wooly wooly pants and a nearly finished rag rug

 I am beyond excited about what came in the mail today!
A few months ago I realised that I was in need of some warm winter pants. I decided to search for some stretch merino wool pants. I knew they would be pricey but I'm all about quality over quantity. My absolute favourite pair were yoga pants (the kind with a wide waist band that folds over instead of elastic, so comfy) from Merino Country but they were $150 and I really needed two pairs.
Since then I've been regularly checking ebay to see if I could find anything similar with no luck whatsoever (I only once saw a pair of stretchy merino pants in size XXL) until the other day I found the exact Merino Country pants I had been wanting in my exact size! Two pairs! I managed to win the auction and got both pairs for 2/3 of what it would have otherwise cost for one pair new. They look brand new and I couldn't be happier (or cozier or warmer) with them. Yep, these were meant to be my pants

Look how big my rag rug is getting! A few more rounds and it will be finished. As you can see its already in use. So far none of the day care children have discovered the loose end that if pulled will unravel my hard work, that's a plus

The weekend my soul needed

Over the weekend i banned myself from technology.
Yoga, warm lavender baths, apple cider vinegar detox, cooking from scratch, gardening, chai tea,  Nuff said:)

 Ive been crocheting a rug out of old bed sheet strips, inspired by rug making here and here . Mum found this ridiculously large wooden crochet hook amongst her crafty things and its perfect for the job. A little while ago I made some tiny crochet rugs for the dolls house (you can see them at the bottom of this post )and its kind of funny that making this one is exactly the same but on a much larger scale. Luckily I perfected my technique on the tiny ones as I remember un-pulling them a few times but this one is coming along easily

 Its so soft under foot and I love that one of the thrifted sheets is exactly the same as one of Omas quilt covers (the blue one with the waves Oma) The green sheet was bought a few years back while on holiday visiting Anneke in Queensland when she lived there.

Ive been keeping my eye out for some hand wood working tool for all sorts of jobs I have in mind.
I found a saw and hand drill at our favourite salvage shop.
There rather rustic but work well, I've already put the saw to good use removing the seat out of our boat sandpit.
As much as Ive always liked the idea of keeping the seats so that the children can sit on them and have pretend boat adventures, they never do. In fact I think they forget that they're in anything other than a sand pit!
Now that it has more open usable space I wont have to find three children in one small section squabbling and complaining about not having enough room. All the while the rest of the sandpit is empty. Yes they really did do that!

 It was nice to do some sawing on a sunny afternoon, my mind enjoyed wondering as my arms did their rhythmic work

here's a before shot from the other day