Hello friendly readers! Im sick. and miserable. I have this cough/cold/oh my goodness I want to lie down and die I feel so sick type of thing. It is annoying considering I cough so loudly that I annoy everybody around me, so not only am I sick I am also unloved. Anyway I just thought I'd post about the single crochet fingerless glove I made. It is so pretty, but I ran out of wool so it is sadly without its significant other, its one and only pair. Just for a bit of a laugh I included this picture: is this not the most depressed looking dog you've ever seen? I think he's pretty cute in his jumper! Also, he reflects my exact feelings at the moment in his expression.

I have recently become obsessed with Granny squares, I just love the slightly bohemian colourful coziness that they omit! I especially love granny squares with crocheted roses in the middle, they are so gorgeous! I found this picture on google images, and I thought I would make a granny square blanket with granny squares of white with red and pink flowers on them!!!! ahh, how I love a good granny square. I always envy people who have relatives who are craft geniuses, my mum says she is allergic to all crochet, blaphemy!!

Just in case you're wondering, I am going to give you some background information on the name of my blog. Pay attention as there may be a pop quiz later in the week. About a year ago, I decided I wanted to make a doll that looked similar to the AK dolls: seen in the post below. The only problem was that I couldn't knit very well (carves and a shockingly knitted sleeve of a fairisle jumper were my complete knitting experience...) But the good news was I was an epic crocheter!!! So I embarked on a patternless, stitchmarkerless, totally crazy journey with a hook and a ball of wool I found in my Grandma's craft cupboard. That journey ended very well, with a gorgeous crocheted doll! This was sushi doll number one, sadly she was eaten by my dog. (I really wanted to stir fry him then, mmm... sweet and sour spaniel). As christmas approached, I decided I wanted to give her another go! I once again embarked on a patternless journey, but this time I was going to give the end product to my two year old cousin, Sahara. I crocheted her, put hair on her, made her felt boots, a hand sewn frilly sleeved cotton dress, a hand embroidered felt pinafore, and a little felt bucket hat! (I even made the felt myself). After all this you are probably asking, where is this famed Sushi doll, can we see her? The answer is unfortunately no. My cousin lives in NSW and I live in Melbourne, so sushi doll in a couple of hundred Kilometres away at the moment! But if Sahara comes to visit I promise I will post a photo, I might even make her my header!
Love Annabelle

Hello Y'all! This is my AK doll. I knitted her a while ago, and I was very proud of my knitting! The only thing I wasn't happy about was the way I assemled her... some of the joins were lumpy and the crochet joins were quite uneven. I also didn't do the eyes properly... But im sure that if i re-do the eyes and knit her up des vetements! (clothes) she will look gorgeous. AK traditions is a beautiful shop... I love the 100 percent merino wool and the gorgeous colour schemes. BTW, if youre wondering where my lovely sheets came from, they are Pip bed and bath. I love them so much!! They are similar to Oilily and they are also dutch, but they dont require you to donate an organ and take out an extra mortgage for you to buy them. I know no one is reading this blog, but it would be nice if someone would... so sad. Right now I am just using this blog as a kind of ambiguous diary.

Today I had rehearsals. They were great but now I am drained, I couldn't even concentrate on my knitting... Ahh the pains of performance. We are putting on the musical version of Romeo and Juliet.

Hello everybody. I really shouldn't be blogging now because of the endless pile of work I have. At 16 I already take home twice the amount of work of my mother. How sad. I just thought I would give you a bit of background information on my picture on the heading. The paper dolls were drawn by me just before christmas. I made a whole collection! I also have larger ones the stand about 40 centimentres tall and ones which were painted in both watercolours and acrylics! I love drawing... But what about the rest of you? do you like drawing?

My latest project: a quilt! I'm not sure what size it is, maybe cot size? But I love the idea of a cuddly quilt to drape over your lap as you stare at the dismal skies outside. A little bit of nostalgic cheer on a rainy day! I got the idea from the book "stitched in time" by the very clever Alicia Paulson. It is based on the "baby clothes quilt". I made the quilt of eighty 5" squares of vintage fabric salvaged from my nannas house, my sister's baby clothes, my old pillow cases, the salvation army (the cheapest and best shop in the world!) and the bargain bin at spotlight. To make some of the squares extra special I hand embroidered them with pretty designs like a bluebird, a little canary and a big red letter "a". Overall the quilt cost $35, very far from the price my mums friend said it would cost to make a quilt (400-700 dollars). The $35 was spent on the batting, the backing and the pretty polka dot bias binding I bought from spotlight, so the quilt top was basically free! On a sad note, I look into my antique linen cupboard and see the eyeburningly scrapless interior! I dont think it will take me very long to build my stash back up though!

At the moment I am binding the quilt. I managed to hand bind one side of the quilt, but it has taken me 5 months, tres sad... so I have given in to the temptation of the sewing machine. Do you know how hard it is to resist when you have a brother sewing machine whispering to you "use me!!! your quilt will be finished in 20 minutes!!! continue at this rate and it will end up covered in dust!!! in the attick!!!" Probably not, since you probably arent dotty like me, and you probably dont talk to your sewing machines either. Any way, I am in the process of appeasing the wishes of my sewing machine. Oh by the way my sewing machine's name is Mr Sew Sew.