1st August Wipocalypse

It's been a while since I posted. Sorry peeps. Just been incredibly busy with children and summer hols and preparing to return to work - that sort of thing. I am okay though and enjoying the summer. So far we have picknicked, visited museums, baked, made friendship bracelets, decorated journals, watched "Spiderman 1, 2 and 3" several times over amongst other dvds during rainy days, visited the cinema, visited friends.... and were only in the second week!!!

In fact, I got so busy, I almost forgot that this month has TWO Wipocalypse posts!!! So I figured I better get my progress in pretty quick before the next one comes up.

I have been working steadily on Ann Taylor by Heartstring Samplery. I think I am just desperate to get at least one thing finished before I go back to work because I just don't know what sort of state motivation and energy wise I will be in once I go back. So here she is up to now:

A reasonable amount of progress I think.

And onto other crafty makes..... I learned to do the continental method of knitting! Quite by accident but seriously, this method makes me knit quickly!! I can knit fast. Well, faster than I was anyway. I don't feel like I am a knitter even though I have knitted longer than I have been crocheting, but this method is very much like crocheting and so cometh a lot easier for me. I learnt it whilst also learning how to do the log cabin knitted blanket which I was first inspired by Kirsten at Cozy Things who also provided a link to here which totally blew me away!!! So, although this little piece doesn't look like anything much now, I am hoping that it will do soon - very soon.

Crochet has had a little look in as well. I have been busy crocheting up some really simple squares that I want to make into a scarf with a nice edge along it. I was originally going to edge all the squares in cream but now I am not sure if a darker border might look better. Any ideas??

So that's me folks! Short but, hopefully, sweet. Thanks for all the lovely comments and bits of encouragement you send my way. See you all soon.

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Crochet bag finish!

A couple of weeks ago I came to the realization that my UFO pile has now spread to my crochet wips as well. I have several unfinished items. I have 2 fronts of cushions that need backs, 2 blankets unfinished, and a crochet bag that I started at the beginning of this year. You can see my start here.

I wasn't very happy with my colour placement and so the usual thing happened and the whole thing went into a bag and got left there for 6 months. I decided that it surely was time to get some of these projects "finished" and decided to start with the bag. I didn't bother to unravel it after all. I just used it as a learning piece and after a couple of days and some sore fingers later, I ended up with this:

My Usual model!

Doesn't look too bad does it? I am pretty pleased with it. It's very roomy and will fit a whole pile of woolly balls in it. Maybe I will line it, maybe I won't. Not sure yet. Just going to enjoy this little finish and then onto the cushions I think.

A little stitchy update. Here is my Sampler au Bouquets. Scuzy the ring marks. I refuse to iron the piece till it is finished. Really enjoying working on this - such a simple design but oh so pretty.

I spotted this finish on Meme Rose's blog and just loved it. The link to the pattern is here and dd has decided she wants one first! I think I am going to be busy busy.

And.. here's a little friend you don't get to see very often:

This is one of our cats who disappeared the other night - quite unusually for her and reappeared the next day limping!

This morning her foot was swollen so a trip to the vet was in order. Seems she has three puncture wounds in her little paw that had got infected. Possibly a fight? She really isn't the type but maybe she was set upon in the night by a big fat cat bully. £54 for two injections and then she was home. Hiding under the table. Poor miss.

Well I have a birthday this weekend - tomorrow actually but I am moving it to Sunday as dh has got to work - all day, all night - completely rubbish but I have bought myself a cake and I have some cards to open too. I am determined not to feel like Mr Bean.

Have a happy weekend people.

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