This is the spectacular view from the end of my new street!! 
Look at these fantastic hand knitted pieces by Toshiko Horiuchi Macadam!!!. It is in the "sculpture forest" at the Hokone Open-Air Museum in Japan. This huge brightly coloured net hangs in the middle of a wooden pavillion. Children can climb on top of the netting and swing on the knitted balls that hang underneath the structure. Promoted as, 'a fun way for kids to develop their sense of balance and appreciation of colours'- but also a hugely inspirational piece of knitting!!!!
As a crochet beginner, my hooking skills are very slow but I have been enjoying making these daisy chains- and after 320 daisies I can even manage it now without constantly looking at the pattern!! The pattern is from Lia Govers and is available at Ravelry
One more day to catch the Bubblewrap exhibition at the Hunt Club Community Arts Centre- open Friday the 29th of July until 5pm and Saturday until 12:30pm!!
My entry in this year's scarf festival- Red/orange/pink bubble scarf.
It was very tricky to take a non- blurry photo as all the scarves were constntly spinning around on bent LP records.
There was a lot of close inspection of the entries.
There are some beautiful works on display.
I'm not sure the records used for display did justice to some of the entries especially the fine and lace weight scarves, but there are some beautiful pieces and it is well worth a trip to Geelong during July to have a look.
The latest bubblewrap scarf. My exhibition 'Bubblewrap' opens in only four weeks,
so I really should step away from the computer and get busy making more bubbles!
Autumn is the perfect time of year to get some work done. An upcoming exhibition of my scarves confirmed for July this year is also increasing my motivation to get back to bubbles.
I have finally cast off the last twist of my handknitted spiral scarf and I am hoping to try this technique of partial knitting on the knitting machine. Now the only question is- to felt or not to felt??
A very noisy flock of about 100 of these wild corellas spent the day in my back garden feasting on the neighbour's almonds and my unripe apples and then throwing them on to the ground. It was really spectacular, and my neighbour's attempts at looking scary and making noises to save his nuts were almost as entertaining as the antics of the birds!!
Meet Eric- a rescued pet rabbit who now resides on my back verandah. He has not been enjoying all the hot weather but has still managed to chew through 2 power cords and 3 pot plants this week!!
After 2 days of 40 degrees, my plans to finish hand knitting this twisted spiral scarf failed. It really is too hot to knit! I am hoping a weekend cool change will be enough inspiration to finish the last few spirals as it has been on the needles since last winter!.
