opp shop adventures and my knitted blanket so far

 I mentioned that I dyed some different coloured wool to spin, here is the fluffy pretty stuff. I love how all the colours turned out except the orange. Orange happens to be my least favourite colour and turned out the brightest (on purpose to spite me I'm sure!:)
Of course my willow rabbit had to be in on the photo because he likes to be sniffing anything new about the place.

 here is my little bit of knitting so far. Its quite a bit wider then I intended for it to be so knitting has paused while I decide if I want to continue with the larger size or save time and wool by unraveling it and starting again. (of course even though I know it will save time in the long run it still seems sad to pull out those pretty stripes)

 The basket it's all in was a great opp shop find on the weekend.
Some days I go in opp shops and find nothing at all but this day luckily wasn't one of those! Its so much fun when every corner you turn takes you to  another wonderful find. Even better when you get to the counter and discover that all of your wonderful finds come to a grand total of under $20!
On this day I found cute doilies and a treasure trove of cheap feltable woolens. When I got home I realised that a black cardigan made of the softest merino and a long lambswool cardie in chocolate brown happened to fit me perfectly! I'm all set for cool weather now!

I also found this mug which is my absolute favourite and came home with a big pile of children's books, as I always do. For 20c each, opp shops are my children's books library. I take them back when we are finished with them and am able to keep the favourites.

Other fun things on the weekend that I haven't gotten around to blogging about
* We fished and had a great time at my friend Sarah's shack. Ah the memories of high school flooded back as they always do:) We spent so many weekend there while growing up and it has so many fun memories.

* Dad made me some more wooden blocks for my daycare children, which are being thoroughly loved and inspiring much creative play. We are slowly sanding and polishing them up to show the beautiful colours of the fancy woods (scraps from the wonderful things dad has made over the years)