thrifted woolen cardies

 Here's the two cardies that I opp shopped the other week. This one is black Merino, super soft and a perfect fit! Ive been wearing it every chance I get (although it doesn't stay on long in this weather)

 This is the lambs wool one. When I said it fitted I meant a saw potential.
I contemplated felting it a little to make it a better fit but I loved the sleves the size they were so instead I took in the seams a few cm on the trusty sewing machine.

Its probably hard to see the difference propperly in my mirror self-portrait but im so much happier with it now!

Oh, and this pics just for the cute rabbit factor:)

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)

willow the weekend we got him (iphone pics)

 benny and willow

His favourite spot to sit on the drive home (behind my neck, not quite so comfy for me!)

Willow

On the weekend Benny and I went to stay with my sister Anneke. We had a great weekend fishing, opp shopping and visiting the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)  we actually went to look for a new dog for Anneke as she wants a friend for her dog Mia, but I came home with an angora rabbit (id like to collect his fur to spin) .

 I named him Willow and he is very loved. As you can probably tell by the elaborate 'cubby house' and bedding in these photos, he is being well pampered! 

So here are pics of Willow, Ive been taking most photos on my 'new to me' i phone (Benny got an upgrade) and havent figured out how to put them on the computer yet, so pics of the weekend will come in the near future.

 On Monday the day care children and I recieved a special package from our penpals ( Dawn and her day home children who blog at "chasing the seasons") The package had come all the way from Canada and contained special pictures made by the children, the red head doll in the picture above which Dawn made (We love her rainbow dress and long hair and shes already had a great time at the playground with us and eaten many snacks)