Happy (insert appropriate holiday here) to you

We have had the best of easter breaks. DD1, DSIL1 & Grandbabies came to visit, brought my new computer - a tiny tiny little jobbie. DH and I and DDog Archie went to the Welsh Springer Spaniel club annual 3 show event @ St Marys.

Long days sitting around, admiring beautiful welshies and waiting till pet class comes up. Good company and doing some new needle lace. Thanks to my friend Britt from WA for her wonderful patterns. I am enjoying doing it so much. I am not particullarly good at needle lace but it is more portable than a pillow and and and ... but I do enjoy it (with the right magnifiers though- tongue firmly in cheek).

Last night after the show we went to friends place for dinner. Wonderful food, company, wine and conversation. Thanks Phil and Rob for inviting us. Hope to see you again soon. Also welcome and good bye to our two visiting judges. Lovley to meet you and have a wonderful time for the remainder of your visit to Aus.

Bye for now - only 4 more sleeps till the tassie holiday. J

new computer

here is a picture of me with the webcam on my new tiny tiny little computer

Finished at last!!!

Finally, finally I have finished the Dancing Chook! What a releif. He was done in lilac Finca with a dark purple perle gimp. The tally neck feathers were done in a varigated silk. The silk was a bit of a trial to use, but the result (as long as you don't look too closely) is rather nice. Hope you enjoy it.

Lace and other musings

Last weekend I spent two days @ the Cronulla Lace group doing a workshop with the wonderful Jenny R from Canberra. I had a nice but tireing two days. Jenny R is a great teacher, kind, considerate, tolerant and able to "gently" push you to do things you may not wish to do in your lace. We all learnt many new things. I am slowly working through the samples still.

We decided that my Beds hankie edging is progressing (just) OK. I now have a few tips of how to continue now that I am at the corner. I will post some photos - as Iwork things out.

Well then, thanks to my friend Britt from WA I have managed to post a couple of pictures. I had done some of the tallies in the neck of the dancing chook - it is the Dancing Cockerel from Cooks' Russian Tape Lace book, the Beds hankie edge is a Jenny R origional. (I think you can look forward to similar patterns from Jenny in her book - which is being worked on currently.

Now only 13 sleeps till DH and I go on our holiday to Tasmania, yay happy dance! We have still to book the car - will do this weekend. Best wishes - Judy

Hi there, this is my first ever blog. Very much still learning - but then aren't we all?? Judy G