Gulp!

 I have never, ever spent so much money on wool. Never. Ever.

But it was worth it....

Madelinetosh vintage in Scarlet - lots of it..

Not so 'little' ladybug..

Happy Birthday to my beautiful, smart, quirky and totally unique Ladybug!

Birthday cake - a 'strawberries and cream' baked cheesecake as requested by the lady herself...

Gifted

While things may have been a tad quiet (ahem!) on the old blogging front, it doesn't mean that I've been sitting back and twiddling my thumbs - no siree!!

Apart from the usual busyness that summer holidays bring, this year they have brought along with them a number of tiny new arrivals (for friends, not me, I hasten to add..)  And of course, new babies need presents....

Burp cloths, because you can never have too many of these... 

An 'in threes' cardigan in deliciously squooshy Madelinetosh Vintage DK...

A teeny, tiny 'pebble' vest made out of a surprisingly soft skein of Noro Silk garden

To go with the vest, something I haven't made for aaaaages : a nappy cake!

It wasn't all about the babies though, oh no. A lovely little lady celebrated her first birthday too. On special request, a blanket for her doll's crib was made.

.. and because I liked the first one so much, another 'in threes' was produced.

Not too bad eh?!

Week two...

The holidays continue apace. Just back from an amazing wedding in the UK and life goes back to normal!

Today's activity :

First one finished!

Crochet bunny, a photo by tinywhitedaisies on Flickr.

Yay! First bunny finished. I've decided in my usual organised way, to try and make six of these for Easter gifts. Five to go.....

In the eye of the beholder.....

Well, I think she looks a bit 'odd'...

  But a certain four year old thinks that she is beautiful, so who am I to argue?!

 

Lula doll from this book, knitted with oddments of wool and without the flowery bits as a certain little lady was trying to be so very patient, and they would have taken longer!

Also being made this week:

 crochet bunny from here

and a pile of felt squares destined to be coasters!

And another one....

I'll move on from houses soon, I promise. 

Just as soon as everyone has finished moving!

I think I may be addicted....

After a few false starts, 

I have begun to get a feel for free motion embroidery.

I think I'm addicted....

Today we had...

heart pie (otherwise known as Chicken Pie - from Jamie's 30 min cookbook)

..and heart potatoes!

Happy Valentine's day! xx

A New Arrival...

Look who has joined us in our home this week...!

We have wanted a piano for so long, but we never had the room in our old house.

When we moved, we certainly had the room, but not the spare cash.

 

and then we heard about this old Lady who was looking for someone to take care of her - for free!

 

and so she came to live with us

Personally I think tutus and stripy tights are the 'must-have' uniform of every pianist....