Work in progress Wednesday-just a little late

Almost completely forgot this week! Had such a busy birthday weekend and then this week I've been very busy trying to make sure I'm organised for my daughter's carnival themed birthday sleepover on Friday.  Between drawing up carnival signs and planning/making games and activities I haven't had much crochet time.

I've 2 current wip this week. The first one is a jumper I have started for my sister for Christmas. Well I think it'll be for my sister. I've wanted to make the jumper since I came across it in Inside Crochet magazine in August my sister was home for the weekend so she was flicking through and said if I made it could i make her one too. When I was at my local yarn shop (where I now work on a Sunday!  Dream job that I keep meaning to do a post on) they had King Cole gentle touch acrylic on special offer so I picked up 4 balls in navy and have teamed it with a lovely red I had bought during the summer

   

Sorry the pictures a bit dark was too late at night for picture taking really. As you can see I've only done one pattern repeat so far.

My second wip hasn't made it on to the hook yet. My friend has asked me to make an amigurumi of a tv character for her daughter for Christmas. I've sketched it out and have an idea of what all the parts need to be liked and have even picked out the yarn I just haven't got round to starting yet

Got a few crochet books as birthday pressies but haven't managed to try out any patterns yet but I'm thinking of doing a little book review on here when I get the chance x

FO Friday-Finishing a decade

Poppy coasters are done! Just in the nick of time too. I'm really pleased with how they turned out with the felt and embroidery added and they are already packaged up ready for the next time I manage to get to the post office.

I also finished off a couple of other projects this week before posting WIPW. Back in April I crocheted a 'Bullseye' from Toy Story for a second birthday present and was asked to make another. It's a really great pattern which doesn't take too long. You can find it here brown pony pattern

The other project was a beret. Again this is a pattern I've used before from an issue of Inside Crochet. I initially made one for my mum for christmas last year but it was a bit big so I made her another one shortly after. The great thing about this pattern is that you can use any type of yarn so this week I tried it out with a chunky yarn.

My first finish off Friday seems to be quite appropriately timed since today I am finishing off my twenties. I'm not a big celebrator of birthdays and although I thought I might be more concerned with turning the big 3-0 I'm actually not too bothered. I was thinking today about when I turned 20. About a week after my twentieth birthday I left to go backpacking around the world for year after dropping out of uni and working till I had enough money to pay for my trip. It seems so strange to think that this was 10 whole years ago but then so much has happened in that time.

 I was trying to remember what, if anything I had hoped back then to achieved by the time I reached 30. I don't think I really knew where I wanted my life to go then hence the leaving uni and travelling but looking at it now I feel a great deal of contentment with what I have achieved.
By the time I was 21 I was 10 days away from giving birth to my first child. At 22 I was a full time university student and single parent. By 23 I graduated from uni and was going out with my now husband. Age 24 I decided to be a full time mum for a while after all the studying and the next year I moved in with my then boyfriend. At 26 I got engaged and had my second child, 27 I got married and 28 seems to be the only year I can't remember a milestone event for! This year we have managed to get ourselves on the property ladder and purchased our first flat and in doing this I feel I have completed quite a lot of life's major accomplishments within the last 10 years.

Yeah at age 20 I would never have planned things out this way but I am more than happy with what I got-a bit of travelling, 2 gorgeous kids, a wonderful husband, a perfect wedding and a happy little home x



For more FO Fridays head over to Tami's Amis

Work In progress Wednesday-it's been a while

Well i didn't manage to keep up with the blogging very long did I???
But I'm hoping to make a come back. Far too many things have happened in the past few months for me to even remember so I'm starting a fresh and maybe a few of the last months projects will make an appearance somewhere down the line.

Thought I'd take a stab a joining in with work in progress wednesday to get me started with blogging again. Have finished a few projects over the last week but my current wip is a little gift I'm working on for a new home gift.

They will be a set of 4 poppy coasters once finished. Have done the main part but they need some embroidered details and then sewn onto felt.
Once finished they shall find a new home at Poppy cottage x

Check out a whole load of amazing other amazing wip's on Tami's Amis blog

2 Years Already

Today is my second wedding anniversary. How two years have passed already I do not know it has gone so unbelievably quick. This is the small cross stitch I made as a gift for my other half. 'All you need is love' is the song which i walked down the aisle to (well when i say aisle I really mean across the pitch)

Typically one of the things I must have packed in a random box last week ready for moving is the disc with the wedding photographs but here are a few i came across on the computer

Ah the memories! It's been a quick but very happy two years and here's to many more x

Herman and the red dress

I have finally completed my first crocheted piece of clothing. Since learning to crochet last august I've looked at loads of patterns, mostly children's clothes but between all the other projects I kept starting I hadn't got round to making anything. While recovering from a nasty sickness bug though I found myself with an unexpected day in the house and got started on a dress for my 3 year old. The pattern was from an issue of Crochet Today that I had randomly picked up in WH Smith one day. It was a really quick pattern and I got to at least the belt band that day. After going so far though I just wasn't quite happy with it so it sat for at least a month at this stage.

Finally last week I decided to get it finished save it lying around the house any longer. I ripped out about 20 rounds and took it back to the belt band increase and decided to just make it straight and miss the belt out. The collar was a little tricky but worth the 5 attempts to get it right

Daughter was so pleased with it, especially since red is her new favourite colour, she had to wear it the next day. Proud moment

A friend had given me a piece of a Herman the German friendship cake. I had never heard of this before but basically it's like a chain letter but in cake form. I had to look after him for 10 days before giving away 3 pieces to friends and then cooking the piece I kept.

Panic set in when I realised I had to keep him alive as I am really bad for killing house plants etc but I managed it and actually became slightly attached to old Herman. When cooked he was delicious. I've half in the freezer for later and just gradually been eating the other half

Oh and remember Care Bears?? Well this grumpy little guy is off to a very good friend in London today

Busy times ahead since buying a flat last week but I'm sure I'll manage to fit in some crochet. In fact I've a horse to finish for tomorrow

Da dum, Da Dum, da dum da dum da dum da dum da daaaaaaaaa.....

Oh first ever blog post!

I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, I just seemed to click a few buttons and ended up here. I set this account up a couple of weeks ago but kept deleting anything I started to write but after finishing off a project today i thought it was the perfect opportunity to start.

I've been working on this project for a about 2 weeks. To be honest it wouldn't have taken that long if i had stuck with it but as usual I made a good start and then found myself sidetracked by a few smaller projects before going back to finishing it off.

So here's the finally finished item

A Pink Panther!

He is very big. I think he's the biggest crocheted softie I've ever made but I love him!

I bought the pattern from Ravelry this should hopefully be the link http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/big-pink-panther-a-crochet-pattern-by-erin-scull

I highly recommend the pattern it was great to follow and had lots of pics which came in very handy when sewing together all these bits in the right places

Much to the disappointment of my girls this Pink Panther is for my friends daughter who has a bit of a Pink Panther obsession. I love making things for people who i know will appreciate them and I'm sure he will get lots of hugs

In one of my side tracked moments I quickly whipped up a little pink seahorse to send out to a good friends little girl. With the bizarre weather this week she had woken up to snow on Tuesday and ran through to her mum shouting "mummy mummy it's Christmas and Santa will have brought me a pink seahorse!!"

Managed to add a few rounds to my granny octagon blanket this week too when i was too stressed with house hunting/buying to concentrate properly on a pattern. It's still a long way off finished though but it's getting there and I'm sure there will be plenty more stressful moments to work on it

Louise