I’m back

Just a quick note to say I am back from the London Colney weekend after having a wonderful time but now exhausted so pictures and e-mails may have to wait till tomorrow.

A quick link though for those of you who have been going through the knitted stole saga with me check out the wonderful pictures of the wedding here

Just a hint of whats going on

Just a small note

Just wanted to say have had a great few days but have a few important things I have to do before I get a chance to blog about but just wanted to say thank you ladies you made my week

Book talk

Any one who has been following me on twitter or facebook will know I have had that urge again to write a book, but to be honest with this last week of early wake up calls from Pete, including one at 3am and other things that have just got in the way of me doing anything I think that this idea may not neccesarily acheivable.

Now I don’t want to be nagative so have formed a new plan, I am thinking a series of small booklets one following on from another based on Filet crochet. I am hoping that this may be and easier schedule. I have managed to download a desktop publishing programme which I seem to be able to use which also transfers things into PDF format so I can also have the booklets downloadable. Now all I have to do is the actual content

Hello

Ok had a bit of a week but doing ok now Helped by a lovely hug from Flossie.

I will have a lot og knitting and crocheting to show you but have a few loose ends to finish first:)

Photo heavy presents

So much to share, over the last week I have gained some wonderful knitterly things. Firstly on Sunday I got a chance to meet up with Lucy and got my Japanese Stitchionary

As you can see I couldn’t help myself and cast on a sample for a sock pattern there and then. Lucy also gave Pip and Nor a welcome gift including a toy mouse which dispenses treats, it took Nor about an hour to work it out

Then there was my swap parcel from the UK swap from the wonderful Mazzam.

All beautifully wrapped and with lots of handmade tags which you can’t see clearly in the pics.

There is a keyring sock bocker kit which I have always wanted and both socks have now been knitted Some wonderful Thorntons chocolate roses which as you might have guessed have already been devoured. A fantastic turqouise Denby rabbit which doesn’t really show up in the pic so will try and take a better picture when its not so stormy, a woolly wisdom book and great coaster.

And with the help of Nor, some beautiful sock yarn from Black cat fibres in the most radient turqouise with matching beads with Polly’[s wonderful pattern for Andromeda Socks. She also hand made the matching project bag from Liberty fabric, how lucky am I.

There was another part of the parcel a wonderful book for Pete about a bear and a woolly jumper which when Pete lets me I will share but he is definitely into his books at the moment and this has turned into one of his favourites .

And for the cat lovers amongst you just to keepi t fair here is a pic of Pip making himself comfortable.

Passing by

Just a quick note to say how this heat has made this week awful as nobody is sleeping well so everybody’s temper is short and Pete is, how shall I put it, is being a bit strong willed and he has heat rash. My energy bill is going to be huge as we have had to have an electric fan running almost constantly to make it even bearable.
Though saying all of that I am absolutely elated as have just won the first prize in the UK Swap treasure hunt

Knitting and cats

Back again, its been a busy couple of weeks, abit of knitting and even a small amount of spinning.

The wedding shawl has over run a bit but on the last side after a bit of frogging and rereading of pattern, I have managed to sort it but got a bit frustrated with it.

I have also managed to make a start on my p/hop square on my journey home from Stash last week which was greatly improved by running into Knitter natter , we managed to have great catch up as I have been a bit out of the loop recently.

One of the things I am looking forward to this autumn is the workshop some great friends have brought me with Debbie New at I knit weekend, she is one of my heros, hopefully I will get to meet up with a few other fellow knitters that I haven’t seen for a while.

And finally let me introduce Pip nad Nor two new residents

Sorry a bit out of focus but they move fast

70’s Wallpaper anyone

Ok maybe not quite but this sample I am crocheting for the double filet group has a definite hint of it

The design are all based on Japanese quilting patterns. This source of design could last for months it is so rich and ideal for double filet.

It has been a very family orientated week here, my sister drove down from Ipswich to spend the afternoon with us on Monday and yesterday me and Pete took a trip over to Brentford to the tropical zoo to meet up with my dad and brother. The zoo is not a standard zoo as most of their animals seem to be abandoned tropical pets like snakes and terrapins, there are also dwarf crocodiles and pirhanas plus more domestic things like rabbits and ferrets. Of course I forgot to take a single photo, I was a little busy trying to stop Pete either going for a swim or pulling too tight on a snake he was being shown

Long time no see

Sorry its been a while, my days seem to just run away from me.

I just had to blog after a few weeks that haven’t been great, I won’t bore you with the detail this week has really cheered me up no end, lots of wonderful things happening caused by some good friends, O [romise to blog more about them closer the time. In the mean time I thought I should post some pics of knitting and crochet just to prove that I haven’t stopped completely.

First up is a wedding stole for my friend Yze, this is the first pattern in the south sea stole by Laura Patterson and this is the third section

Only one more section of the middle to do an then the edging and all to be done by the end of the month.

I also finished my baby Babette based on the Babette blanket found in Spring 2006 Interweave crochet, this is for a sample for Stash for the two part class I will be running on this pattern

Just a couple more things, Lucy and me have started a Ravelry group

Its a support group for those who fancy trying to design their first sock pattern.

Also I just read over on Roo knits  about a great project An Afghan for P/hop, I am now off to see if I can find some left over sock yarn