I did another hanging last night. Got all the leaves done. This one doesn't have flowers, just big heart shaped leaves. So it worked up very quickly.

For those who've asked, I am using 100% cotton broadcloth and fabric paint (the sort that can also be used for silk screen printing). Although this raises the cost of materials, I think it's worth it as they will last longer and be washable once the paint has been heat set. Better to assume they will need washing at some stage.

Boy, it's amazing the difference the yellow and green make. This takes up about half the banner. The green only took about an hour to do. The figures should be pretty quick as they are large blocks of colour which should work up pretty quickly. I just wish the weather was a bit warmer, sitting out in the other room my back got really sore from working in the cold.

After getting the housework out of the way, I was able to start working on the banners. This is about 2 hrs work. It took along time because I am trying to keep the edges crisp so we don't have to outline them.

I haven't had a new phone in about 7 years, so I went out at lunch time and got one. It's a bit hard to tell from the photo but its PINK! I've been researching phones for a while and I set myself a list of options they had to have and a price range. It took a while, but I found one that fit.

How cool is this? I just checked my post box at lunch and I won a prize from the Sci Fi channel! An A Team/TV1 tote bag and a Heroes t-shirt. The back of the shirt has the Heroes and Sci Fi channel logo.

I stuffed up at one point and had to undo several rows of stitches. I was a bit worried about this as I've never undone before. But it worked out OK. I managed to get all the stitches back on and work out what the problem was and fix it.

So I've got the car on the way to being sorted out. It's going into the panelbeaters tomorrow for repair. This morning I woke up to a shhhsshing sound. I thought to myself, "That can't be good." I got to the bath room to find the hot water service gushing water out through the power cable. Quick dash outside to turn off the electricity (thank the gods we got way more circuits than we needed when we had the house rewired - hot water service is on its own circuit so I can turn off the power without loosing the rest of the house) and water at the main. Then spent the next hour getting someone to come and fix it. Do you know how hard it is to get a plumber on a Sunday?

Anyway, finally tracked one down. He was very nice and a cat person. He really wanted to give Cleo a pat!! Just lucky I had the money out ready for the car or I would've been in trouble.

The main reason I want to get better at knitting is so I can make myself a nice Aran jumper. I had one that my Nan made me when I was younger but it got washed incorrectly and ended up just being big enough for a small teddy bear.

So I found this pattern in a knitting magazine that I thought would make a nice practice piece. I've never followed a pattern before, so I thought I'd start with something that is more complicated than a scraf but not as difficult as a full jumper.

It's a cushion cover. I had to restart the damn thing 4 times until I realised that the pattern was wrong by two stitches on the caston and that's why it was going wonky!!

I'm using 100% wool that they have really cheap at my supermarket. Good enough for practicing with. This is about 8 hrs (I wasn't really keeping too much track of the time).