just a peek

I have almost finished my pages for the calendar swap hosted by simple me..here's a small glimpse...

Don't want to give too much away but it involves vintage sheet music, lots of paint and some old letters from the late 1800's and early 1900's . I bought a box of them at an auction a while back, intending to put them in the paper packs....of course , that was my intention....
Needless to say that box of old letters is still safely perched on my bookshelf - it is only now that I have been able to find just the right project to use them in.
Just a few final touches ( ahhh, the actual month that I'm doing would probably help) and then its on to my pages for the calendar swap that I'm hosting......I have the special dates page and I'm pretty sure I know what I am going to do.
Although that does depend on which way the wind is blowing on the day , of course......

Now , books...I have a lot of them. Some of them I use a lot and would never dream of parting with. Others,like these above,I enjoyed looking at but never really used them after that. Now what to do with them? I was going to put them on Ebay but decided to see if anyone out there is interested in them. All of them are in excellent  condition ( I must confess that Alterknits, Great Knitted gifts, Sarah Dallas Knitting , Stitch and bitch and the Motif book are basically as new...looked at then put onto the shelf until now...).

What do you think- should I put a price on them or offer them for swaps?  Or should I just stick them on Ebay? All I know is that it is time for them to go! Have a look at them here and email if you have any thoughts.( I forgot to take a seperate photo of "Stitch and Bitch" but it is up for offer too!)
( PS keep in mind that postage in Australia is not really an issue - between $4 and $9  - however for all of the international readers, it would probably work out cheaper to buy them off Amazon! If you are still interested let me know...)

update...1000 knitting motifs,Alterknits,Great Knitted Gifts and Simple Knits are gone!And I'm going to learn how to spin wool! What a great swap!

Comments

[counting mermaids]

Hello!
I haven't forgotten you, I've just been away and busy and kind of crap at keeping up with blogs and trades.
I'd still love to do a meet-up/trade, if you're still interested, and I'm definitely interested in 'Great Knitted Gifts' and 'Simple Knits for Easy Living' and maybe 'AlterKnits'
How much would the three be? Or, if you're interested in swapping, let me know how much they would be and I can give you that much worth of hand spun or make up up a learn to spin kit and give you free lessons plus the remainder in yarn or whatever you like.

[counting mermaids]

Hmmm... actually, is the knitted motifs book any good? I'm not that much of a knitter, really, I can't do fair isle or anything, but mumsie can and it might make a nice gift...

Can you tell I love books way too much? I've just cleared out my studio this week and I KNOW there isn't any more room for art or craft books, but will I let that stop me?

[Jen]

Hmm... you know, I think that You should see if those books are selling at all on ebay already and look at the interest. Also, does AMazon Aus. sell used books? Post them there!

Otherwise, sell them on your site, or on craftster or something. OR... if there's something out there that you really want, yeah - do a swap!

I guess that didn't help much, eh?

I wanted to show you the second flower scarf that I've finished:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/persephonesawakening/286161049/

and me wearing it.... SURPRISE!: http://www.flickr.com/photos/persephonesawakening/287283569/

I found that if I attached the flowers by crocheting them through eachother as I'm going, they stay attached a LOT better!

[Jo]

Oh, your calender swap is looking lovely. It makes my pages look very basic. I'm afraid I'm not too creative when it comes to paper ....

[julie]

OOh calandar pages...i spot some hebrew in there!!! Ive finished my May ones too!!

[christina]

you are too good with the calendar pages. i need to get to mine soon...the inspiration just keeps coming and going . yours looks great.

[Tiel S-K]

the pages are looking great. I used some of your goodies from the paperpack I bought. Had plans to finish this weekend, but never got there.

sorry, i'm not a knitter, can't help you with the books.

[Gina]

great looking work!