Felt Balls & Beautiful babes..

needle felting is fun and nutritious!

Wool longies from the spring craft swap..

yeah, i got lazy.. i bid on a pair of hand knit longies in soysilk & wool for the spring craft swap and won..the momma made them exactly how i wanted and i'm so pleased with them. they are HUGE (my fault.. i was generous with the measurements) but they will fit her for ever, or at least till she is 5. they are absolutely beautifully made and i have to admit, its so nice to admire someone elses work once in a while..thank you again bella babe!
and please excuse my sad model.. it was past naptime..
im still working on my things to send. im so bad...

Magic ball of yarn!

this was the fabulous magic ball of yarn that i recieved in the last swap. it was so much fun to unwrap and i love the wool so much! the outside is crystal palace yarn in the "fern" colourway and the other yarn is Noro. it is so beautiful! i cant wait to make a little felted bag or something.
all of the goodies were a wonderful treat. and of course, ngaio got into it all right away!

a work in progress

this is 5 ours of tattooing and its not finnished yet. there is still another whole fern frond and some fiddleheads that need to be added, as well as a bunch more colour and shading... after 5 hours under the needle it started to get to be a bit much..so we will continue on after this is healed up and maybe add the second part next weekend. this picture looks pretty mucky, but i will get some better pictures up soon.
it was a pretty intense and emotional experience having this done.
i absolutely love it and im so happy matta was the one doing it. she rocks!
i'll elaborate at a later date, right now my baby needs me..

Tattoo rough drafts..

rough draft take 2



my friend matta who is doing my tattoo e-mailed me this sketch last night.
its a rough draft but i love it already!

tada!

its done.. at long last!! i noticed that one tie is a bit off though while taking this picture, so i need to fix that before i mail it.
im so picky about every detail.
i really hope that it is well loved!



this hat was a super quick knit and its really lovely! im sending it away with the sweater, but i think that i will knit myself one in some olive green HPY.
because, yes.. it snowed, again. tomorow will be march 1st, my 26th birthday! and its snowing.
next year im going to mexico! i want fresh limes and avacados and hot sandy beaches.

The koru is the maori name given to the newborn, unfurling fern frond and symbolises new life, growth, strength and peace. It is an integral symbol in Māori carving and tattoos.


yep..im still knitting....but im currently on the quest for the perfect tattoo..
ok,well not perfect tattoo because its going to be custom done by the amazing woman at electroladylux
http://www.electroladylux.com/

but i am searching for the art/pictures of ferns to take to them. my appointment is on march 8th, which is i know a while away, but im so excited!!

basically my tattoo is going to be of a fern and koru (fiddleheads or whatever you want to call them) spirals and dots..and maybe a dragonfly...its going to be on my chest, symmetrical along or just below my collarbones.
my partner timothy is giving it to me as a birthday gift as im going to be 26 in a few shorts day..

this will be my first tattoo and i feel like it is such a perfect time for me to get it. i want it to represent everything that i am.. all of my strength and love and passion as a mom and as a being on this earth. which is why its such a big deal to me to have it be just right..i have waited so long for this..

so if anyone has any fern pictures or art to share, please do!

Here is the sweater that i have been working on. it is nearly complete!
i still have the bottom edging to do as well as the front edging and the ties...but it shouldn't take long now.



This is the most beautiful hand dyed yarn! i recieved it in the january magic ball of yarn swap.
they are the exact colours that i had hoped for.
im not sure what to make with it though!
*sigh*

and my two bunnies! im so in love!

this is a reminder to myself...
im having a bit of knitters block these days. its okay except that i have 2 projects on the go that someone is patiently waiting for and im racked with guily about it.. the sweater that i showed earlier is one of te projects and the other is a hat from knitty.com in this beautiful HPY yarn.

so today i will knit. it's saturday.. timothy has gone off to do car stuff , ngaio is sleeping in and elwynn is playing with melody... he was so sweet this morning.. as he went upstairs he said "i love you mum"

the sun isn't really shining this chilly morning but the day is beautiful none the less..
a perfect day to drink organic green tea and knit in front of the fire!

Happy Love Day!

ah..valentines day. a hallmark holiday meant to rake in the cash..? or a day to really show your true love for someone?

im not really sure...

i love a lot of people and hope that i show it everyday..its not always easy for me.
like i told timothy a few days ago "just because i don't like you right now doesn't mean that i dont love you. i do love you. a lot"
emotions and love are so intertwined. love is complex and i dont think i understand it at all. the feelings i have when i see my children smile and laugh are totally unexplainable.. i guess that is love at its deepest. why even try to explain it?

bunny love!

we have a new family member!
after a fun trip to the sunshine coast to see our dear friends hawkfeather and lorne and their sweet kids, we decided to adopt one of the bunnies that was temporarily living on their farm.
he is a brown and black lop named "rabbit" but we are calling him "bunny my hunny" for long..or short..
he is the most sweet tempered cuddly creature that i have ever met and im madly in love already.


*sigh* this is why they call it bunny love!

my spinning wheel!

the foot pedal is a bit chewed..the story is that small playful puppy got his teeth into it. it doesn't look great, but it works just fine. i think im going to make a felted pad for it just for fun..
sadly ive only spun 3 times on it..nothing worthy of showing since it wasn't very clean roving but i should be getting some nicer stuff soon..

banjo baby

wool felt & little folk...

little felt babies!

ngaio in the garden..


elwynn and i have been having a lot of fun making simple little felt folk.. i havn't had the time to sit down and really play with making them as i would like to, but all in good time! for now these are perfect..

card of the day..

Osho Zen Tarot
18. Past Lives

The child can become conscious only if in his past life he has meditated enough, has created enough meditative energy to fight with the darkness that death brings. One simply is lost in an oblivion and then suddenly finds a new womb and forgets completely about the old body. There is a discontinuity. This darkness, this unconsciousness creates the discontinuity.

The East has been working hard to penetrate these barriers. And ten thousand years' work has not been in vain. Everybody can penetrate to the past life, or many past lives. But for that you have to go deeper into your meditation, for two reasons: unless you go deeper, you cannot find the door to another life; secondly, you have to be deeper in meditation because if you find the door of another life, a flood of events will come into the mind. It is hard enough even to carry one life....

Osho Hyakujo: The Everest of Zen Chapter 7

Commentary:

The hands of existence form the shape of the female genitals, the opening of the cosmic mother. Revealed within are many images, faces from other times.

While it might be entertaining to fantasize about famous past lives, it is just a distraction. The real point is to see and understand the karmic patterns of our lives, and their roots in an endless repetitive cycle that traps us in unconscious behavior.

The two rainbow lizards on either side represent knowing and not-knowing. They are the guardians of the unconscious, making sure that we are prepared for a vision that might otherwise be shattering.

A glimpse into the eternity of our existence is a gift, and understanding the function of karma in our lives is not something that can be grasped at will. This is a wake-up call; the events in your life are trying to show you a pattern as ancient as the journey of your own soul.

"Take the hand of your child and invite her to go out and sit with you on the grass. The two of you may want to contemplate the green grass, the little flowers that grow among the grasses, and the sky. Breathing and smiling together-that is peace education. If we know how to appreciate these beautiful things, we will not have to search for anything else. Peace is available in every moment, in every breath, in every step." Thich Nhat Hanh\

powerful images...

in a search for meaning on the interweb i found these images that really spoke to me and thought i would share..im not sure of the artists, but thank you, whoever you are..

cardigan

im making this cardigan for a little grrl in trade for some shoes, boots and a shirt for ngaio.. its working out really well! it is knit with hand painted yarn from uruguay in the miranda colourway.. it will be a full length sweater eventually!