Etsy.com

I finished knitting the squares of this Mohair blanket last year and then joined and edged the squares with crochet. Unsuccessful was my attempt to sell it on Ebay so I am currently giving Etsy.com a try. I have signed up for my own on-line shop so who knows what will happen? Coloured Pencil Doodle is also listed on my shop.

Coloured Pencil Doodle

 I love to design and create. This vest design was inspired by the set of hand painted coloured pencil buttons that I have had for years. There are 23 different coloured knitted pencils and the doodles are knitted in the colours of the pencil buttons. I am hoping that with an international audience someone will want to purchase this vest that I have advertised on Etsy.com. Yes, I now have my very own on-line store. Check it out at  www.etsy.com/shop/AshwellDesigns?ref=seller_info

Scarf for Christina

This scarf was knitted last year and given to Christina for her Birthday. Alex gave me the heads up that she was wanting a scarf like the one featured in the Butter Menthol television commercial. I had a bit of trouble finding the right colour blue, even purchased a quantity and started knitting only to be prompted by Alex that it looked purple. So back to the stores to search for a better blue. It is extra long and double thickness so that you can only ever see the right side of the stocking stitch. The gift was a huge success.

Where did the time go?

My current garden project is clearing blackberries from the pottager and preparing it to be used as a parterre garden for surplus plants and plants suitable for flower arranging. I found these photo's of how it looked when it was first created. My biggest shock was discovering that nearly 20 years have now passed. I have been too embarrassed to take any photo's of how over run with blackberries and other weeds this garden had become. Let's just say that you could not see any evidence of decorative beds at all. The last two season's we did collect generous quantities of fruit, enough to make jam. The garden as a vegetable pottager was unsuccessful due to the shade, root competition and constant falling of bark and limbs from the gum tree. Then as I got caught up in study and then back into the work force, something had to go and unfortunately it was the gardening. 

 Constructed in October 1992 for the purpose of growing vegetables. You can see the very first seedlings planted.

Looking in the opposite direction gravel has now been spread on the paths and the plants have grown in the two months which have passed since the top photo.

The arch which you can see here was so over grown with Potato creeper there was no opening to walk through. The creeper was the first thing to go but unfortunately the robust creeper pulled the wire out of shape, so that too has been removed. Stay tuned for updates on this garden reno.