Things I couldn't fit in my last post —

I cut some photos and so on out of my previous Aloha post as it was getting too long and wordy.

There were a few crafty things I wanted to include so I have pasted them in a new blogpost and here they are.

Baby Olive's quilt didn't get finished before I went over but I did make this 'Sheep Ragdoll' for her. A pattern I saw and quite liked which I thought would be fun to try out.....

And delivered —

I initially bought the yarn and pattern when spending time with Mum last year. I thought it would be a good project for my itchy fingers at the time but I didn't even get it started then.

The pattern can be found *here*.

Back in 2015 I made a quilt out of my late Dad's old flannel farm shirts. I intended it to be used by his great-grandbabies (none of which he ever got to meet). Here is the post about it *here*. Olive will be the 10th grandie to use it and I was delighted to deliver it to her when I went over.

My intention was that every great grandchild would spend some time with it.

Olive with Pop's quilt —

They don't have a huge need of quilts (particularly flannel ones!) so I encouraged its use as a floor/tummy time (etc) quilt.

Sadly the pen I took with me to add her name was on its way out and I didn't get much further than drawing the heart!

And another historical make is also being used by baby Olive.

Back when I was 16, I spent some time practicing different crochet techniques as the 'hobby' part of my Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award.

One of the techniques was hairpin crochet, a technique I really enjoyed but haven't done since.

I made a wee blanket which mostly has been stored away and seldom used ever since.

However I came across it recently and thought it might be a nice weight for a baby in Hawaii to use.

It's now officially Olive's car blanket, a nice light layer over those podgy legs —

You make long strips of the 'lace' on a hairpin shaped 'loom'/gadget which are joined together by hooking the loops at the edge of each strip together. I finished it with a standard crochet edging.

Another crafty Hawaiian-related thing I came across in a tourist market/shop was this lovely Hawaiian style quilt. I really loved it - especially how it had the additional turtles on it. I left it there but half of me has non-buyer's regret. There will be other opportunities I know!

Back home, I've been trying hard to get back into my early morning hill-climbs. After 24 hours of very wet weather, Saturday morning dawned very foggy, which meant I delayed leaving the house until a bit later. I left just in time though, beating the cows as they went up the hill to their new paddock!

The MOML (bike lights) crossing them over the road —

Following me up the hill. I was pleased I was in front of them, not behind them, that would have really slowed me down —

Walking as far as the tape across the race and an open gate —

On my way back, these girls are happy grazing at the top end of the paddock —

'til next time,

happy stitches,

Raewyn