hello from the otherside...

I made it to the otherside, not entirely  unscathed but nothing too serious.  As promised here I am with some jug covers. 



I know it's growing a little repetative but I am quite taken by them. I have never ever been so enamoured with something I've made before.



I am completely absorbed and entranced by them. When they're finished I have a little play with each one.



Did you ever see Pollyanna when you were a kid? Remember the moment when she holds up the crystal shard from the antique lamp and looks through it?



That's how I feel. I get excited by their tinkle against the jug. I get excited when I photograph them. I love looking at them.



*tinkle tinkle*

beads vs buttons

Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone who commented on my 'choose your own crochet adventure'.  There were a lot of responses and the competition was close.  The final results are

Beads: 9      Buttons: 9

Can you believe it?  Hilarious.  So, guess what I did?  I took the advice of Willy Wagtail and used both!  What a brilliant, brilliant solution!



How beautiful is she?  Don't the beads and buttons work brilliantly?  I think I am in love.  Thank you all again so much for your help.   I couldn't have done it without you.  Quite literally.  I would have gone one or the other and it wouldn't have been the same.

As you know, I had to wait out finishing off this jug cover until yesterday's deadline.  I indicated this would be a bit of a challenge.  What was I going to do while I waited?  Well, no doubt you've already guessed it...



Yes, I made another one...



...and then another.  I'm sorry.  I know it looks like I'm showing off but I honestly couldn't help myself.  I love the patterns I've been making  from Vicki Moodie's "More Jug Cover's" book that I had to buy her first book, "Simple jug covers". It arrived last week and I had to have a try.  The patterns in her first book are very simple but a little smaller than the others I have been making so they are rather quick to whip up. Through purchasing this book I inadvertantly discovered that Vicki Moodie is Crochet Australia. How great is that? Her patterns are sooooo easy to understand. They're fantastic and she's Miss Crochet Australia. A double bonus!

So here is some more eye candy for you to finish the post...