Beautiful Blue

It's been a blue kind of week...

New dark blue yarn. I am planning a Christmas (!!!) present with this...

Loving my teacup necklace bought with some birthday money recently...

A little posy of flowers picked in the garden by Miss M especially for me...

Lots of lovely blues in my current cross stitch...

Blue straws. I bought a lovely pack of prettily coloured straws in Ikea recently and Miss M sorted them all out into colours. This week has been a blue straw week, last week was pink...

In town with a good friend today I bought this skirt. I really love the pretty print...

Thank you so much for the sweet comments about my jam pot covers. I am still trying to finish off the ice cream blanket but keep getting distracted by crochet! I seem to be obsessed by crochet at the moment and keep planning new projects. I have another really small little crochet make to show you really soon and then it's definitely back to knitting at least until the blanket is finished. I didn't realise how much slower than crochet knitting is!

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Jam Pot Covers

Crochet has definitely been my craft of choice over the past couple of weeks. Now that I am becoming a little more confident, I have begun tackling some slightly more difficult projects from Nicki Trench's Cute & Easy Crochet. At the end of last week I finished these sweet little jam pot covers...

It took me a few attempts to get them right! But I am pretty happy with how they have turned out and like how they look filled with mini marshmallows on one of the kitchen shelves.

Thank you so much for all of the lovely comments on my little crocheted cushion, they really mean a lot. Also hello and welcome to my new readers and followers.

Back soon, most probably with more crochet...

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A Little Crocheted Cushion

A while back I made several of these little squares, planning to make them into a cushion. Somehow I just didn't get round to it (most probably too many other projects to distract me...!) and had actually forgotten all about it (a regular occurrence with me, i have to admit!) until last week. So over the past couple of days, I have been crocheting the little squares together and have finally finished my little cushion...

For the back of the cushion, I made a plain granny square...

It matches my first granny blanket perfectly! The colours are the same as I just used scraps of yarn leftover from the blanket to finish off the cushion. For the squares I used the pattern for the little squares in the Springtime Throw from Cute & Easy Crochet by Nicki Trench and the pattern for the plain granny square at the back of the cushion is from 200 Crochet Blocks by Jan Eaton.

I am really happy with it, I really love the fresh spring colours. I have been crochet mad this week actually and have another couple of little projects on the go which I hope to finish off today and then I really must get back to the ice cream blanket!

I am working all weekend so no crochet, knitting or crafting for me but I hope everyone has a lovely weekend whatever you are up to.

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Breakfast Bars

This morning, after the school run, I decided to bake. I wanted to make something slightly healthier than usual and as I had all the ingredients in already I chose this recipe for "breakfast bars" by Nigella Lawson. I didn't have any dried cranberries so used raisins instead, and I can report that they are very tasty indeed. I imagine they will be great to have for a quick breakfast as Nigella suggests but one with a cup of tea at lunchtime when you can't be bothered to make anything else (like me today) is also good! G likes to take things like flapjacks etc with him when he goes mountain biking so I think I might make him a batch of these to share with his buddies for his next trip away in a couple of weeks time.

Thank you for all the lovely comments recently, they are very much appreciated. I have nearly finished another couple of little crochet makes which I will show you very soon...

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Flower Power

I have been enjoying making some pretty crochet flowers over the past couple of days...

Pretty pastels...

I made a few slightly smaller flowers as brooches for Miss M. The one above looks sweet pinned on her little cardigan...

A bright greeny blue. My mum had given me the yarn she had leftover from knitting my scarf so I used it to make this flower brooch for her...

The bright red flower brooch above is for a very good friend...

The pattern for these flowers can be found in Nicki Trench's book Cute & Easy Crochet. I think they look best when worked in a cotton yarn and with a little brooch pin attached they make nice little gifts. They are also very addictive to make and I so enjoyed making them all! I was very happy to read that Nicki Trench has a new book due to be published later in the year called Cute & Easy Crochet With Flowers. There are some details here. I have loved her other books so I'm very much anticipating this new one.

I did lots of knitting at the weekend for the ice cream blanket so I'm having a little break from it just now and have turned my attention to crochet at the moment. Back soon with another little crochet project...

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A Weekend at Home

Yesterday we had a very lazy day and spent lots of time in the garden making the most of the sunshine. Today G has gone off to do this and Miss M is with a little friend and her family for a picnic, but for me, this weekend has been spent at home doing some of my favourite things - baking, crochet, knitting and drinking tea! And after a very busy week, I have thoroughly enjoyed it...

Baking rhubarb and orange cake on Friday night. G and I both love rhubarb and he declared this cake to be "gorgeous"! High praise indeed...

Pretty flowers from G yesterday, maybe it was because of the rhubarb cake...

Knitting in the sun yesterday whilst sitting on the bench in the garden...

My little knitted squares for the ice cream blanket are steadily increasing in number...

Making daisy chain bracelets with Miss M yesterday...

Enjoying a glass of elderflower champagne (made by G last year) yesterday evening and a little crochet...

Pancakes and maple syrup for breakfast this morning...

I still have another hour before Miss M comes home so I am planning to work on a little neglected crochet project and enjoy another cup of tea. A weekend spent at home can be very pleasant indeed!

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Cars

My friend's wee boy turned two last week. Like many little boys his age, he absolutely loves cars. As part of his birthday a gift, I made him this cushion...

I think he quite liked it because when I gave it to him, he hugged it a lot and shouted "cars" several times! As usual, I just bought a plain cushion (navy this time from here) and used bondaweb to appliqué on the felt and fabric car shapes, then added some bright buttons for the wheels. It was quite nice to make something for a little boy for a change as I often make things for wee girls having a daughter myself as well as six nieces!

Above is a little cross stitch picture I am working on for another friend who is due to have a baby boy next month. It is another Stitching Shed kit and has been so nice to work on, such lovely bright colours and a sweet design.

I am also busily working away on the little knitted blanket for my friends wee girl, as well as an appliqué picture, crochet brooches, and hopefully Miss M's little summer dress! Lots and lots to keep me occupied! What are you knitting, stitching or crafting at the moment?

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