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