hand painted yarn..peace fleece ..leg warmers and my hand dyed iceland

my prrdy red henna and ngaio at faeries&fools

here is my new hair colour.. i used persian red rainbow henna with ground cloves and paprika..
i love it! i wish that my hair was like this naturally! kinda a weird picture, sorry.. self portraits are hard. i want to get a picture in the sunshine because it just glows. its rad.

yesterday was faeries&fools and i totally forgot that i had my camera with be but for a few pictures of ngaio (so sad because there were some amazing costumes)..so here she is being a cute faerie baby

yesterday the local waldorf school held their annual mayfaire. we watched all of the flower laiden children dance and sing. it was a beautiful crisp day and everyone full of smiles.
elwynn and i watched a beautiful puppet show about a boy and his magical horse while ngaio and timothy played in the school grounds and then we spent the rest of the day in the city with my sister having a picnic and playing at the park.
a perfect spring day!

pictures of spring

strawberry shortcake picky pants

my very first sock!

im very pleassed with how this turned out. shocked at how easy socks are to knit and mad at myself that i havn't been knitting them all along!
they are from this pattern http://magknits.com/Aug06/patterns/Specialsocks.htm
but like usual, im too much of an anarchist to follow the pattern completely so i just used it for the dimensions and foot shaping..
i love long socks that work with rubber boots, so that is what i made.
im nearly done the second one and i have already picked out the yarn for my next pair.
they fit elwynn ( THE MODEL) and on ngaio they are a bit large, but im sure by next winter they will be perfect.
im addicted to socks now!

tattoo update!

i went in for another 5 hour session with matta yesterday.. she touched up and added colour to the first piece and outlined the next. there is still a lot to do, but its coming along!
i can't take a picture of the new part though because its a very weird angle, so i'll have to get timothy to take a few when he gets home. i really wanted to show what it would look like when its all done, so here is an idea. i love it. the colour just really brings it alive.

a day on antannies farm!

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.