Nanna says some things on Facebook

Nanna says she usually says things here and posts them to our Little Brother Big Brother Facebook page. But this one’s the other way round; it’s from her FB to here. So you might see it twice.

https://www.facebook.com/littlebrotherbigbrother99/

We haven’t seen it, coz too much screen time makes us silly, but our Mum sometimes checks out online stuff.

From Nanna:

I have several things in the Kapiti Arts and Crafts Society’s Wonders with Wool Exhibition of work by the Spinners, Weavers & Knitters and the Felters groups. This year’s theme is “From Farm to Fashion”.

When I was on Gallery duty on Thursday afternoon, someone came in looking for clothing to fit her very petite frame… She spotted my “child’s” jacket, tried it on and loved it! It was a great feeling to sell something I’d crafted to someone who appreciated it so much.

Here’s the jacket on display – and modelled by Peg, its new owner.

We’re standing by another of my creations, a free form / scrumble knitting beaded shawl in blues and oranges. (See earlier  blogs Scrumble shawls and Nanna sold a jersey…)

https://www.facebook.com/littlebrotherbigbrother99/

Colours of the ocean for a friend

Nanna says she couldn’t think what to get her oldest friend for her birthday. Then she said she’s not the oldest friend she’s got, but they’ve been friends for over 45 years, and we think that sounds very old.

In the end, Nanna says she decided something “handmade with love” would be the best present, and because her friend spends a lot of time fishing and sailing, she’s knitted it in colours of the ocean.

On one side, the scarf ends in a V or triangle shape, and on the other side there are six steps, one for each decade.

We think it will be a great present, don’t you?

Scrumble shawls

Nanna says she enjoyed making the “free knitting and scrumbles shawl” that’s for sale at Kapiti Gallery.

She says she’s going to make one for herself now, in colours she loves and wears a lot. We’re guessing it will be blue…

But Nanna also says, If someone wanted to pay her a small fortune for it, she might sell it to them!

 

Long and winding scarf

Nanna says she started knitting a jersey in colours to match her new trousers – and it got away on her! It’s long and striped and although it matches her “autumn” pants, she doesn’t often wear scarfs and might sell it instead.

We reckon it looks lovely and snuggly and warm and wiggly!

Nanna sold a jersey…

…and knitted a couple of new ones!

Nanna says she’s very happy someone bought her “Jump for Joy” jersey for their little kid  and also some kids’ ugg boots.

We got beautiful yarn for Nanna for Christmas, and she’s nearly finished knitting a cardigan/jacket. The wool we got her is twisted blue and purple, and she’s knitting in some of the matching blue “for added interest”, she says.

We wonder what lucky little kid will get to wear it? Nanna says it’s probably too small for either of us, coz we’re big kids now.

holidays are fun, so long as…

Home again after a fortnight holidaying in the beautiful South Island. As we drove, in rental car, from Picton to Christchurch, then (after TranzAlpine train trip) from Greymouth via Haast and Wanaka to Dunedin, then Oamaru and back to Christchurch to fly home, some reflections on holidaying arose.

They begin with (1) at the bottom of the page, and end on the last day of our holiday at (6).

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Some thoughts about traveling:

(6) Before telling airport check-in staff you know you’ve exceeded your suitcase’s weight restriction, check that the $2 shop bag scale is weighing in kilograms.

NB My suitcase did NOT weigh 35kg and only had two more items in it than when we left home (and I’m probably going to wear one of them on the plane.)

(5) The towels are skinnier than they used to be. Motels must get their linen from the same supplier, because although they’re very thick and white and long, the towels are not very wide. Unless you’re quite short, if you want to wrap the towel around yourself, you’ll have to decide which half of you you’re going to wrap! (BTW, I appreciated the motels which provided make-up remover wipes and mushroom coloured face cloth!)

(4) Another motel observation: in most motels, the bed is too soft and the pillows too hard. Curious.

(3) Why do motels have a single switch for the light and fan, and why is the fan so damn loud? Especially in the middle of the night.

(2) South Island roads are great, and well signposted. You can drive for miles and miles at 100kph. You need to take the “slower around corners” warnings seriously, however. The speed limit before towns is sensibly graded down to 80 then 60 then 50 kph, rather than suddenly halved from 100 to 50.

(1) You’ll enjoy your holiday better if you don’t keep a count of roadkill.

 

We’re far away…

Nanna is still knitting for us, even though we’re far away now.

Little Brother and Big Brother have moved to their dad’s hometown in South Korea. It’s a long way from New Zealand!

Little Brother is wearing his stripy jersey already, and Nanna says she’ll send a Big Brother’s soon. She says it’s fully reversible – that means you can wear it back-to-front! (감사합니다 – gamsahamnida – Nanna!)

Now they’re done, Nanna says she’s going to keep on with the scrumbles she started last year.

Scrumbles – you never know…

When she finished knitting a vivid stripy scarf, Nanna says she hat lots of bits of colours to play with. So she’s doing freeform knitting, making scrumbles.
We don’t know what they’ll turn into. Nanna says she doesn’t know, either. But she’s got some ideas… Nanna always says “I’ve got an idea!” (Little brother says, “So does Maisie Mouse!”
What do you think it will be? (We don’t think it’s something for us to wear, but Nanna says, “You never know!”