This one will be winging it's way to it's new owner soon
Tuesday 21 January 2014
A special little mouse
Yet another bookmark - inspired by another fabulous author (you know who you are!).
This one will be winging it's way to it's new owner soon
This one will be winging it's way to it's new owner soon
Monday 20 January 2014
Hurrah! I finished my orange dragon bookmark, and am pretty pleased with the result. Took me a while to figure out the attachment of the wings - the instructions were quite straightforward but my brain just couldn't wrap itself around them.
What do you think?
What do you think?
Once the ends are all sorted I think this one is on the way to the person who inspired me to try it in the first place.
I wonder how it'll look in red . . .
Saturday 18 January 2014
Today I've started on a Dragon Bookmark, in honour of someone who writes fabulous stories about an orange Dragon. Once I managed to get my head around it, the pattern is fairly easy, so far! It's been pretty quick to make up (at least to this point!) so will see if I can finish the whole thing today. I have a lot of washing to catch up with, and a mountain of ironing to do, but somehow I feel this should take priority!
If you like the pattern, you can find it here, on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/transaction/174946169?ref=fb2_tnx_title
Friday 17 January 2014
I'm back!!
Golly, it's been a bit of a busy year. I'm terrible at keeping up with these things anyway, but the year of 2013 was obviously awful for my organisational skills!
In a teeny, tiny nutshell, hubby started a new job which proved rather stressful for us all; his mum was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer, which obviously was extremely stressful for everyone; my weight ballooned (as did I), I signed myself up to be Chair of the PTA for my kids school, and I tried to make a bit more money making scarves. In the last few months of the year, I shook myself up and lost nearly a stone in weight, dropping a dress size in the process; my mother-in-law has beaten the first round of cancer, and the new job for hubby is looking up.
Wow - my potted history of 2013. There was obviously a lot more, but that's all enough for now.
In amongst everything else recently, I've rediscovered my love of crochet, and quilting. There is nothing to show for my quilting efforts yet, but I had a bit of fun making some crochet bunting with granny triangles - so easy and quick, and the bright colours are cheering me up in the miserable weather as I look forward to spring. What do you think:
The twig tree is from a Lilac tree we pruned last spring, that I found whilst rummaging around my garden before Christmas, and on a whim I spray painted it white. It looked lovely with a few selected Xmas decs on before Christmas, but now my plan is to make loads of flowers and butterflies, and decorate it for the coming spring/summer. Something the take my mind off the rain.
I've never written a pattern, and I'm sure that anyone with basic knowledge of crochet would be able to make the bunting with no problem, but if you'd like some guidance, let me know and I'll do my best.
Cheers Peeps - lets not leave it so long next time, hey?
xx
In a teeny, tiny nutshell, hubby started a new job which proved rather stressful for us all; his mum was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer, which obviously was extremely stressful for everyone; my weight ballooned (as did I), I signed myself up to be Chair of the PTA for my kids school, and I tried to make a bit more money making scarves. In the last few months of the year, I shook myself up and lost nearly a stone in weight, dropping a dress size in the process; my mother-in-law has beaten the first round of cancer, and the new job for hubby is looking up.
Wow - my potted history of 2013. There was obviously a lot more, but that's all enough for now.
In amongst everything else recently, I've rediscovered my love of crochet, and quilting. There is nothing to show for my quilting efforts yet, but I had a bit of fun making some crochet bunting with granny triangles - so easy and quick, and the bright colours are cheering me up in the miserable weather as I look forward to spring. What do you think:
The twig tree is from a Lilac tree we pruned last spring, that I found whilst rummaging around my garden before Christmas, and on a whim I spray painted it white. It looked lovely with a few selected Xmas decs on before Christmas, but now my plan is to make loads of flowers and butterflies, and decorate it for the coming spring/summer. Something the take my mind off the rain.
I've never written a pattern, and I'm sure that anyone with basic knowledge of crochet would be able to make the bunting with no problem, but if you'd like some guidance, let me know and I'll do my best.
Cheers Peeps - lets not leave it so long next time, hey?
xx
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