Well here I am finally around to doing another post!I find day after day I mean to get to blogging,but for one reason or another it doesn't happen.But today it is! And it's quite a large one!
Where to start....?
Ok...last week we went for a daytrip to Forster which is about 2hrs or so up the coast & somewhere we hadn't been before.Discovered a place on the way called Seal Rocks,which I'd heard about from one of the girls at Honeybee.It is lovely!Here's some pics of it,although they don't really show it off as well as I'd hoped...
It actually has quite a long sweeping beach of golden sand which I didn't get a shot of, & lots of holiday cottages,though not too many as to be over crowded-a summer break destination me thinks!
Forster was quite nice too but quite a big town,with lots of holiday accommodation(tall apartment blocks)-would be pretty busy in the summer I would imagine,which is not our cup of tea.However,we enjoyed yummy fish & chips there(which we don't get much here as the average price is around $9.00 for a piece of fish & some chips!!And they don't come in newspaper-usually in a cardboard box with a wedge of lemon & plastic knife & fork!Not REAL fish & chips!)And there were some good oppies!
Her's my loot from there....
Dolly,complete with crimplene trousers
Several metres of this vintage cotton fabric,still crisp
Pumpkin cups,great for soup
An unusual cup & saucer-love the colour & shape
A small pressed glass compote
Little cocktail forks
These ones mother-of-pearl...all in a cute litttle glass for $1.00!
And my fave...
Beautiful Irish linen napkins,still in there packaging-a real gem!
Back in Newcastle I have picked these up in the last couple of weeks....
Plastic raffia basket
Thirteen Bobbsey Twins books
More books
Another childhood favourite-I used to have several pop-up books by Mabel Lucie Attwell
Just delightful!
Set of cocktail trays
A Magic Roundabout tin kaleidoscope-I used to love that TV programme-Dougal,Florence,Zebedee et all!
Another lovely tray
Swedish soup cups-the green is so much nicer than in photo-one of my favourite shades of chartreuse
Crochet nana blanket in such nice colours-usually see them in the ugliest of colourways!
A pair of unused pretty pillowcases,homemade complete with french seams & I suspect in Clydella
Brushed cotton kiddie's fabric
A quaint vintage evening purse
Oh,I really should stop for a while!!But one just never knows what goodies one might find!
So excited when these came in the mail last week...
Woven labels for my sewing creations-can't wait to sew them on all my market goods
Speaking of which,have been making more of these-around 70 this time-in preperation for August market happening on the 7th...
Have also made this neck-warmer for myself...
...and have been wearing it lots-am quite surprised at just how cold it can get here(sure,no NZ frost-like conditions,but pretty cold-at times)
Now on the needles...
Wrist warmers...had a few problems with this free pattern from Spotlight-made about 6 attempts at getting cables right as the first one worked out but the next two were all wonky.Went in & asked for help as I was sure it wasn't just me.Lady rang me back this morning...but guess what?Last night I figured it out for myself!(wasn't going to let it get the better of me)Yes,there was a mistake in the pattern & I was able to tell her what it was!Haven't done cables for years-I really like them,when they go right.
Well now,I really should go & get dressed!
