Sunday, May 17, 2009

Eye Spy... green




A very well timed eye spy theme from Trashalou this week, as Chris and I have spent the weekend among the rolling green hills of Berry and it's surrounds.

The kids had a weekend with my mum and had a super great time, and while we spent a fair bit of time talking about them, and missing them, it was really nice to spend some time just the two of us. Everywhere we went the food was amazing, and everywhere you looked there was something beautiful.

We spent some money too (or actually on reflection, I was the one who spent most of the money.) I especially loved the craft shop "Sew and Tell" where I spied Weekend Sewing (among other things) and snapped it up.

You may notice I haven't posted anything since last Sunday and this is why... 




I spied this adorable caplet on Lisa's blog, and after checking in with her about how hard it was, I bought it from Leila and Ben and had a go. I have never unravelled so much yarn in my entire life! It was a pretty consuming project as I have all of a handful-of-granny-squares-experience in crochet, but after a lot of perseverance and laughing at my own incompetence, I cracked it and am now making one for myself! The Leila and Ben etsy shop is pretty sweet. And they have great customer service too!

9 comments:

Christina Lowry said...

Your caplet is fantastic and your model is gorgeous! Way to have the courage to do something new and difficult.
A green getaway is sounding so tempting...
But we are going to Melbourne in Novemeber and I am super excited about that!

handmaiden said...

great green views and gorgeous capelet too

Lisa said...

The capelet looks great! I'd love to try a bigger one for me and another for my daughter in a bigger size.

Madeline said...

Glad y'all had such a beautiful getaway!
The cape is gorgeous. No wonder you want one for yourself.

Cindy said...

I so love the cape, I love capes anyway. As soon as I get the crochet somewhat masered I am onto this one, it will probably be summer by then.

Jennifer Rose said...

gorgeous photos :D

Angie said...

Looks like the effort was worth it, the cape is gorgeous

edward and lilly said...

Aww, that is so cute, I soooo want to make one now.

dana said...

thanks for your commnt on MADE. Love your stuff here! Great capelets! And a really fun blog.