tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165124602024-03-07T15:00:59.497+10:00Grandma's Knitting PlaceThis is my place to show off my knitting, crochet or whatever! My cats, dogs, grandkids, sunsets, cooking.
Maybe a few thoughts on various subjects. I love to read your comments- but please leave an email address or something so that I can reply won't you?Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.comBlogger216125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-87904190967191886412017-09-22T13:43:00.004+10:002017-09-22T13:43:39.418+10:00I'm back!Four years since I've been here. Lots of changes in my life. My darling husband Eric died last year , 26th September 2016. My ex husband also died in March of 2016. My two children had a terrible time because they lost two fathers within 6 months of each other.
I've lost several friends too - altogether 2016/17 has not been a great year, although I am coming to terms with the loss of Eric.
I amYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-55021333931351196592014-04-06T12:09:00.001+10:002014-04-06T12:12:14.763+10:00Crocheted Cup and SaucerThis is the most gorgeous pattern - and the first of its kind I have ever made.
It is the Shell Cup and Saucer pattern by Vicki Patterson - find the pattern here
.http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/shell-cup-and-saucer
My friend Gail Grunske of Gail Grunske Designs asked me to make a cup and saucer to go with the knitted cupcakes I made for her for a display in the Crow's Nest In Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-17738890078699168402014-04-06T11:48:00.004+10:002014-04-06T11:48:55.480+10:00Now charging a small fee for my patterns
Recently someone published one of my patterns - Yvette's Garter
Stitch Baby Sweater - on her blog, claiming it as her own ! Prior to this, I had offered this pattern free of charge on Ravelry and elsewhere.
Due to this blatant piece of theft I have had to regretfully offer my pattern on Ravelry for a small fee....
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-49059303618733915702014-02-17T10:16:00.000+10:002014-02-17T11:43:57.120+10:00Knitting and Crochet - such a lot done since December!
Still finding the odd teddy and bunny to dress in a little sweater of indigenous people's flag colours... these are pre-loved toys, washed and sanitised and given a hand made new sweater.. they go to aboriginal children who are, for one reason or another, being taken into care.. Another area the Knitting for Brisbane's Needy ladies are involved in..
Christmas 2013, Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-48373251382161836952013-12-31T10:42:00.001+10:002013-12-31T10:42:38.032+10:00HAPPY NEW YEAR!!Wishing everyone a very Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-90103874825316346612013-12-31T10:36:00.001+10:002013-12-31T10:37:34.778+10:00Australian Dawn ChorusAustralian Dawn Chorus
Enjoy this wonderful video of Dawn breaking in Australia with all the birds gradually waking up.
Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-70832243865695971992013-11-19T12:04:00.004+10:002013-11-19T12:04:55.419+10:00Happy 90th Birthday!Wangaratta Woollen Mills (now Australian Country Spinners) has been processing wool for 90 years - and still makes hand knitting and crochet yarn in Australia - NOT overseas!
Recently ABC Landline did video coverage on this enterprising Aussie company - go to http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/75448906 and fast forward to 39.41 to see what it is all about!
Congratulations Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-42604413153036472742013-11-11T08:24:00.000+10:002013-11-11T08:24:55.854+10:00CLICKING HELPS!Just a request to readers of my blog - are there still any here???
You see these little ads on the left hand side, and underneath, this posting?? If you click on them, you earn me a few cents for each click.....when the clicks mount up to $100 - Google AdSense sends me the money - this helps me to buy the yarn to help me make warm clothing and blankets for Homeless and Needy people in Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-629538899046281722013-11-11T08:00:00.003+10:002013-11-11T08:00:32.104+10:00This makes me so HOPPING MAD!!! What about you?I don't know if I am being paranoid and overly sensitive but here's what happened to me . A woman I don't know at all contacted me on Facebook asking me to make a preemie beanie and pair of booties for her niece who was born at a very tiny 5lb 7oz
I said I would be happy to do that and told her the price would be $10
She wrote back and told me a sad story of how she realised $10 'wasn't very Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-10086229340369075112013-10-19T11:11:00.001+10:002013-10-19T11:11:18.966+10:00How's this for a Knitted CHAIR ???? I met this wonderful, hugely talented, woman a few months back... she is a designer of the most beautiful things in the world! Here is a lovely profile of her and her work https://www.handmadeincountry.com.au/artisans/profile/gail-grunske/
Just a few weeks ago, I was knitting and chatting with a group of like minded ladies here in Toowoomba, when Gail brought out this magnificent workYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-46186926089398989942013-10-18T11:14:00.002+10:002013-10-18T11:14:26.715+10:00Another Saffron BabyGorgeous little Baby sweater - the pattern by Elena Nodel, is available on Ravelry
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/saffron-baby
The bigger version, Saffron, for older girls, is from the Spice Girls collection also by Elena Nodel, and is also available on Ravelry - the best site in the world for knitters and crocheters, ever!
Here's the pretty Saffron Baby - this time in WatermelonYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-71288494923134188912013-10-18T11:01:00.000+10:002013-10-18T11:05:05.360+10:00Wow - Another Round Ripple!!!! And a thread crochet set to match!I love the Round Ripple Baby Afghan - I have lost count of how many I have done! This one is lovely - I bought some gorgeous anonymous (NO LABEL) mill end yarn from Knitters Paradise Store on ebay.com - my favourite place to buy inexpensive American yarns - it is a lovely super soft Boucle with ombre colourways - this one shades beautifully from pale blue to white and is stunning to use!
I also Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-4622993968375764402013-10-18T10:44:00.005+10:002013-10-18T10:44:57.032+10:00Another crochet setMade another round ripple blanket and a crochet jacket to go with it - I was sent some beautiful yarn from a friend in Newfoundland - thank you Patsy!! It is Baby Luv Georga and it is so soft and cuddly... in a pretty pale green... I combined it with some Caron
Simply Soft in a variegated pastel shade that complimented the green beautifully!
The round ripple is still a Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-63028879602086731382013-10-18T10:28:00.005+10:002013-10-18T10:30:14.104+10:00Meadowsweet with matching blankieI just finished this adorable little Preemie set - in the most gorgeous Watermelon pink.....
The pattern is available on Ravelry - free!! http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/meadowsweet-cardigan
I used the 24 row stitch pattern in the body of the Meadowsweet Cardie and created the baby blanket to match...
I used a smaller needle - 3.5 mm on the baby cardie - then for the blanket I used Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-34014844092026441332013-10-18T10:14:00.002+10:002013-10-18T10:14:10.624+10:00I Pledge Handmade - do you>Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-26091719613885647832013-10-15T07:36:00.004+10:002013-10-15T07:36:47.266+10:00Crochet Set
This little set was originally made for a friend's newborn grand daughter.. however it ended up being donated to charity.... to Knitting for Brisbane's Needy..
The pattern for the jacket is Rindy's Crochet Baby Jacket,, the blanket is the old stand by Round Ripple Baby Blanket. Both are available on Ravelry.....
It is one of my favourite blankets to make...
Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-23578838927818294982013-10-15T07:29:00.004+10:002013-10-15T07:30:20.528+10:00Wool Eater # 7 Pink SymphonyMade yet another Wool Eater blanket - this one was in a variety of pinks, made to raise funds for the Huntingtons Disease High Tea held on September 8th for Huntington's Awareness week....
It was part of many items donated to be raffled - my daughter who helped us by doing all the tables and serving the food, actually won it!!
I love how this beautiful blanket looks as good on the reverse Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-81479829936381129272013-10-15T07:21:00.000+10:002013-10-15T07:22:54.490+10:00More Knitting and Crochet
Pretty little Butterfly Baby Cardie very easy to do , seen here in pink and below, in yellow...
It is a free pattern available here http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/butterfly-baby-2
The Baby Beanie with flower is very quick and easy to make! However I made this for a new born but the mother said it didn't fit - so I think I would add an extra increase row next Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-36656877409301838052013-08-01T12:49:00.000+10:002013-08-01T12:50:54.824+10:00Help Huntington's Disease QueenslandI have become involved with Huntington's Disease Queensland and am trying to raise funds for this very worthy cause.
Huntington's Disease Awareness Week is to be held this year from September 2nd - 9th
My friend Jaime Colley ( who has Huntington's but no symptoms as yet, but whose mother at aged 50 cannot speak, walk or look after herself because she has Huntington's) and I are trying to raise Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-55408444822275276572013-08-01T12:21:00.002+10:002013-08-01T12:21:57.364+10:00And the Winner Is!
The Winner of the Raffled Wool Eater Blanket, held in July was......drrrrum roll!!!!!!!!
VALERIE CONNOLLY of Towoomba!!!
Congratulations Valerie!'
Thank you to all the lovely people who bought tickets - we raised $234 towards help and support for Sufferers and Families of Huntington's Disease in Queensland.......Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-50729090568772421232013-08-01T12:16:00.000+10:002013-11-11T14:46:56.882+10:00Been A Very Busy Knitter and Crocheter !!!
This is my new favourite baby sweater pattern!
Saffron Baby by Elena Nodel - available for sale on Ravelry
Just so cute - seamless because top down - a cheeky little ruflle and one button closure - or you could use ribbon ties...
Isn't it just adorable???
This little beauty is Meadowsweet - a free pattern on Ravelry - also top down - this is such a quick little Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-24344880691077894482013-08-01T10:27:00.000+10:002013-08-01T10:27:26.894+10:00Cast On, Baby!!!Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-61158683169024177412013-06-19T13:54:00.001+10:002013-06-19T13:54:10.647+10:00More outback teddies!
A few more teddies for outback kids - have a lot more to make sweaters for though!!Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-2702041901933032702013-06-06T12:17:00.002+10:002013-06-06T12:17:44.453+10:00RAFFLE FOR HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
Tickets are selling, much slower than I had hoped - but they ARE selling!! Huntington's is a HORRIBLE disease, it is hereditary and incurable, and a sufferer's children have a 50% chance of contracting the disease too....
By raffling this blanket that I donated to the cause, we hope to raise some funds to help us create awareness of Huntington's in the general public. Once people areYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16512460.post-60794661912052529232013-05-26T10:51:00.000+10:002013-05-26T10:51:15.535+10:00Teddies for Outback Kids
Just recently, Knitting for Brisbane's Needy was asked to make knitted teddy bears, with indigenous coloured sweaters knitted into the bodies. I didn't fancy the idea of actually making Teddy Bears - so I got onto Facebook, and on one of the local Toowoomba Giveaway pages, asked for any unwanted teddy bears. Then I set to and made each teddy a little jumper/sweater in indigenous aboriginalYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668817422625660395noreply@blogger.com3