Blanket Ta-dahhhhh!

After 13 months of hooky I have finished the blanket!!  It all started when I was given a big bag of wool from mum-in-law when she moved house.  There was wool in there that the kids had vests from that she had knitted.  It was going to be all hearts but they took ages to make and I had to really concentrate while watching TV!!  So then the stripes started, some wool from my stash and some op shopped wool.  All is 8 ply wool.

Lillie is very happy with the new blanky as her baby blanket is getting rather small to snuggle on the couch with.

And it can even be used as a wedding dress and veil!!

So now I can crack on and finish little brothers one.

And I'm going to enter it in the Deramores blog competition to win a heap of yarn.

This post is my submission to the Deramores Craft Blog Competition 2015. Deramores is the UK’s number one online retailer of knitting and crochet supplies. Visit www.deramores.com for more details. 

Kiwi Chicks at Cape Kidnappers

Today we went to Cape Kidnappers to release two kiwi chicks.  They had been hatched at Rainbow Springs in Rotorua.  Grandad Bull got up early and picked them up from Rotorua and we met him out at Cape Kidnappers.

We carried them into the bush a bit until we found a nest and burrow that had been made up for them.  They keep them there with the fence around until they are used to the new surroundings.

They were called Manchitas and Woolly Bugger!

First Tamzin had to put a radio transmitter on their legs so they can keep an eye on them once they are released.

We had hoo hoo grubs for them but they weren't hungry.

Lillie and Marco both had a cuddle and pat.  Their feathers were sooo soft.

Then Tamzin took us to the bird aviary, we saw kaka and kakariki birds and we fed them the hoo hoo grubs.  Marco held the grubs out and slowly the kaka came to grab them.  First they pull the head off the grub then suck out the inside, all yummy and juicy!

What a great day we had!  The chicks only stay there a few months then are released elsewhere when they are bigger.

Hettie the Hedgehog

 

 

This is Hettie the Hedgehog, she is very soft and cuddly and goes to bed with Lillie every night.  She was very easy to crochet and now is waiting for two wee hedgehogs to be created!  Have the patterns waiting.

 

 

She looks like she had an old nana perm in her hair spikes!

 

And check out my new needle case my friend bought all the way back from London.

You can get hedgehog pattern here from Liz Ward or Simply Crochet magazine issue 11

New cushions

Its been a while since writing here , have loads of photos sitting here waiting and loads of ideas in my head! Then thought I'd saved this to draft then there was a comment waiting so better get it finished.

 

This morning was a cracker frost, its been a really mild winter so far.

 

I've finally finished my cushions, made from old blankets, some saved from someones dump pile and op-shopped doilies!  They don't sit like that on the leather couch though, they slip right off!!

Lion-ee was happy sitting there with flamingo still in his night shirt and bib!!!

And Miss Lillie hopped back into my bed this morn you tube-ing loom band-ee letters, she is doing her name.

Here's an L, I got one too, L for lovely mummy!  Must be easier than K!!!  Hope to have few more catch up posts this week