Instagram photo barrage

You may have spotted some of these photos in earlier posts, but there are also many new ones. So take a look

Quinns rocks fireman's helmet

Our beautiful Dotti dog

First crop of apples (sadly inedible)

My beautiful leather ipad cover, with an empty frame for extra photography finesse

Finished fireman's helmet in its natural gallery setting

Headless felt doll, with button joints

Lovely chalkboard at blue lotus restaurant 

Mmm cake

Recycled plastic bag jellyfish

Filet crochet Eiffel Tower (in progress)

Crochet house pillow, with my first attempt at tunisian

Our four beautiful chooks

Another one of my felt doll, now with a crochet skirt

Our petit Thea, so shy when we brought her home

My cat thumper who stole my bed

A tense moment of animal kingdom standoff. (Everything ended fine, so don't worry)

Hama bead fun, though I'm not quite sure what to do with them now!

More tunisian crochet. Although a bit curled! Thinking I might frame it?

Putting together a stack of origami-ish boxes. Very surprised at how awesome this particular photo turned out! For a two second snap!!!

Look what happens!

What happens when you've got nothing to do?

You make something, well I do anyway. I make ALOT of things! I mean, like, heaps. 

But what happens when I'm not motivated?

Nothing, well something, but nothing. 

I suffer from an autoimmune disease called lupus, I get arthritic symptoms without the arthritis. I get sick super easily so I have to be uber careful about being around sick people. I could be fine in the morning and then sit down on the couch and sleep for the rest of the day. Some days in just can't get out of bed, some nights I just don't sleep because the pain is just that intense. 

But this disease is not like diabetes where there are designated 'types' instead every single case is a totally different story. My dad suffers from the same disease but even the difference between us is amazing. His is a much more severe case that really takes a toll on our family. 

I've never really mentioned this before on my blog because it seems to be a hard thing for me to communicate to people. Only those who spend an enormous amount of time with me actually understand. But knowing this may give you a little insight into my life. 

I knit and crochet because most days it's hard for me to do much else. I've put some random photos that give you a little interest! Might be a little disjointed to what I've written but I'll let you be the judge.

This is our GORGEOUS new puppy Thea. She's about 18 months old and pre-trained, (so much 

easier!) she's so needy, but in a good way. She just sits next to you on the couch and follows you around the house. She waits at the back door to go to the bathroom and brings her little toy to your feet when you come home. What could be better! Unless your not a dog person, but wait there's more!

Here's a fuzzy picture of my scrappy balls of wool to try out Entrelac crochet, hmmm interesting. I'll show you how it turns out! (Picture a cheesy grin inserted here!)

Teaching crochet to a friend of ours, tiny little hands, tiny little hook. Bad photography but hey it was nighttime and perfect opportunity! 

Here is our beautiful pussy cat! She's gotten suprisingly more cuddly since Thea's been here. It's unfortunate that she's put out by the dog, but nice that we are actually getting some affection!!

Here's is about 3/4 of a teeny, tiny baby jacket for a little stuffed monkey. But I mean Oh My Goodness I had to compleletely rewrite the pattern because even the premature size was way too massive!

I am in love with this crochet dragon scarf!! But I can't afford it at the moment so I'm attempting one of my own.

Pattern can be found here

And finally, ahhhhh, cookies, or at least the makings of them!

March so far!

New hy-line chickens! So gorgeous! But they are used to much smaller cages and don't quite know what to do with all this new space! We let them roam about the backyard for a bit but they tried to nest behind the air conditioner compressor! 

Little crochet house in progress. I suppose it won't be that little when I finish it. But man I hate sewing in threads!

Here it is mostly finished. I'm debating whether or not to put a chimney on it? What do you think?

Here is my most current project. An Eiffel Tower for my awesome sister. She does so much for me, but now she has to decide what she wants it to be! Could be a blanket (it's sure big enough!) or a curtain, or just about anything else!

I attempted a clafoutis but I don't think it really worked. Maybe the raspberries had too much liquid, or maybe too many of them? I've never actually eaten a proper one so I don't really have anything to compare it too!

And finally my recycled jellyfish, I'm still unsure what to do with them but they are pretty cool anyway! I thought I might make some normal crochet fish and maybe through a rainbow fish in there, I used to love that book!

Any ideas? Maybe a mobile? 

Pillowcases

Using beautiful fabric I decided to make a pillowcase for my younger sister, I spent half an hour crocheting the sides and adding massive buttons to the sides. Our gorgeous cat Thumper loves it and has furthermore claimed it as her own when it isn't in use.