Hooked on Hooks!

Happy first of the month, how fast the time is flying by! Only a month until school holidays and I just can't wait. Well I have had a very productive week, especially in the crochet department. All of sudden it all made sense and now I must say I am a little obsessed (in a good way!) I just love it and had to take two trips to spotlight over the weekend to stock up on lovely supplies. And just look at my stash!

This is just yesterday's lot, I just love the green and purple bamboo cotton!

And how could I resist the 80's inspired hooks that Courtney found for me!

On the way back from Spotlight i got a little sidetracked and ended up in Target, which was lucky because they had 15% off everything. So I also stocked up on a few winter essentials.

A cute little top and lovely knitted vest and I couldn't resist these crazy coloured knee-highs! So adorable..

So when I got home, I was like a child in a candy store, I didn't know where to start with all my beautiful yarn! I have been working on a few things, I really wanted to try a really sweet flower pattern from Creative Yarn. Her website has been such an inspiration, I think she brings crochet into the modern day. So here is my result..

It's a bit big for my hair so I'm going to sew it onto a cute black and mustard tote.

One of my other projects is the perfect bed beret for my bestie Courtney, we are doing a craft swap, she is knitting me mittens and in return I'm crocheting her a sweet little red beret also from a Creative Yarn pattern. I was almost finished yesterday but ran out of wool, so hopefully I will have it looking all lovely in the next few days. Here is the work in progress.

All red and lovely like Kirsten Dunst's in Elizabethtown... see!

In other news I got a little creative in the kitchen this afternoon, I made scones! Thanks in part to dad's old recipe which he told me over the phone (with no measurements) which is where Margret Fulton came in handy. Amazingly their recipes are identical! And may I say the results went down very well, as my hubby and I sat down to high tea on our first winter's afternoon.

The recipe and the results..

The crumbs..

I will finish my post with a new photo of Mallee, he was settled in very nicely and is now singing every time a song comes on the radio or the TV. His favourite is the 20th Century Fox theme!

'Cheep Cheep'

Oh I can't forget this photo. It was a bit of a fluke, as we were outside having afternoon tea a amazing little green bird landed on our crazy Narnia Lamppost..

Look carefully.. Isn't he lovely?

I hope everyone has had a lovely relaxed weekend and is ready for a wonderful new week. Our Book Club is still reading Chocolat and I am just adoring it, lovely to go to bed with a good book.

So rug up, crank up the heater, get a glass of red and a beautiful book and enjoy..

xxx