got me the BEAUTIFUL bag on the 3rd shelf from the top for my birthday ... my current project is in it and I am using it daily and I LOVE IT!!!

It is beautifully made and the fabric is drool worthy!!! It is from Loui's Bags @ www.louisbags.co.za / info@louisbags.co.za.

SCRAPBOOK PAGES

I have unfortunately not been scrap-booking too much of late ... All I want to do is crochet.

Here are some pages I did recently ... I will post some from our Scrap / Crochet Retreat at the beginning of the month once I have taken photos of them.

I just LOVED this photo of my friend Natalie's son Dylan and his beautiful chocolate lab Lola ... It is a beautiful love story

This is the front page of my 2021 book ... We went out to breakfast with the kids at The Streatery at Lifestyle Garden Centre. Unfortunately the Botanical Gardens were still closed so we weren't able to go for our New Year's Day walk and breakfast at the Gardens.

I did this frame for the kids Wedding ... I love how it came out!!!

I will show the full page in my next Scrapbook Pages post ... here is a cat that I embroidered on a page about my Fur Grand-Babies ... I need to add eyes and a ribbon around the neck.

LEGO MASTER!!!

We gave my hunny this Lego Ducati this morning at breakfast and here he is at 15h00 with the finished article ... Can anyone say "Lego Expert"???

At breakfast this morning opening his gift!!!

2021 CROCHET PROJECTS

I LOVE TO CROCHET!!!!! Here are some of the projects I have finished this year ...

I made this Bavarian Stitch throw for my older sister Noleen's birthday in March. I really battled on it when I started out and was going to give up on the pattern when my domestic goddess Sheron gave me a swift kick up the bum. She said "You are always telling me that I can do things so now get on and get it finished!!!" So I did just that and am VERY proud of the result.

I made Steph's Mom a throw for her birthday in January (started it in December) and used the left-over wool for a shawl ~ I used Caron Cakes which forms these stripes.

I made two green scarves from left over wool from another project and donated them to a charity I support in South Hills ... It is the perfect colour for Hill High.

I used all my left-overs and crocheted this scrap-buster blanket. I will be donating it as well.

I had crocheted the blanket in the following pics as a gift out of the above colours (except the white) and had wool left over so when we started our current Seaside Scrap-Buster Project (this is a multiple stitch pattern made up of 157 rows) I decided to start another blanket using the left overs of the wool I had bought. I got so wrapped up in this project that all I did in my spare time was crochet and I finished it in a month. I am soooooooo happy with how this came out and will be giving it to one of my friends for her birthday.

I am now back on crocheting the original blanket and am sitting at row 97.

If you love to crochet and want a challenge ... go and have a look at ReWOLusie https://www.kknk.co.za/eng/revolution/... They are doing a crochet-along and it is a beautiful challenge that I think I may take on next 💪😅!!!

FUR GRAND-BABIES

We are so blessed to have these two beautiful Fur Grand-Babies in our lives. They bring so much joy to Connor and Steph.

Squiggle

Dora

One of Dora's favourite places ... On Connor's shoulder

FATHERS DAY 2021

20 June 2021: We met Connor and Steph at Jack's Bagels in Eagles Landing for breakfast this morning. They had discovered this stunning little restaurant recently and enjoyed it so much that they wanted us to experience it as well. We decided on Breakfast Bagels which were delicious.

We gave my hunny a Lego Ducati which he was delighted with (he is sitting next to me building it right now and he recons that it is definitely more complicated than a 10+ 😃).