Love & Stuff

I whipped up this little valentine gift - made using this tutorial so all thanks go to 'Molly chicken'

Looking forward to a busy weekend of hairdressers, kids parties, and a trip up to London to see some rarely seen but much loved friends (they are making the trip down from Sheffield) to go here - hope you all have a good one.

A little ripple

As if i really needed another project! this is one i will probably take my time with, just a little baby sized ripple blanket, planned as a gift for one of the many babies due this year to friends - (just hope they don't all have boys!)

Booties

For some time now i have been trying out bootie patterns for little O, and hadn't found one which i could make up in the right size, Her feet seem to be long for her age but are on the skinny side, so most i have made came up too small, then when i try to swap yarn /hook/needles they come up too big! This is the latest pattern i have tried -
This pair looked at good bet, so we tried them on for a while - oops, she'd kicked them off within about 5 minutes, so i tried the same pattern again but in an aran weight wool -


and hooray - these little beauties seem to be staying on!

aside from the fact they look at little like clown shoes, they are rather cute! (I'm hoping the weather will warm up before she grows out of these)

Swap goodies

What another cold & grey day - not a lot of anything going on round these parts as both small people have gone down with horrid colds!

I've been trying to get some good photos of the goodies that Joanne sent for the FQ swap but the light has been so bad that I've given up & these will just have to do.

Some great FQ's in blue shades, embroidery threads, a tissue holder (which has come in great use this weekend), little flowers and the cutest little cupcake buttons

Just how cute are they! Thank you again Joanne (sorry the photos don't do justice to the lovely things you sent me)

It could be you!

Well actually it couldn't, as it was me! i took part in the fabulous 'Great International Stashbusting Giveaway' organised by Katy , and won one of the give-aways - lucky me, is was from 'adventures of a fabric junky's blog, the fabrics are just lovely, I'm so excited and plan to make something for little O with them - pop over & take a look at what i've won. On another lucky note i found this -
A cute little retro apron from a Charity shop.

I also got my hands on this Cath Kidston bag , long story but i had another bag to exchange. I'm really pleased with it, it's a great size for all the bit's & pieces i have to lug around with me these days, and such a lovely blue - I'm glad i went for something other than the floral options, as I'm starting to think maybe a girl can have too much (well maybe not - as I've also got my eye on many other things in her new catalogue!)


Also this lovely summery dress arrived for little O, from Baby Boden - just a shame she'll have to wait a while to wear it.

Hooray for warm ears!

One very warm hat, pattern found on Ravelry. I also wanted to say thank you to Joanne for the very lovely parcel she sent me for the FQ swap - (i will post a picture asap). I also have a few pictures to take of some other lovely bits but I'll keep you guessing for now!

Snow day

We've been having lots of fun playing out in the snow, then when we've all got too cold, we've been snugged up indoors, trying to keep warm & drinking lots of tea.

I have finished one sock, but will wait to take a photo once I've done the second one. Which is on hold at the moment, as the cold weather has got me knitting a new hat, hopefully i will get it finished today.


This little one has been causing lots of trouble at night keep us up - but i can feel two teeth on their way through so guessing that's the problem. she has also been teaching herself to blow raspberries, she is very proud of this trick and just loves to do it once she's got a mouthful of food!

My first daffodils of the year - i just love spring flowers so much.