broken promises

i should have known when i went along to my local knit & natter group without the brompton, i would find it hard to stay true to my promise, i had gone along with the intention of taking my cosy neck wrap to show to someone i had been nattering about it too, well unfortunately for the brompton, my lovely local wool shop had got lots of lovely new yarn in, so much lovely new yarn,

i was tempted & it didn't take long for me to succumb, (what can i say, i have a weakness) i also blame the weather, which was cold & rainy that day, only adding to my yearning to be snuggled up knitting a new wintry project, so what made it home with me?
after lots of thought i settled on some Rowan Colourscape Chunky, i also found it hard to choose which colourway, once i'd found a project, but 'storm' it was, again maybe something to do with the weather that day.
i've wasted no time in getting started, & it's knitting up quick, so i'm very much liking it so far, unfortunately i have two poorly munchkins at home with me today, which have rather hampered my progress for now! but i'm looking forward to the weekend.oh & my sister did love her lavender sachets, thank you for the sweet comments x

smelling sweet

finished these sweet smelling lavender sachets, for my even sweeter sister, she's just moved & i thought these would make a lovely little (postable) gift. these were quite enjoyable to make so i'm sure i'll be doing some more in in future.

avoidance crochet

so very cute, i want to make lots in different colours to cover all the fruit in the fruit bowl - it's autumn now, i don't want my apples getting chilly!pattern found here

avoidance sewing

i'm now finding new things to sew, to avoid finishing knitting the brompton,inspired by another creative lady, if you've not yet found this blog, go take a look

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Made by Rae Jackpack Backpack GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

how cute is this giveaway, i've got my fingers crossed!

A little lost

that's how i felt this morning, as big G had his first day at school, he was ready for it & to be honest so was i, but it still felt strange, & little O has certainly seemed a little lost without him around today.

I have promised myself that i won't start any new knitting projects until i have completed my current ones, well big G's socks are done, I have knitted this pattern before & will knit it again, but somehow managed to make this pair a little too big, but that's worked out fine as they will become a stocking present, as i'm sure they'll fit him come Christmas. I'm still working on my brompton cardigan, feels like i've been knitting it for ages, but just finished the body, so now only the sleeves left to do.
however i have this waiting to tempt me & urge me on to the finish the brompton quickly, this is some of the wool that came home with me from Italy, they had some of it knitted up and i knew it was the one i wanted (despite there being lots of other lovely colour ways).

i've also had a little luck lately, i won not one but two giveaways, one from the fantastic Julia at primrose cornernot quite sure when i'll find the time to make this, but i'm really looking forward to giving it a go. Having also just checked her website, i'm so very tempted to order some more fabric from her!

i also won a little wool giveaway from the lovely green pixey, lot's of odds & ends of wool which will be great to knit/crochet up lots of little lovelies

i'm back - well almost

back home from a little trip to Italy,lots of fun had by all, not much chance of knitting this time (although i did manage to buy some wool!)
too much cleaning & washing to catch up with now but i'm looking forward to big G starting school next week & the prospect of some more autumnal crafting, (the only thing my sewing machine has been used for recently is sewing on name labels to school uniform)oh and this is George Clooney's villa, we would have loved to stop by for a cuppa but we were far too busy.