...yes already!
July 2010
July 31, 2010
July 29, 2010
a seaside holiday...
...here are a few snaps of our little seaside holiday...
It was really really wonderful indeed. Sorry I've not been around since, I've had my niece staying with me this week, and entertaining a one year old and a 8 year old is a lot more work than I imagined!
Back at the weekend I promise!
July 16, 2010
going on holiday...
...tomorrow we head off to Cromer, for a seaside family adventure!
I will be back a week Monday will a little visitor and helper!
(I realised looking through my own pictures that have very few of Cromer, but found some fabulous ones on Flickr, click the photo's to see who they belong too)
this moment...
Inspired by SouleMama
In her words...
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
July 15, 2010
crochet: granny bunting (a pattern)...
As promised here is my granny bunting pattern. I'm quite excited but also a little nervous posting the pattern as I've never done this before!
My sister successfully completed her bunting in 2 and a half hours and didn't ring me once, she normally rings me for pattern reading advice regularly but was under strict instructions to try and work it all out for herself this time!! I'm afraid I don't have a photo of hers to share with you, but I will attempt to get hold of one soon.
For the pink bunting I used four different shades of pink and alternated them throughout the pattern so each triangle is different, of course you could simply have each triangle the same or even just use one, two or three different colours. For the brightly coloured bunting, which was my first attempt, I used 8 different colours alternating them throughout, really you could use a little or as many as you like!
If you already know how to do a granny square this should be a breeze but if you don't I hope I've written the instructions clear enough that it won't matter.
If you do attempt your own granny bunting I would love to know how you got on and please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.
The pattern, in all it's glory, is below.
my first crafster swap...
I joined craftster years ago but must admit I hadn't really got involved over there until recently and in doing so I discovered the wealth of crafty swapping that goes on there!
So I signed myself up for Newbie Swap Round 13 and was partnered up with the wonderful Annie.
She was super quick with her crafting which inspired me to do the same and just a few weeks after signing up a wonderful red package arrived for me from Germany.
Inside this package were so many wonderful things and all so thoughtful and personal to me.
I couldn't have asked for a better partner or a better swapping experience (especially as the last swap I took place in I never received my half the swap).
July 14, 2010
some secret crafting...
...working a big project that's a gift so I cannot share more than this, although I really want to!!
July 12, 2010
absences and crochet...
...my recent absence is mostly down to fairly temperamental computer but also partly to blame is the wonderful weather and my current quest to find a new house for us to live in (a quest which is so far going very badly indeed!) I do believe I have seen over 20 houses now, it's not that we're particularly fussy, honest, it's just that there is a huge demand for rented accommodation here at present and by the time we've viewed a house and thought about it overnight, we ring the estate agent the next day to discover the house has gone already, that's if we even manage to get a viewing in, I cannot tell you how many have been cancelled as the house has already been taken.
Anyway as a result of lack of computer time I have been doing rather a lot of crochet instead. I am working on a big project which I cannot share just yet but which is coming along rather nicely indeed and in between working on that I have also been completing a few other projects...
granny square triangle bunting::
This is my own design and I have been working on writing a pattern for it to share with you, once my sister has tested it for me I'll post it here pattern now available here.
(if you fancy testing it for me too I would be very appreciative! I've never written a pattern before and therefore would love some feedback before letting it loose on the world wide web! Either leave a comment on here or email me lovelylilley@hotmail.co.uk and I'll email it over to you)
It's a very simple design and this short version only takes around 2 hours (for me anyway) to put together.
easiest crochet wool soaker by Julie West::
This pattern came from ravelry, you can see details here, and it really was very very easy indeed!
I didn't follow the pattern to the letter, you can see my notes on it here.
This took me 3 hours at most, using up some left over wool from Milo's overcoat I knitted a while back, and now he has his first ever wool soaker (the vanilla I attempted a while ago was a complete disaster) now I just need to lanolize it and we're ready to go.
We had a quick fitting and photo session this morning, but trying to get photos of my newly walking (yes that's right walking!!) babe is fairly tricky!
July's Giveaway...
Oh my I am rather late with this, this month, apologies....
This month you can win yourself a little doll keyring in green.
All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning one of these lovelies is sign up to my mailing list (you can read more about the list here). To sign up you can either email me, lovelylilley@hotmail.co.uk or you can just pop a comment on this post (or the mailing list one) I'll be able to see your email address without you needing to include it in the comment for the world to see. If you've already signed up you need do no more, your name will be added to the draw.
As am going to be on holiday from this coming Friday winners will be announced when I return in 2 weeks time on Monday 26th July, so you have plenty of time to sign up!
Winner announced here.
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