Archive for March, 2012

Green dress

March 27th, 2012 | Other, Sewing | 9 Comments

I made a green dress using a t shirt as a pattern. I finished the edges with blue bias binding. It’s okay but I don’t love it, it wrinkles like tripe and fits where it touches. I’ll be investing in a dress pattern! The belt is old and from Noa Noa and the cardigan is (of course) […]

Naked eggs

March 22nd, 2012 | Family, Food | 4 Comments

The boys had great fun experimenting with these.  Simply put a raw egg in some vinegar and watch the shell dissolve then you can pick the egg up and bounce it and roll it and of course, splat it everywhere!              

Bobble hat

March 5th, 2012 | Crochet and Knitting | 7 Comments

I’ve been quietly adding a few rows to this hat all week and last night I made the bobble and excitedly tried my new hat on. It’s ridiculous! Too big and floppy to be a proper woolly hat and not enough structure to be a beret. Not to be too melodramatic but that’s what life has been […]