Early arrivals

Today ( and the following day or two) I shall be frantically crocheting the rest of this snuggly blanket




- for a teeny tiny little girl who arrived a little earlier than expected!




Made using the very lovely Quince and co Chickadee. Fantastic yarn - so soft and squooshy and great to work with. Bought here.
See you soon! X

Once upon a long ago....

 

... I began to make a blanket. Then to be precise!

 

Over the years it became my project of choice for journeys and has travelled with us all over Europe!

 

 

It has been left neglected for months at a time

 

 

but finally, finally - this week it was finished.

 

Yay!!

 *It's HUGE! - you can see it on our 220 x 190 bed, for which it was originally intended. But it took so long to make, and we moved in-between, so no it no longer fits with the scheme ( I love my dotty wallpaper!...)  But do not fret - it will have a loving home in our guest room ! *

Today....

Today, I will be mostly doing this...!




Enjoy whatever you are doing today x

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?!

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!

Hexagon baby blanket - done!!

 Yay! It's finished, albeit a little later then planned.

   

 160 hexagons of snuggliness (approx 90 x 120 cm)

 

 I really want to hang on to it for myself

but there's a tiny wee girl who needs to keep warm in this snowy weather

hope she likes it....

Sugar and spice...

Last week I did my first real 'making' since the move, and it felt soooooooo good to be back behind my desk! The office/workroom is all unpacked and apart from a minor re plastering job and a lick of paint, is all set up and ready to go.

Want to see what I made? Go on then....!

I hosted a baby shower for a friend, and as part of her gift, made her this pair of baby shoes and matching burp cloths.

I also made her a baby bouquet of vests and socks - I haven't made one of these for ages!

I had lots of fun preparing for the baby shower too, making cupcakes: 

 and decorations..

(I loved these. Was very tempted to leave them up, but my girls nabbed them all for their rooms!)

The very observant amongst you may have noticed a sneak peek of the blanket that I'm making for the baby too. It's still not finished, and the baby is due next Monday. I'll give you a closer look next time.. xx

Oh My!!

What a mad few weeks it's been here!! We had our offer on our favourite house accepted (they dropped €65 000 in the end!). This means that we have only 8 weeks to go before we move to Den Haag. Eeeek!! At the moment we are swamped with trying to find reasonably priced movers, arranging the mortgage, and sorting out schools - there is only a place for the Engineer at the local school so far, despite us being promised places for all 3 - and all the local schools are full up. We are really disappointed as we were keen for them all to be together locally so they could begin to make friends in the neighbourhood. At the moment we are looking at a long car drive to place the two girls. It's all a bit mad here!

On top of that, I had my operation last Monday, which unfortunately didn't go as planned. I'm in more pain now than I was before and need to have another op. in the coming weeks. Not fun.

I have been a little busy with crafty things though. I made a pencil roll as part of a present for one of Pickle's friends

and of course, had to make one for Pickle too (though it's not finished yet...)

I have been plodding on with my 'Granny a day' project,

I even found a snippet of time to make a brooch for my new coat!

Plus, I've been working on my spring swap project, though I can't show you anything yet! Pictures will follow soon though!