Fyrewitch's Knitting Adventures

Stitches and Craft show

I'm freshly home from the Brisbane Stitches and Craft show.  It was quite amusing as it was easy to spot the crafty people on the way there on the train. Mostly older women wearing eccentric handmade garb, or carrying handmade bags. I was astonished at the number of women trailing those bag-on-wheel things. I hope they managed to fill them up!

Funnier than that were the number of husbands sitting outside with a coffee and a newspaper, waiting for their wives to emerge. I do kinda feel sorry for crafting husbands, they seem to have limitless patience.

The show itself was good, not a whole lot for knitters, which suited me (and my budget). I did, however, find a pair of Addi circular needles in the size I was after. I also decided to have a little splurge on this.

Arucania Ranco Multi. Boy is it pretty. I could have spent a fortune at one stand, but managed to control myself.

The show itself was mainly geared towards quilters, scrapbookers and beaders. There were lots of very pretty sparkly things to look at. I ended up losing my mother and her friend (after they spent about half an hour in the first stall and I got tired of waiting for them) and wandered round by myself. It was a lovely morning. If you're a quilter, you'll need all day!

The Morning After

I've discovered an excellent way to get a slightly tipsy feeling and a hung over feeling with out drinking any alcohol at all.

Staying up till 3 in the morning. I'm not as young as I used to be!
Miss T's Hens Night was a huge hit, thanks to her wonderful sister, who is also my best friend. After an amazing buffet of fantastic food (largely thanks to my besty, the Divine Ms D and her step mother. She is Indonesian and her food is always amazing. If I could choose to have one person chained to my kitchen stove it would be her) the entertainment arrived.

The entertainment was in the form of the lovely Lesley from Chameleon Face Painting. We're all pretty much a big bunch of kids, especially Miss T, so it was a perfect choice. Lesley did amazing jobs on us all.

From left to right we have me, Miss V, Miss T and Ms D. Don't we look like a happy bunch of vegemites?

Other games included pin the hose on the fireman and how much do you know about the bride. The second had jelly shots as rewards for getting answers correct. I've never done jelly shots before and the first one took me a couple of minutes to stop laughing sufficiently to actually dislodge the jelly and down it. After another two I remembered that jelly makes me nauseous (it's the texture, I can't cope with marshmallow either. It's like having a mouthful of something you should never have a mouthful of) and graciously bowed out, instead choosing to giggle at my mates fossicking in tiny cups with their tongues. Mmm, graceful and elegant, no? No.

The night ended with tarot cards and Sing Star, as it so often does. My knitting ended up going along for the ride, but never getting a peek out of the bag.

Happy Sunday everyone!