Keeping busy...

Saturday of last week, the family gathered to celebrate 2 birthdays; my 'little brother's' and also my nephew Rowan's. My brother is a 4th of July baby but Rowan was born on July 16.

My brother with his two youngest sons; Rowan is in the middle and at 17, is heaps taller than his dad.

Lucy and DD2...with the little miss eyeing off one of the birthday cakes!

On Sunday, DD1 and I went to Shorncliffe and lunched at Matthew Thomas restaurant. This place has beautiful food!
I kept calling the place Matthew Flinders for some reason! lol.

Monday I headed off to the Scarborough Knit and Natter...I took along some donations which had been given to me to hand in to K4BN...like this crocheted rug...

And these beautifully warm hats made from polar fleece scraps by Margaret. Margaret attends Sisters of Stitch and has just recently given me lots of other lovely donations for K4BN. 

Also at Scarborough we were shown a knitted teddy which was made from a knitted square! What a friendly looking chap he was! 

Talking  of squares...at Paddington Knit and Natter on Tuesday, Anissa, the owner of Knitch, the yarn shop we meet at, showed us a pair of slippers made from 2 squares...here they are modelled by Anissa!

Anissa had time to sit with us on Tuesday morning between customers, and her fingers were far from idle...

This is what she made in a short time...a little toy that will fit easily into a little hand and can be kept in a little person's pocket. 

Parking is somewhat of a dilemma in this busy part of Paddington. I had 'cruised' the side street near the shop looking for a parking spot knowing that I would have a steep hill to climb to get to the shop. All these side streets around Paddington are 'littered' with parked cars, but surprisingly for an old suburb, these particular streets, although very steep, are actually quite wide (ish). I saw a spot in this street and did a u turn to get to the space then drove past it...darn! So I prepared to drive around the block again when I saw a spot on nearby Enoggera Terrace which wasn't on a hill but is a street that branches off the main street that the shop is on. Sweet! That's my Micra on the left; it looks like it's near the wheelie bin but it's actually a safe distance from the bin and the ever present garbage truck . So I just have to cross the street in the foreground...

And the shop is just down there...

Now I know a hill climb is excellent cardio exercise but I knew that I would be loading up my car with donations as Anissa and her customers are soooo generous to K4BN...
This is what my boot/trunk looked like after the car was loaded  up...

 I moved a couple of bags so I could show the other bags that were hidden. There are knitted and crocheted items, including toys...

And there are bags of toiletry items. These will all be handed over at the Albany Creek Knit and Natter.
So after these few busy days I was ready for a quieter day on Wednesday...that's for sure! :-)

The June Knit and Natter at Knitch...

I've written about this K&N before...about the beautiful shop with its exquisite range of yarns, about how lovely Anissa, the owner is; about how she 'spreads the word' about our group and consequently many customers and students in Anissa's classes leave the most amazing lot of donations. Add to that, the fact that the shop has the loveliest ambience, and you can understand  why we look forward to the first Tuesday of the month!

At the May K&N, Anissa announced that Stasia Kail-Buckley was joining her in the business and promised us that the shop would look different the next time we came in, with lots of exciting things happening...so...a bit of a walk round the store now...

There were even more knitted/crocheted items on display! Love these throws!!

Some shelf units have been moved to make a seating area...

A closer look at those 2 inviting armchairs....

To one side, just adjacent to the armchairs is another coffee table and a comfy sofa!

Let's have a closer look at those throws draped on the sofa...

Love, love, love these!...and the one in the photo below which is a 'four-patch' with black knitted 'sashing'...

Towards the back of the shop now....

One side of the shop...

The other side...K4BN members are at the table closest to the camera. We were sharing this space with a group of ladies who come to the shop each week to sit and knit and Show and Tell...

Peeping through the shelves at the K4BN ladies working away...

These are bags of donations which had been dropped off for K4BN...

Anissa took photos before re packing the items for us. Here are her photos which were posted on the shop's Facebook page

Some more of those lovely teddies knitted by a customer and other residents of the complex where she lives...

The many items brought in by Shelley including donations from Rebecca at New Farm...

I'm sure that you will agree that the items are gorgeous!