All Hallow's Eve

Replenished

“Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain”

Shhhh, be very quiet

Out in the garden today I had a rare glimpse of the shy and elusive organic chicken emerging from their shell and captured them in this series of photographs for you.

Crack begin to show in the shell

a foot! And look it seems to be holding something....

It's the winner of the Blogaversary giveaway- congratulations JennaZ!

and there he is, the organic chicken is all it's glory

Ready to hit the town

Thanks to everyone who entered my giveaway

Giveaway over at Handmade Kids

Super dooper cute material from the Oz Material Girls.

Check it out here

and don't forget my give-away finishes tomorrow, I've found a few more things to add too.

Hair Clips

Using the tutorial here

Giveaway: Blogaversary pressies

3 years ago today the Monster Blog was started, back then Elissa and I were only dyeing for our own knits and selling them embellished and we one of the first Australian dyers for the cloth nappy knitters.
Today Elissa is off to bigger and better things and I find it hard to get any time to knit or dye any more.
This blog has become less and less about knits and so I think it might be time for a new name.


So to give-away I have up for grabs a skein of Woolganic Organic merino hand dyed in my 'Rainforest Dreaming' colourway, a skein of semi solid green older style woolganic (a much thinner 8ply) and a ball of Gondwana 8ply Woolganic.


To enter:
Leave a comment after this post and tell me your suggestions for a new name for the Monster Knits blog
Extra entries if you post about the giveaway on your own blog (come back and tell me)

Entries close on the 16th of October and the winner will be drawn at random

Coming this week

My Blog-iversary!
......and my birthday

and to celebrate you get the presents.
More info on Friday.

Gifted

patterns, originally uploaded by Triggerish.

Who said I don't have friends with connections?

These came all the way from a Western Australian Op shop and I do hope they aren't wasted on me. I hear Enid Gilchrist is a bit of a sewing legend.

Drafting patterns sounds scary but the patterns are so damm cute (and I am imagining what material to make them in already) so I'm going to have to force myself to learn. Tips from the sewing gurus most welcome!

P.S thanks for the well wishes, my knee is feeling much better now.

Saturday

A day that has been talked about for months, the annual Spring Fair & Open Day at their school.

A day where all the parents mingle and the children frolic while listening to great music and eating wholesome food.

A day that nourishs the soul.

After lunch, A decided it would be fun to take off his pants and run through the crowd of people and silly me gave chase.

That's when I felt my knee cap slip out of place and down I went.
As luck would have it there was not only a doctor but quite a few people with senior first aid training and I was well looked after and have been in nurse Simon's loving care since I got home.

So what does one do when on bed rest with access to a laptop? look at blogs of course

These are a few new ones I have found
Soulemama
Land of Meg
Loobylu

Tomorrow's test will be trying to drive, the one time I have wished I drove an automatic

too tired to think of a title

Some lovely handspun from Valli at Ridgy Didge yarns (now I really need to make something with all this wool)

and my box for the Canon 5 photography competition arrived. I've still so much to learn and have no chance of being a finalist but it will be great to work to a brief and try out new ideas.

and a little crafting, these are for the craft stall at E's school spring fair. The felt is from winterwood and so lovely to work with