MORE ..banging

 Pa's on a roll!

He's tearing up the bathroom now.

We're going to reuse the bath. It's an old metal enamel one.

The new ones I've been seeing in the shops are plastic.

I wish I was as fit as Pa is and he's in his 70's.

 That wall has to go.

It can't go yet the boys need to sure up the roof first.

But while they are waiting they're taking out the windows.

Pa like to keep moving.

 They knew how to build way back when this part of the house was built.

There is concrete everywhere and those walls could of withstood anything.

Pa recons who ever built those walls had shares in the cement company.

Ok the window is gone..

"What's next? What's next?" chants Pa.

Pete's diverting Pa with a quick trip to Adelaide to pick up a JACK Hammer!

More ....Making Baby's Clothes by Rob Merrett

 

I'm addicted...

Not that I'm getting much sewing done right now.

The dust and chaos around here are slowing my sewing up a little.

And having visitors is making me regret the amount of time I don't spend cleaning!

Lucky for me Pa brought, Aunty Joan with him and she's been inspiring me to do some cleaning.

My fridge is sparkling, my dishes gleam, my microwave is like new.

My bins have been scrubbed and disinfected, my pantry is sorted.

 I made this outfit just before Christmas.

 Another Pattern from the book.

I substituted knits for wovens on this design.

And the banging continues ...

 Pa started early this morning

There's work to be done.

 And before lunch we were minus one wall.

Out comes the last brick.

There's still another wall to go!

Gnomes in the Garden

 

These three little fellows have been exploring my garden.

They were created following the directions from Weefolkart.com

I knitted the baby, toddler and dolly.

I didn't read the pattern properly and garter stitched the faces on two of them.

But I think they are still rather cute.

 The three knitted gnomes came to visit with my little felt gnomes.

I made these little ones using the instructions from two different websites.

Handmade Spark and Sooz's Blog

 

 The gnomes met up in the Garden for a party.

They partied so hard that they got very tired.

 

And had to go have a sleep in their crochet sleeping bags

Nighty-night little gnomes.